2. Sebastian Nohse
Director of culinary, JW Marriott Marquis
As director of culinary at the JW Marriott Marquis, Nohse heads up a team of 330 chefs and 22 kitchens across 14 outlets. He is considered a champion of HACCP best practices, having led the implementation of the programme in many properties and, under his influence, the JW Marriott Marquis received a Dubai Municipality award for Best Food Hygiene in a five-star hotel. His team recently launched the hotel’s biggest brunch to date, called the Wanderlust Brunch, offering more than 360 dishes from the hotel’s signature outlets, which Nohse described as “a food odyssey”, and brought more than 25 Italian Michelin-starred chefs together with locally based chefs to cook for 400 people on the hotel’s pool deck.
Bite-sized facts:
Number of years in the F&B industry: 23
Number of years with this company: 3
Number of years in this role: 3
Number of years working in the Middle East: 9
Number of people you are responsible for: 330
Number of F&B outlets in the Middle East: 14
Nationality: German
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