Peter Kuruvita shows Aussie foods and wine to Sri Lanka chefs

May 04, 2014 (LBO) - Peter Kuruvita, an award winning chef and television host had conducted a master class for chefs in Sri Lanka promoting Australian food and wine, the Australian High Commission (embassy) said. The class organized by the Australian High Commission in Colombo with the Chefs Guild of Sri Lanka and William Angliss Colombo Academy of Hospitality Management. The school is a joint venture with Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.

"The event was an opportunity for Peter Kuruvita to introduce the best of Australia's world renowned fine, fresh gourmet produce to the hospitality trade," a statement from the High Commission said.

"The Master Class brought some of Sri Lanka’s best chefs together with aspiring students of the hospitality trade."

"The participants tried their hand at cooking some of Peter Kuruvita's unique recipes inspired by the creative, sophisticated and diverse nature of Australian culture."

Kuruvita has begun cooking at his ancestral home in Colombo. His family moved to Australia and he had worked in ma