International Food Tourism Forum

Born in 1954 in the city of Georgetown – Penang. Hj. Rafek Saleh is an Executive Director & Principal Halal Consultant for Malaysia Halal Consultation & Training (MHCT) Agency with 39 years working experience as Manager at Halal Audit & Compliance Department for Malaysia Airlines. He is also a certified Halal Food Processing and Handling Trainer for Malaysia Airlines and also a content provider for IHIA (International Halal Integrity Alliance) Halal Standards. He is holding degree in Islamic Jurisprudence from Islamic Academy - University Malaya. He was one of the recipients of the prestigious “Anugerah Maulidur Rasul” award from His Royal Highness Malaysian King DYMM Tuanku Ja’afar Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman. Relevant Skills and Experience Trained over 8,500 In-flight catering senior management, managers, executives, supervisors, operations / production staff and food suppliers worldwide from 1997 – 2016 and on-going... Developed curriculum adhering to corporate policies and procedures to conduct group training for Halal Awareness Program and Halal Food Guidelines. Supervised and trained MAS Catering / LSG Sky Chefs (LSGB) employees in maintaining Halal, Hygiene and Quality standard. Provide Technical advisory and Halal consultancy. Setting up Halal Kitchen and provide training and consultation to managers, auditors, executive chefs, cooks, etc. in-house and abroad such as TFK Corp. Tokyo, Evergreen Sky Catering Taipei, GIC International Catering Frankfurt, LSG-Sky Chefs Heathrow London, Taj Sats Catering in Maldives, Delhi, Bombay, Madras & Bangalore India, Beijing Airport Inflight Kitchen China, Servair CPA Catering Paris, Gate Gourmet Group of Companies in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Manila, HACOR Corp. Los Angeles, Delta Daily Food Montreal Canada, Tops Foods Brussel-Belgium, SATS Adel Abujadayel Jeddah, Sri Lankan Air Catering, Appendix 2 2 Korean Air Catering, Dnata Catering Singapore, Alpha Flight Services, Australia & Amsterdam, Manila Inflight Catering, Royal Fukuoka & Kansai Inflight Catering Japan, MARFO Amsterdam, Frankenberg Germany, Mauritius, Etihad Airlines Catering, Abu Dhabi, Qatar Airways Catering Centre, Doha and many more.