CaterEssence Ltd, the food company within the Vassallo Group has just announced two new senior management positions to further strengthen the growth in business activity for the company.

Raphael Cauchi has been appointed as the new General Manager (Retail) responsible for all retail food activities of the company, and Mario Mallia has been appointed as the new Executive Pastry Chef, responsible for CaterEssence's pastry division.

Raphael Cauchi has previously gained 29-year experience working in the hospitality and destination management industry, Mr Cauchi held many positions, including senior management posts in five-star international hotel chains and food and beverage franchises mainly within Island Hotels Group and Costa Coffee Franchise. Mr Cauchi sat on a number of boards in the capacity of director.

Mario Mallia has previously held the position of Executive Pastry Chef at the Hilton Malta for the last nine years. Mr Mallia gained a lot of pastry related work experience working in various countries including the UK, Italy, Germany, Togo and Tunisia, Korea. He has participated and placed amongst top pastry chefs in a number of national and international competitions namely Salon Culinaire, World Association of Cooks Society and Hotel Olympia. Mario also formed part of Malta's National Culinary Team.

Commenting on these new senior management appointments CaterEssence Executive Chairman Ing. Alex Tranter said that "these two latest appointments at top management level within CaterEssence reflect the strong investment the company is making in attracting top quality talent to join our dynamic team. I have no doubt that Raphael and Mario will further strengthen and increase focus on our growing retail food activities and The Cake Box outlets, as well as promote increased innovation and higher quality food products for all our customers to enjoy."