Cinnamon Grand, Cinnamon Lakeside and Cinnamon RED celebrated the remarkable success of Cinnamon Colombo Hotels at the CAFE 2025 Culinary Art Food Expo, organised by the Chef’s Guild of Sri Lanka. The event brought together the winning teams to recognise Cinnamon’s triumph in both culinary artistry and food & beverage service.
Cinnamon Colombo Hotels achieved significant accolades across categories with a total of 149 medals, with Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo securing the prestigious Most Outstanding Overall 2025 Hotel Championship Trophy—the highest honour at the expo.
This moment marked a proud milestone, reflecting the excellence, innovation, and dedication of the entire food and beverage division across all three Cinnaoman City Hotels.
The event featured exciting live demonstrations to thrill the media gatherered. The assembly of a stunning chocolate showpiece and a dynamic flairing act -demonstrating the skill, style, and creativity of the teams beyond the kitchen were exceptional.
Kamal Munasinghe, Area Vice President – Cinnamon Colombo Hotels and General Manager – Cinnamon Grand Colombo, Nazoomi Azhar, General Manager – Cinnamon Lakeside Colombo; and. Terrence Ferando, General Manager – Cinnamon Red Colombo were in attendance and addressed the gathering, sharing their reflections on the team’s efforts and achievements.
each commended the cross-functional collaboration that contributed to Cinnamon Colombo Hotel’s outstanding performance.
Upon being questioned by Sunday Observer Explorer regards the sustaining of the international standards for the future that the Chefs have proved now to be on, Area Vice President, Cinnamon Hotels, Munasinghe responded that apart from the many internationally renowned chefs coming to Sri Lanka through whom they can learn much that there are many stints overseas that have been lined up for the chefs to continue to update their standards to be on par to international standards and practices in culinary.
