41. Marco Torasso - Executive Chef, Grosvenor House Dubai
Bite-sized facts:
Size of team: 340
Number of years in the F&B industry: 22
Number of years in the Middle East: 7
Nationality: Italian
As executive chef for Grosvenor House Dubai, Marco Torasso commands eight restaurants, two bars, one tea lounge and one deli, two lobby lounges and room service across two properties. He also heads up banqueting for up to 400 guests and staff meals for up to 2,500 employees on a daily basis.
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Torasso is ambitious for his outlets and says his vision is to be the number one F&B operator in terms of volume/revenue, guest satisfaction and restaurant awards.
He says that in the last year, the biggest achievement is winning the GM appreciation award at the Grosvenor House Grammies. “This is an internal hotel award; it was a huge honour. I’m also very proud that my restaurants have received several Time Out awards and that I was part of the team that won more than 20 medals at the Salon Culinaire Awards in February 2013, hosted at the Dubai World Trade Centre.”
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