Vietjet Air to invite the winners of Iron Chef Vietnam to cook in-flight meals

(Vietjet Air, HCMC, 15 May 2012) – Vietnam’s leading low cost carrier VietJetAir will have the winners of TV cooking show Iron Chef Vietnam 2012 in its chef team to make new recipes of its in-flight meals. The show, which has series of competition between two professional chefs, will be aired for the first time in Vietnam on Vietnam Television VTV3 at 11am from 6 May 2012.

The winner of each show will be awarded 20 million VND ($1,000). Also as honoured chefs, they will be then well positioned to take part in the international cooking contests sponsored by Vietjet Air.

Pritam Singh, Deputy General of VietJetAir, said: “We are impressed with the creativeness and passion of participating chefs in this show. This show is not just a contest but also a place where great chefs gathering and showcasing their best recipes ever. Dishes, which have been deliciously and delicately made during this show, will be the inspiration for us to make our in-flight dishes better. We, therefore, are happy to have winning chefs cook good meals for our passengers.”

Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. In Vietnam, the chefs have to make five dishes from only one material and professional chefs and cuisine specialists will be selected to the jury. Iron Chef is now franchised and aired in many different countries.