November, 9, 2015
To leverage its reputation as Colombo’s Grande Dame and transform the city’s dining and entertainment scene, distinctive concepts and renowned food offerings turn the hotel’s dining outlets into destinations in their own right. With strong emphasis on retaining the authenticity and heritage of the cuisine type, the main focus of dining at the Galle Face Hotel is to develop a modern style of preparing food through the hotel’s culinary experts which will eventually make cuisine at Galle Face Hotel better known in the global platform.
As a tasteful ending to the 4th French Spring Festival in Sri Lanka, the Embassy of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, the Alliance Française de Kotte in Colombo, the Alliance Française network and the Galle Face Hotel, who have partnered with the Embassy throughout the year, launches a French Culinary Week from the 15th to 24th November 2015 at the Galle Face Hotel’s Verandah restaurant, which boasts an open and vast view of the ocean and sits alongside the hotel’s green landscaped gardens, thereby offering both a relaxing and lavish experience to its guests.
The delectable French menu offered during the special promotion will be presented by visiting French Chef, Eric Maurel who brings 30 years of expertise by working across the globe, with the Radisson in Cairo, Imperial in India, JW Marriott in Cairo and a number of other well known properties.
Guests will enjoy fine wines served by Gaudin Sebastien, the hotel’s French sommelier, who will be pairing the Beaujolais Nouveau and other French wines with cuisine that marries the delicate dishes being repaired.
Throughout the French Culinary Week at the Verandah, L.I.F.T. (Lanka Institute of Fashion Technology) who are nurturing young creative talent to take the lead in the global fashion and design industry in the future, will display their products.
Ae collection of couture designs designed and manufactured by student designers of LIFT will also be showcased at the Galle Face Hotel during French Culinary Week. The hand crafted designs are based on variety of novel concepts inspired by Haute Couture which turned the French capital into the city of sophistication and worldly pleasures in the 19th century.
Meanwhile students of LIFT will showcase exotic French expressions featuring creative silhouettes, a unique luxury elegance and exclusive creations inspired by designers such as Coco Chanel, Valentino, Christian Dior and many more.
About the Galle Face Hotel
South Asia’s leading Grande Dame, the Galle Face Hotel is testimony to both Sri Lanka’s colonial past and its independent present. Celebrated within the hospitality world, it blends historical splendour with crafted modernity to form a new model for heritage properties. International guests are immersed in the Galle Face Hotel’s rich traditions and compelling stories, while Colombo society perceive the hotel as the most prestigious, desirable destination in the city for memorable dining and special events. Whether at the hotel for dinner or for a month-long stay, an experience of the Galle Face Hotel is one of timeless grandeur and exceptional hospitality.
Celebrating 150 years, the Galle Face Hotel is one of the landmarks in Asia and was acclaimed as one of the best heritage Hotels in Sri Lanka in 2012. Further it is the first Hotel in the country to be featured on a postage stamp.
About the Galle Face Hotel Group
The Galle Face Hotel Group manages the hotel and leisure interest of Galle Face Hotel, Kandy Hotels PLC & Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC.
Under this banner are 3 distinct portfolios of businesses.
The Deluxe Heritage Hotels Collection
Galle Face Hotel in Colombo and Hotel Suisse & Queens Hotel in Kandy.
Each hotel is a connected to Sri Lanka’s history, imbibed with the splendor of yesteryear while continuing to serve visitors, foreign and domestic is gracious surrounds.
The Resorts Collection
4 hotels routed in some of Sri Lanka’s most special areas offer a modern facility with outstanding vista & access to experience this great country.
The Lake Hotel Polonnaruwa, The Surf Hotel Bentota, The Safari Hotel Thissamaharama and The Lake House Polonnaruwa.
Each of these recently refurbished hotels offers traditional Sri Lankan hospitality to visitors.
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