Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok announces the full line-up at this year’s World Gourmet Festival, set to take place from September 3 to 9, 2012 at the Hotel.

Eight chefs will be making the journey from around the globe to Bangkok for this year’s Festival, and will be joined by Master of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee, Eleveur de Fromage Jean-Francois Antony, and mixologist and ambassador for Dilmah Tea, Robert Schinkel.

This year’s line-up sees chefs from different corners of the globe who will be showcasing their signature styles of cuisine for two nights each at the Hotel. Taking part in the Festival this year are:

  Shiqin Chen, La Rei, Il Boscareto, Piedmont, Italy
  Diego Irrera, 1884 Restaurante, Mendoza, Argentina
  Galvin Lim, Les Amis, Singapore
  Igor Macchia, La Credenza, Piedmont, Italy
  Michael Mina, MICHAEL MINA, San Francisco, USA
  Víctor Quintillà Imbernón, Lluerna, Barcelona, Spain
  Masa Shimakawa, ONYX, Los Angeles, USA
  Frédéric Vardon, LE 39V, Paris, France

In addition to the World Gourmet Festival dinners, guests this year will have the opportunity to enjoy the World Gourmet Festival lunches, a Wine Master Class with Jeannie Cho Lee, a Cérémonie des Fromages with Jean-Francois Antony, and a tea mixology event and Afternoon Tea with Robert Schinkel and Dilmah Tea. For details of all of these events and more, check out the latest on Facebook or Twitter.

And why not extend the World Gourmet Festival experience with a stay at Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok? The World Gourmet Package is available throughout the Festival, including luxurious accommodations, a World Gourmet Festival dinner for two per night, and much more.

This year, both Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai and Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui will also be getting in on the World Gourmet action, each hosting a one-night-only dinner with one of the participating chefs. In Chiang Mai, Chef Masa Shimakawa will be cooking up a storm on Thursday, September 6, while Michael Mina will be bringing his signature modern American cuisine to the island of Koh Samui on Monday, September 10. World Gourmet Stay Packages will also be available at both properties.