MENA 50 Best Restaurants: Chef names revealed

Massimiliano Alajmo Coming To Abu Dhabi

The overall programme will be open to food-loving consumers on a ticketed basis.

Middle East & North Africa’s 50 Best Restaurants is returning to the capital on 27 January 2023 after making its debut first time around at the Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers in 2022.

Highlights from the programme in Abu Dhabi will include the thought-leadership forum #50BestTalks and an extensive series of 50 Best Signature Sessions: collaborative dining events featuring leading chefs from across the world, as well as the best regional talent.

The 50 Best Signature Sessions will feature chefs such as Massimiliano Alajmo of legendary restaurant Le Calandre in Rubano, Italy (No.10 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022), Hiroyasu Kawate of the acclaimed Florilège in Tokyo (No.30 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022), rising star Jessica Rosval of Massimo Bottura’s Casa Maria Luigia in Modena, Italy and Maira Yeo of Cloudstreet in Singapore, who was voted Asia’s Best Pastry Chef in 2022. Further culinary stars from other parts of the MENA region will lso participate in the series.

 

 

Each visiting chef will collaborate with local culinary talent to create unique one-off dining experiences

for Abu Dhabi’s residents and visitors alike. Key events in the overall programme will be open to food-loving consumers on a ticketed basis, with further details revealed in due course.

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Derek Issacs

A Brit in the Middle East for 25 years and counting, Derek loves scouring the streets for those under-the-radar cultural gems. And when he’s not putting Yalla – Abu Dhabi magazine to bed, you’ll find him working out at the gym.