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November 8-10, 2024
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Restaurant Series
Indulgent kitchen takeover and ‘four-hands’ dinners with international guest chefs and homegrown talents.
Kita Conversations
Keynote speeches, fireside chats and panels discussing challenges and trends in the F&B industry
Big Sunday Barbecue
Casual multi-chef collaborative cookups featuring the best pitmasters around.
COCKTAIL EVENING - NOV 8
A cocktail evening with the finest bartenders in Kota Kinabalu coming together to create a series of cocktails using and infuse exotic herbs and endemic fruits from Sabah, with some tasty bites to boot.
The Chefs:
- Oliver Truesdale-Jutras of Re:Growth, Singapore and Folia, Penang
- Ho Jun Yip of Hyatt Centric, Kota Kinabalu
The Bartenders:
- Steve Stephen, ON23 Sky Bar at Hyatt Centric • Lihing Sour
- Junior Rizal Utto, Flips • Latok Gimlet
- Osmund Bernard, Mari Drinks • Sandakan Sling
Cocktail Evening
Date: November 8, 2024
Venue: ON23 Sky Bar @ Hyatt Centric, Kota Kinabalu
RESTAURANT SERIES - NOV 9
KITA CONVERSATIONS - NOV 10
A series of keynote speeches, fireside chats and panel discussions focusing on trends, obstacles and opportunities in the F&B industry in both Kota Kinabalu and further afield today.
- Oliver Truesdale-Jutras of Re:Growth, Singapore and Folia, Penang
- Ray Adriansyah of Locavore NXT, Bali
- Josephine Lu of Jaws & Claws Chocolate
- David Lee of Ah Yen Traditional Fried Pork, Singapore
- Johnson Wong of Gēn and Communal Table, Penang
- Raphael Peter Lee of Oitom, Kota Kinabalu
Kita Conversations
Date: November 10, 2024
Venue: Hyatt Centric, Kota Kinabalu
Tickets: RM28.00 per pax
Big Sunday Barbecue - NOV 10
The casual, smoky, and ever-so-tasty hallmark of Kita Food Festival will descend on Kota Kinabalu on November 10.
- Darren Teoh (Dewakan, Kuala Lumpur) x Oliver Regis Hinson (Shangri-La Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu)
- Oliver Truesdale-Jutras (Re:Growth, Singapore; Folia, Penang) x Ho Jun Yip (Hyatt Centric, Kota Kinabalu)
- Johnson Wong (Gēn, Penang) x Sidney Disimon Suchart (Hearth, Kota Kinabalu)
Shangri-La Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu
November 10, 2024
5:30PM onwards
RM178.00 per pax, nett, inclusive of 6 dishes
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Cocktails, Cuisine, and Nature’s Bounty: KK Weekender Highlights
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COCKTAIL EVENING
First up, Sunset Sips: A Cocktail Soirée on Nov 8 at ON23 Skybar, Hyatt Centric. Here, three of KK’s best bartenders– Steve Stephen of ON23 Sky Bar at Hyatt Centric, Junior Rizal Utto of Flips, and Osmund Bernard of Mari Drinks, will be working together to pump out three stellar cocktails, including Lihing Sour using a local rice wine, Latok Gimlet which reinvents the classical gimlet with seaweed, and last not least a Sandakan Sling.
A selection of tasty bites by Oliver Truesdale-Jutras of Re:Growth, Singapore and Ho Jun Yip of Hyatt Centric will also be served to complement these creative concoctions.
Kota Kinabalu Weekender is supported by:
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