23. David Gache - Executive Chef, The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal
Bite-sized facts:
Restaurants under remit: 10
Number of years in the F&B industry: 22
Year when he first moved to the Middle East: 1988
Nationality: French
David Gache is executive chef at the five-star, beachfront The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal, which opened this year. He leads a team of 106 chefs and 42 stewards.
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The restaurants, including South-East Asian Li Jiang, steakhouse The Forge, Lebanese Mijana, among others, are already popular in the city, especially with UAE Nationals.
He is well-known in the Middle East having moved to Bahrain in 1988. With extensive international experience in heading many exclusive restaurants and kitchens in five-star hotels, he began his career in London then moved to Geneva, where he honed his culinary skills at Michelin-star restaurants.
Prior to this, Gache served as executive chef of the 245-key Ritz-Carlton in Bahrain, which he joined in September 2008.
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