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The Star
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Chefs set new world record for longest line of tarts in Johor
JOHOR BARU: A seven-year-old Guinness World Record (GWR) has been broken by 115 World Chefs Championships participants for the longest line of tarts. The chefs, coming from 16 countries including from Malaysia, beat the record made in Hong Kong on Dec 9, 2018, by making fruit tarts during the event held at the Persada International Convention Centre here on Thursday (May 29). The group successfully made 4,399 pieces of fruit tarts with a total length of 221.63m to beat the previous record of 2,333 tarts or 186.64m. GWR adjudicator Sonia Ushirogochi declared the attempt a success, much to the delight of the jubilant group of chefs who contributed their efforts to make it into the records book. This is the third time that the event made its way into the GWR as last year, they cooked the largest Johor style fried noodle while in 2023, they set a new world record for the largest serving of char koay teow. Meanwhile, state unity, culture and heritage committee chairman K. Raven Kumar, who represented Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi during the event opening, said this was the third time the World Chefs Championship was held here. 'Organising the World Chefs Championship in Johor is the best opportunity for us to boost the gastronomy tourism sector to a much higher level. 'The competition can also increase the standard among local culinary and exchange ideas with their counterparts coming from all over the world,' he added. Raven said this year's competition saw a total number of 2,128 chefs, including Malaysians, competing with other chefs coming from 17 countries such as Singapore, United States, Australia, China, Taiwan and many others.
The Star
20-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
School move approved due to low enrolment
Compiled by C. ARUNO, JUNAID IBRAHIM and R. ARAVINTHAN SJK(T) Ladang Sembrong in Layang-Layang, Johor, will be moved to a more populated location, Makkal Osai reported. The school, which is located in Ladang Sembrong, has only 11 pupils. None of them are from the plantation but they live in residential areas nearby. State executive councillor K. Raven Kumar, who is also Tenggaroh assemblyman, announced the state government's approval for the move. With the growing Indian population in Taman Impian Emas and Taman Universiti, the community has been asking for a Tamil school in the area. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi had promised to allocate six acres of land each for two Tamil schools. Raven Kumar said federal funding will be sought through Pulai MP Suhaizan Kaiat, with the new school expected to accommodate 1,000 students. The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
