Hilton Anaheim Kicks off 2012 With a Bang as NAMM Show Comes to Town!

The city of Anaheim was transformed into the music instrument and sound equipment mecca of the world with the arrival of the 2012, city-wide National Association of Music Merchants convention (NAMM) ! Vendors from all over the world gathered from January 19-22 to celebrate the art of making music in the beautiful city of Anaheim, California! 90,000 attendees to be exact, crowded the streets as they mixed and mingled with fellow industry peers while making deals and taking back to their respective stores the best music equipment available today! The Hilton Anaheim Hotel was no exception to the crowds again this year! As a matter of fact, our hotel was the official headquarters of the entertainment events taking place in the city! Everyone from the great Stevie Wonder, to Alice Cooper, Dave Navarro, and John Mayer just to name a few, made their way through the convention halls! Check out some images of the action inside our hotel as well as inside the Anaheim Convention Center! Thanks to all the NAMM attendees for another incredible convention! We can’t wait to see you again in 2013!!!! 

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Deck the Halls with Deliciousness at Hilton Anaheim!

Wait until you see all the delicious menu options we have in store this December 2011 for you! Not only do we have an out of this world Christmas Dinner, but we have New Years Eve both at Mix Restaurant  and Mix Lounge! Be sure to call 714-740-4412 and make your reservation today!

Hilton Anaheim & Eli Home Launch Christmas Tree Lane

Hilton Anaheim and The Eli Home for Abused Children, are partnering to host the first annual “Christmas Tree Lane.”  Local organizations and businesses have sponsored decorated Christmas trees (displayed in the hotel lobby) for auction.

Guests and the public can stroll through the newly renovated hotel lobby among these beautifully adorned Christmas trees and enjoy the creative design and uniqueness of each tree. All trees are available for purchase through bids placed at the computer kiosks that will be set in the hotel lobby later today!

The Christmas trees come complete with decorations, lights, skirt, gifts attached, and will be delivered to homes or businesses on the first weekend in December.

Bidding begins today, Monday, November 14th and ends at 8 pm on Thursday, December 1st, at the annual Eli Home Black and White Christmas Ball. All proceeds go to benefit abused and neglected children.

If you can’t make it to the hotel, but still would like to bid on  a tree and it’s awesome prizes, please visit: http://www.32auctions.com/organizations/2523/auctions/2783

Save Mom, Grams and your Auntie from Cooking and Cleaning This Thanksgiving!

Chef Carroll Introduces “Fruit of the Month” to Hilton Anaheim

We recently introduced our new Executive Chef, Kyung Soo Carroll to you and he’s bringing a whole new approach to our hotel’s kitchen! One of his new ideas is to feature a “Fruit of the Month”! This month, Chef is featuring the fruit Rambutans! Have you heard of it? Here is Chef’s thoughts on this month’s fruit!

Fruit of the Month

Note from the Chef

This month I am Featuring Rambutan

 I was first introduced to this fruit  in my culinary travels and work in Bangkok Thailand. Rambutan’s, are an oval shaped 3–6 cm tropical fruit in the Sapindaceae (Evergreen tree) family . It is native to Southeast Asia. It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits such as a lychee.

The leathery skin is reddish and covered with fleshy pliable spines, hence the name rambutan, derived from the Malay word rambut which means hairs. The fruit flesh is translucent with a sweet, mildly acidic flavor.

Great to eat while sipping a glass of Chardonnay!

Hilton Anaheim Receives Emergency Preparedeness Honor from City of Anaheim & FEMA

Our amazing team here at Hilton Anaheim recently were honored with diploma’s for completing Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)   training by Mayor, Tom Tait himself earlier this month at Anaheim’s City Hall! What’s CERT you ask? Well, it’s a program that prepares you to help yourself, your family, and your neighbors in the event of a disaster. During an incident, emergency service personnel may not be able to reach everyone right away. By getting trained in CERT, you will have the skills to help emergency responders save lives and protect property. As a member of a CERT team, you can respond to disasters, participate in drills and exercises, and take additional training. CERT teams are known and trusted resources to emergency responders and their communities. The coolest part of it all is the Hilton Anaheim has the most team members in the city that have graduated from the CERT program! Now you know that Hilton Anaheim is ready to help you under any circumstances!

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM HILTON ANAHEIM!!!

Kyung Soo Carroll Appointed Executive Chef of Hilton Anaheim

ANAHEIM, Calif. – (October 14, 2011) – Hilton Anaheim today announced the appointment of Chef Kyung Soo Carroll as the hotel’s executive chef. The young and extremely talented Chef Carroll joins the Hilton family in Southern California after eighteen years of chopping, slicing and sautéing with the best on the East Coast and Southeast Asia, working alongside culinary greats including Brian McBride, Jeff Buben, Michel Richard and Todd Grey to name a few. Chef brings his fusion of flavors – Classical French cuisine and Nuevo American Fusion – to Hilton Anaheim in a fresh farm-to-table style that will undoubtedly establish his career on the West Coast.

“Joining the Hilton family is both an honor and a privilege,” said Chef Kyung Soo Carroll. “It is with pride that I take on the role of executive chef and hope to use my passion for the culinary arts to bring new and exciting flavors to the guests of the Hilton Anaheim,” he added.

Chef Carroll found his passion early in life while cooking in the test kitchen of his high school. After realizing that he belonged in the kitchen, Chef went on to study the art of cuisine at Johnson and Wales: College of Culinary Arts in Charleston, S.C. and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Soon after graduation, Chef Carroll started his professional career in the hotel industry mastering his skills while winning the titles of chef de cuisine, banquet chef, executive sous chef and complex chef in the Washington DC area.

As the new executive chef of Hilton Anaheim, Carroll will oversee the menus for the hotel’s popular Mix Restaurant and Lounge featuring an extensive variety of imaginative dishes created from some of the finest organic and natural ingredients available in the region. He will also supervise the in-suite dining offerings and Hilton Anaheim’s vast catering and banquet kitchen that can feed over 2,500 people per meal period, serving the hotel’s 120,000 square-feet of meeting and event space.

For more information about Hilton Anaheim and to book a stay, call 1-714-750-4321 or visit www.hiltonanaheimhotel.com.

OC Forever Summer Artist Search Culminates with Big City Celebration!

 Hilton Anaheim recently celebrated the end of the OC Forever Summer Artist Search with a huge soiree to unveil the art that now enhances the walls of our recently renovated pool area of our hotel.

After months of searching with the help of our friends at MUZEO for artists who conveyed the OC Forever Summer  theme through their renderings,  three incredibly talented artists were chosen and immediately got to work on what is today, one-of-a-kind works of art on the walls of our hotel pool area! A special thanks goes out to our friends at the Orange County Tourism Council for coming up with such a great tagline to represent our community.

The unveiling event was a huge success as the city of Anaheim came out in droves to support the hotel’s community involvement in the arts including Anaheim’s very own, Mayor Tom Tait who received a self portrait painted by one of the winners.

The event also featured a performance from Battle of The Dance which was the perfect compliment to a night dedicated to the Arts!

Come visit Hilton Anaheim and see these works of art for yourself!