HISTORY

On the 12th August 1965, 6 expatriates met at 267 Cantonment Road for the very first General Committee meeting of the “The Wine and Food Society, Singapore Branch”. Mr Gould was the first and Founding President of the Society, and at this historic meeting, they discussed the “Rules” of the Society and planned their ‘Inaugural Dinner’: a ‘French-themed’ dinner for 50 members at The Adelphi Hotel on the 14th October 1965.

The first dinner cost S$40.00 per person. They drank a case of ‘Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de Las Cases 1955 (Château bottled) (cost: S$13.50 per bottle); and another case of Corton Clos du Roi, 1959 (cost: S$11.40 per bottle).