BREAD TORQUE!
Royal Plaza on Scotts flags off in support of Community Chest
Chefs of Royal Plaza on Scotts worked tirelessly on the life-sized bread race car for more than two weeks
Singapore, 26 August 2009 – Dazzling lights and tyre-burning speed will take centre stage as the nation celebrates Singapore’s second night motor racing season. At Royal Plaza on Scotts (RP), it’s BREAD TORQUE!as the hotel joins in the much anticipated event with a cornucopia of specially baked bread and a good deed. RP will be flagging off the occasion with a life-sized bread race car in its lobby, the first ever ‘dough-inspired’ race car to be created in Asia.
RP’s Culinary Executive Chef Abraham Tan will lead a team of six chefs, two artists, two engineering technicians and two culinary staff to create Asia’s largest bread race car. Measuring over 4.24 metres long, 1.78 metres wide and 1.03 metres high, the bread replica will delight both young and old with its eye-catching display of the baker’s art and a sheer fantasy turned into reality by dedicated RP staff and five young volunteers from Community Chest Singapore’s Metta School.
BREAD TORQUE!supports Community Chest, Singapore’s efforts to raise awareness for the charity movement and its beneficiaries. RP has hosted many events before to help Community Chest Singapore raise funds and donations to nurture and provide care for the under privileged.
“Community Chest is passionate about the main concerns of our community. We explore every opportunity to reach out to the less fortunate in every segment of society. We are very touched by the supportfrom the hospitality sector in Singapore, and particularly from Royal Plaza on Scotts, which has continually hosted various charitable projects to support our efforts at nurturing children to succeed and helping people with disabilities to lead independent lives. The bread car is a creative and meaningful way to further our cause and we are grateful to Royal Plaza on Scotts for organising it,” said Ms Eunice Olsen, member of Community Chest committee.
Mr Patrick Fiat, General Manager of RP, said: “What better way to usher in Singapore’s second night motor racing season than doing something meaningful for charity and the underprivileged. The life-sized bread race car not only offers our guests a spectacular visual and culinary treat when they visit Singapore during this period, it is also the highlight of a series of activities under the banner of BREAD TORQUE!”
Guests of RP and members of the public are able to join in the buzz of this motor racing season through:
1) Scale-model chocolate race cars, made of fine edible chocolate, can be purchased at Gourmet Carousel at S$29.90 each. Freshly-baked cookies, Turbo Choc Chip (Inside-out chocolate chip flavour) and Hot Wheels (Walnut flavour), are also available at S$2.80 each. S$5 from each sale of the scale-model chocolate race cars and S$1 from each sale of the cookies will be contributed to Community Chest.
2) A free competition is open to the public to submit their guess of the weight of flour used to create the life-sized bread race car and a photograph of themselves with the race car at RP. We are partnering AsiaOne in this contest and the grand prize is S$1,000 cash, with compliments from Royal Plaza on Scotts. More information will be on their website at www.asiaone.com/static/special.
3) RP is also inviting the public to join in this celebration by purchasing a S$5 lucky draw ticket to take part in a charity drive for Metta School. There will be a draw on Wednesday, 23 September 2009, to pick the winner for the grand prize of a one-night stay in a newly-renovated Premiere Business Suite at RP, with breakfast for two, on Singapore Grand Prix weekend (26 – 27 September 2009) and a pair of walkabout 3-day pass for Singapore Grand Prix 2009, worth S$2,300.
4) During September, RP staff will be arranging for fresh bread to be delivered every Wednesday morning at 9.00am to 443 children at Metta School, located at Simei Street 1. As a special treat, the kids can expect Chocolate Croissants (2 and 23 September), Cinnamon Rolls (9 September) and Butter Croissants (16 September).
5) Guests having dinner at RP’s restaurant Carousel can also do their part for charity as the hotel will donate S$2 for every adult dinner cover from 22 August to 19 September 2009.
6) RP’s Heat ultralounge will feature a selection of motor racing themed cocktails such as Checkered Flag and Torque, and a variety of delectable snacks such as Laps, Grand Stand, and Paddock from 1 to 27 September 2009. (Please see Annex for full details on the cocktails and snacks.)
About Metta School
Established in 2001, the Metta School offers special education to children from various races and religions aged seven to 18, who are diagnosed with mild intellectual disability (IQ range of 50 to 70) and/or mild autism.
Supported by the Ministry of Education, National Council of Social Service and Metta, the school strives to fulfill the imperative aim of helping these children function optimally as self-reliant and contributive individuals, empowering them with the means to lead independent and meaningful lives.
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