InterContinental Hong Kong's General Manager Claus Pedersen is pleased to announce the following appointments to the hotel's Executive and Culinary Teams.

Calvin Choi, Executive Sous Chef

Calvin Choi has recently been promoted to Executive Sous Chef of InterContinental Hong Kong.

He first joined InterContinental Hong Kong in 2003 on the opening team at SPOON by Alain Ducasse. Prior to that, he worked for the Jockey Club. Under his leadership as chef since 2010, THE STEAK HOUSE winebar + grill received 1-Michelin Star for three consecutive years. In Fall 2014, Calvin became Harbourside Chef, overseeing the hotel's busy restaurant. After leaving the hotel in 2016 to work for the Royal Garden Hotel as Executive Sous Chef,Calvin returned in 2017 as Senior Sous Chef, Banquet Kitchen and was recently been promoted to Executive Sous Chef, working closely with Executive Chef Maxime Luvara to oversee the hotel's extensive culinary operations which include five celebrated restaurants, one of the city's largest hotel banqueting facilities, plus the Lobby Lounge, Pool Terrace and in-room dining.

A member of the Hong Kong Chef Association competition team, Calvin won gold medals at the 2013 Oceanafest in Perth, 2012 International Food Fair and 2013 Asian “heat” of the World Global Chef Competition. In 2014 he represented Asia at the World Championship Finals of the World Association of Chefs Societies, winning the 2nd runner-up title. He also won a gold medal at the 2017 Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany. In 2018 Calvin is Coach of Hong Kong Chef Association competition team.

Christian Gonthier, Executive Pastry Chef

Executive Pastry Chef Christian Gonthier, a consummate pastry expert with over 30 years of experience, joined InterContinental Hong Kong in June 2018.  He is originally from Brignoles, France where he trained and developed his passion for pastry.

Christian has worked with world famous chefs including Alain Ducasse and Jacques Maximin at numerous internationally renowned hotels and celebrated restaurants including Spoon des Iles at the One & Only St Géran Resort in Mauritius, the 3-Michelin star Restaurant Alain Ducasse at 69 Avenue Raymond Poincarre in Paris, Hotel de Paris in Monaco, Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap D'Antibe and La Mamounia Hotel in Morocco. Most recently, he served as Executive Pastry Chef at Ritz Carlton Doha in Qatar and the Four Seasons Hotel Tunis in Tunisia.

During his time in his native France he worked with numerous gastronomic restaurants in boutique  hotels including the 1-Michelin star Le Saint Esteve - at Le Tholonet in Aix en Provence, where he worked with Mathias Dandine and Hôtellerie de l'Abbaye de la Celle which is owned by Alain Ducasse.

Alister Leu, Director of Housekeeping

Alister Leu recently joined InterContinental Hong Kong as Director of Housekeeping.

Prior joining InterContinental Hong Kong, she spent the past six years as Director of Housekeeping at The Fairmont & Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore, a 5 star hotel complex with 2030 rooms. Prior to her assignment in Singapore, she spent three years as Executive Housekeeper at the Grand Hyatt Macau.

Alister brings a wealth of experience to her role having worked in numerous 5-star luxury properties in her native Penang, Malaysia including Traders Hotel by Shangri-La, Evergreen Laurel Hotel and Eastern & Oriental, a landmark boutique hotel.

In her role as Director of Housekeeping at InterContinental Hong Kong, Alister, who oversees a team of 180, is responsible for maintaining the hotel's Forbes Travel Guide 5-Star Levels of service and cleanliness not only for the 503 guest rooms, but also for all public areas, including  restaurants and event space of the hotel, along with laundry operations.

With her wealth of experience, she will take the hotel's Housekeeping Division to the next level.

InterContinental Hong Kong

18 Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Tel: +852 2721 1211 Fax: +852 2739 4546 E-mail: hongkong@ihg.com

www.hongkong-ic.intercontinental.com

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For further press information, please contact:

Carole L. Klein, Executive Director of PR & Communications

InterContinental Hong Kong

Tel: (852) 2313 2335 / Fax: (852) 2721-5964

E-mail: carole.klein@ihg.com