Susur Lee
Country: Singapore / Canada
Bio: Born in Hong Kong, Chef Lee started down the culinary path at the age of fourteen when he became apprenticed for seven years to the Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong before later moving to Toronto, Canada to pursue his culinary career. Having travelled extensively and being exposed to various culinary traditions, Chef Lee believes that success comes with the continuous acquisition of knowledge. He opened an expansive gastrodome, Susur, in Toronto in 2000 and instantly earned accolades from Food & Wine magazine and Gourmet Magazine. Two years later Chef Lee unveiled a sister restaurant ‘Lee’, and positions the two restaurants as complementing each other.
Cuisine: Asian-inspired fusion
Schedule
04 February
Culinary masterclass
Watch as Susur Lee demonstrates some of the best fusion cuisine from caramelised black cod with Japanese salmon pearls and dim sum turnip cake with lemon miso custard to delicious sun-dried tomatoes with garlic shrimp with roasted artichokes and eggplants.
Time: 11.30am – 1pm
Venue: Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel
Cost: Free admission though reservation is necessary
05 February
Maison Joseph Drouhin with International Masterchef Susur Lee
Guests will be pampered by the finest harvest from acclaimed vineyard Maison Joseph Drouhin that will be paired with Lee’s delightful fusion cuisine.
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: InterContinental Abu Dhabi, The Yacht Club
Cost: Dhs650
Claudio Sadler
Country: Italy
Bio: A well-known two-Michelin-starred chef in Italy, Chef Claudio Sadler is one of the founders of ’Jeune Restaurateurs d’Europe’, an organisation that promotes budding young chefs and also the vice president of ‘Soste’, an exclusive association of top restaurateurs. He counts traditional regional recipes as his inspiration. “Cooking for me is like painting pictures,” he adds. And the secret behind his two-star Michelin status? “It is the concept of ‘pleasing the guests’. Some chefs only cook for their guests but I satisfy them.”
Cuisine: Italian
Schedule
05 February
Culinary Masterclass
Watch the evolution of Chef Claudio Sadler’s Italian cuisine with demonstrations on Milanese risotto with saffron pistils and liquorice dust, scampi cake with stewed artichokes and potato foam, and watermelon water-ice with white chocolate foam.
Time: 9.30am – 11am
Venue: Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel
Cost: Free admission though reservation is necessary
06 February
Château Pichon Lalande with International Masterchef Claudio Sadler
Sadler will create Italian delicacies that’ll be paired with the finest vintage selections of Château Pichon Lalande in this
exclusive dinner.
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, Mezzaluna
Cost: Dhs850
Alain Solivérès
Country: France
Bio: Born in the southern French city of Beziers, Chef Alain Solivérès showed an interest in culinary arts from a very young age. He spent nine years at Les Elysées du Vernet in Paris and worked in several distinguished restaurants before winning his first Michelin-star as chef de cuisine for the legendary Alain Ducasse at the gastronomic restaurant La Bastide de Gordes, which is often referred to as the ‘jewel of Provence’.
Cuisine: French
Schedule
10 February
Culinary masterclass
Chef Alain Solivérès brings the flavours of his traditional French cuisine to life in this showcase with demonstrations on how to cook Britanny brown crab minestrone and a very appetising Sault spelt wheat curried
lobster risotto.
Time: 9.30am – 11am
Venue: Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel
Cost: Free admission though reservation is necessary
08 February
Château de Beaucastel with Masterchef Alain Solivérès
Enjoy a night of traditional French cuisine accompanied by top vintages from Château de Beaucastel, arguably the foremost producer in the region of Châteauneuf du Pape.
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi, Finz Restaurant
Cost: Dhs850
Ryan Clift
Country: Singapore
Bio: Chef Clift has collaborated with some of the most celebrated culinary experts, including Marco-Pierre White and Raymond Capaldi. He moved to Australia in 1999 and excelled as head chef of Vue de Monde, the most acclaimed dining spot (winning three hats in ‘The Age Good Food Guide’), and then became the chef and co-owner of Singapore’s revolutionary restaurant bar, Tippling Club which, has been hailed as one of country’s top restaurants and listed among the region’s top 100 establishments as Asia’s number one venue.
Cuisine: Progressive
Schedule
10 February
Culinary masterclass
Chef Ryan Clift, co-owner of Signapore’s Tippling Club will demonstrate a sumptuously exciting way to prepare kingfish and foie gras apple in this one-off masterclass.
Time: 11.30am – 1pm
Venue: Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel
Cost: Free admission though reservation is necessary
09 February
Cape Mentelle with International Masterchef Ryan Clift
Savour top chef Ryan Clift’s dishes matched with vintages from one of the greatest Australian château, Cape Mentelle. Cape Mentelle has been awarded the Jimmy Watson Memorial trophy, cementing its status as one of Australia’s best.
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, Sayad
Cost: Dhs650
Anthony Genovese
Country: Italy
Bio: Chef Genovese is one of the owners of Rome’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant, II Pagliaccio. Born in France in 1968, Chef Genovese started his gastronomic career on the French Riviera and his travels across South East Asia and the Pacific Rim have significantly matured his culinary talent, with the Asian influences he absorbed, now combining with traditional Italian cuisine.
Cuisine: Italian
Schedule
08 February
Culinary masterclass
Chef Genovese will delight guests with his ‘Mediterrasian’ dishes as he cooks up risotto with mozzarella, ginger and lamb sweetbreads, as well as veal entrecote, galletti mushrooms and almonds, and apricot drops.
Time: 9.30am – 11am
Venue: Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel
Cost: Free admission though reservation is necessary
11 February
Azienda Agricola Luciano Sandrone with International Masterchef Anthony Genovese
Enjoy specialties by Chef Anthony Genovese paired with the finest selection of Azienda Agricola Luciano Sandrone vintages. The estate is known to produce between 90 to 100,000 bottles, or about 8,000 cases, each year.
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: Hilton Abu Dhabi, BiCE
Cost: Dhs850
Shane Delia
Country: Australia
Bio: At only 32 years of age, Chef Delia is one of Melbourne’s most innovative chefs. At the age of 21, Shane was appointed sous chef of Eleonore’s at Chateau Yering in the Yarra Valley, and then in 2003 he was promoted to Executive Chef. Opening his acclaimed first restaurant Maha Bar and Grill in February 2008, Shane has excited diners with his fresh Mediterranean approach to Middle Eastern cuisine. Receiving chef’s hats in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of ‘The Age Good Food Guide’, and winning the Restaurant and Catering Association of Victoria award for the Best New Restaurant 2008, Delia has a bright culinary future ahead of him with plans to open his second venue St. Katherine’s this year.
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Schedule
13 February 2011
Bodegas Vega-Sicilia with International Masterchef Shane Delia
Chef Delia’s delightful creations will be accompanied by premium selections from Bodegas Vega-Sicilia, a northern Spanish château in the Ribera del Duero Denominacion de Origen and produces some of Spain’s best vintages, notably Unico, one of the country’s most expensive crimson beverages.
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi, Pearls & Caviar
Cost: Dhs750
16 February 2011
Culinary masterclass
Chef Delia will reveal the secrets and demonstrate how to take a fresh new Mediterranean approach towards Middle Eastern cuisine in this one off special.
Time: 11.30am – 1pm
Venue: Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel
Cost: Free admission though reservation is necessary
