Steve Deconinck, executive chef, The Palace Downtown Dubai
Steve Deconinck manages a team of 69 chefs in the culinary operations at Palace Downtown, running six outlets, including Asado and Thiptara, in-room dining and event operations including outside catering. He has implemented a number of new cost saving initiatives in Palace Downtown as the pilot for EHG, including supplier tenders on behalf of the group, food wastage systems and breakage controls. Deconinck's motto is that the dish will only be as good as the ingredients sourced. One activation he undertakes every two weeks is to host an internal culinary competition between the chefs; after a winner is selected, he fine tunes the dish with them which then goes into one of the menus.
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