Pen Minea, Cambodia

I am co-founder of White Garlic located in Phnom Penh Cambodia. Our mission is to provide safe food with great taste, while also informing people about the importance of clean food for good health.

However, with this commitment we still lacked the capacity to train staff on knowledge related to food hygiene and safety, kitchen set-up, and kitchen operations.

In early 2017, I learnt about the Senior Expert Corps programme in Cambodia – just what I needed. There we found Expert Peter Wyss. He has worked the last 40 years as a master chef in one of the most famous hotels in Switzerland, Gstaad Palace. He spent four weeks in late 2017 with us and introduced the staff to international standards of food hygiene and safety and helped to transform kitchen operations. We are very satisfied with the assignment.

I am now very confident that White Garlic can help to reduce poverty by creating more jobs, providing more skills training to staff, and creating a healthier community for Cambodian people.