Magazine Sep/Oct 2017

4 The spotlight was recently on Chef Tan Gee Say, our Executive Sous Chef of 47 years (and counting!), who appeared in an article in The New Paper featuring The Club and its commitment to older workers. develop and grow our staff talent, a total of more than 300 hours of training was conducted for team members over the May and June period alone, covering a spectrum of qualifications including Management Skills, Food Hygiene, Alcohol Service, and Occupational First Aid and CPR. 3 As part of our commit- ment to continually

Congratulations to our team members who received The Club’s coveted annual staff awards for the fiscal year ended June 2017! General Manager’s Award: Teo Chew Ming (Pastry) Rookie of the Year: Robert Hoffman (Gym) Employee of the Year: Afieq Alauddien (Eagle’s Nest) Employee of the year: Ivan Chee (The 2nd Floor Kitchen) Employee of The Year: Nurul Amira Bte Yunos [Mira] (Spa) Staff News

These awards recognize staff members for their outstanding contributions to The Club.

2 The Club recently conducted its first Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) level 1 course for 10 F&B team members. The WSET is an accredited program that provides globally recognized education and qualifications in wines and spirits.

1 We’re proud of Monzie from Union Bar, who represented our Club at the 29th National Cocktail Competition in July. One of 25 mixologists across Singapore to compete in the ‘Cocktail’ category, he impressed judges with his creation, which he named ‘Home Away from Home’ (drawing inspiration from our Members’ experience at The Club) that landed him a spot in the finals.

5 The Club will be organi- zing a Staff Emergency Fund Tennis Tournament in September, which will see Members engaging in a bidding war for their Tennis Professional of choice, followed by an afternoon of round robin matches, live auction and games. All proceeds will be channelled into our newly-created Staff Emergency Fund, as prescribed by a Member vote at the 2015 Annual General Meeting.

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THE AMERICAN CLUB JUL / AUG 2017