31. Izu Ani - Head Chef, La Serre Boulangerie & Bistro
Bite-sized facts:
Size of his team: 140
Number of years in the F&B industry: 22
Number of years in the Middle East: 3.5
Nationality: British-Nigerian
British-Nigerian Izu Ani is a chef who has turned suppliers away for not providing him with high quality produce, such is the power he commands.
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In 2012, he was offered the chance to take a new site in Downtown Dubai to create his own restaurant with Emaar Hospitality, and his year-long journey to create a two-floor boulangerie and bistro, La Serre, which would combine his favourite aspects of dining and culture from France and the Mediterranean culminated in the opening at the Vida Downtown Dubai.
While he is working on improving the offering at La Serre over the next year, he has not ruled out consulting with Emaar Hospitality on its other projects in the future.
Ani is well-known for launching the successful La Petite Maison in DIFC, and the outlet made it into The World’s 100 Best Restaurants less than two years after opening.
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