International Culinary Challenge

International Culinary Challenge continues to captivate audiences with live competitions,
inspiring innovation and excellence among culinary professionals
Culinary Challenge

Hotel Asia Exhibition

Now in its 19th edition, the Hotel Asia Exhibition & International Culinary Challenge has firmly
established itself as the Maldives’ most influential hospitality trade event—an essential
meeting point for industry professionals, innovators, and visionaries from across the globe.
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Where World-Class Hospitality Meets Local Excellence

Internationally acclaimed brands to emerging local businesses,
the exhibition provides a vibrant platform for networking and discovery.
Top-tier Resorts, Hotels, Restaurants, and F&B establishments will be in attendance, affirming
the event’s status as a cornerstone of the Maldives’ tourism and hospitality calendar.
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Visitor Profile

Hotel Asia attracts a wide-ranging and influential visitor profile from across the
hospitality and food service industries Our attendees include key decision-makers, industry experts,
and professionals involved in every facet of hotel and resort operations, procurement, and development.
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Celebrating the Defining
Moments of 2024

watch the official After Movie of Hotel Asia Maldives, that made it all shine.

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Inauguration Ceremony

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Culinary Awards

ABOUT HOTEL ASIA EXHIBITION & INTERNATIONAL CULINARY CHALLENGE 2025

Now in its 19th edition, the Hotel Asia Exhibition & International Culinary Challenge has firmly established itself as the Maldives’ most influential hospitality trade event—an essential meeting point for industry professionals, innovators, and visionaries from across the globe.

First launched in the year 2000 with just 42 stalls and 37 chefs, the exhibition has grown in both scale and stature. From its humble beginnings, it has blossomed into a world-class platform for hospitality brands to connect, collaborate, and showcase their offerings. After being held biennially in its early years, it transitioned to an annual event in 2008, consistently serving as a bellwether for industry trends and business development in the region.

About Event

ALAN PALMER

Project Director since 2002

Worldchefs Certified International Judge 

Hotel Asia celebrates its 25th anniversary this Year. The first International Culinary Challenge in 2002 attracted 40 participants and in 2024 over 650 entries from 70 resorts.
What is making the 19th edition of the Hotel Asia Exhibition and International Culinary Challenge his coming October the most successful and definitely the biggest event ever organised in the Maldives First the Organising team has been on ground since the beginning using their experience as event organisers to the full.

Dedicated partners and sponsors come back year after year knowing that their participation is highly valued and will be promoted island wide Competitors understand that the organisers make every effort to ensure the best possible conditions for participation On ground support from the Maldives National University Worldchefs member Chefs Guild of Maldives and the local logistics team.

Finally we are always able to attract a Judging Panel of high esteem ,including Certified Judges from Worldchefs, Culinary professionals actively involved in day to day hands on operations ,past competitors in Global competitions and an emerging team of Maldivian judges who are widely respected on the International Culinary stage.

I wish all competitors a successful event

Behind the Success of the Event