SINGAPORE – Eat, drink and do good at the upcoming series of wine dinners organised by four of Singapore’s top sommeliers who call themselves The Flying Sommeliers.
The group comprises Mohamad Fazil, group sommelier of Luke Mangan’s Salt Grill and Tapas restaurants, Amir Solay, group wine and beverage manager of the Unlisted Collection, Michael Leitner, former head sommelier of what was then known as Ku De Ta (now called Ce La Vi), and Gerald Lu, vice-president of the Sommelier Association of Singapore.
“We wanted to debunk the myth that sommeliers are snooty and only concerned about making money,” Mr Amir said.
Their exclusive five-course dinner-auctions will be held between May 8 and July 10 at five different restaurants: Salted & Hung, Pollen, Praelum Wine Bistro, Salt Tapas & Bar and Chef’s Table. Up to 30 seats will be available for each dinner.
The meals are wine-paired and priced at $168++ per head except at Chef’s Table, where it’s $228++ per head.
10 per cent of proceeds from the dinners will be donated to the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD), while money collected from a silent auction at each event will also go to the same cause.
The silent auction will feature premium wines specially curated by each of the sommeliers, and the additional amount collected above the wines’ purchase prices will go to SPD.
The Flying Sommeliers themselves will be present in superhero and supervillain costumes to share their stories and information about the curated wines with guests.
This is the second year they are arranging the wine dinner-auctions, and are hoping to raise at least $6,000 – almost double the amount collected last year.
Reservations for the charity wine dinners can be made by contacting Mr Fazil at mohamadfazil33@gmail.com.
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