Chef Jerson Fernandes Receives Guinness World Record

The Executive Chef of Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia Resort, Chef Jerson Fernandes, is honored with ‘Guinness World Record' For his contribution to The Largest Display Of Bread Varieties at Brand-Culinary Academy of India Institute - Hyderabad.

Chef Fernandes has been dedicated to maintaining top-class quality at the Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia Resort, and his expertise lies in creative live cooking, plate presentation along with his ability to handle guests. With the MasterChef on board, one can be sure to have an unforgettable experience, in terms of aesthetics, as well as taste.

The Executive Chef has many other accolades to his credit. The expert that he is, 2019-20 has been a year of awards for him, Jerson was awarded the Star Chef Award for 2019 by the Indian Federation of Culinary Association (IFCA) on 4th October, 2019 at the 8th edition of the International Chefs Conference held at Pullman-New Delhi. This is the first award of its kind on a national level to be won by Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia in the culinary arts field.  He was also recognised and awarded for the plating demo done on basic plating techniques for the young chefs present at the International Conference. This year, in January, he became the first chef from Novotel to be judging the world's biggest young chef competition- The young chefs Olympiad-2020 at Goa’s IIHM, where young chefs from 56 countries participated in the same.

With an experience of over 12 years, the master of culinary delights has been associated with eminent chains, and now, he has gone on to add yet another feather to his cap.