Top expat chefs in Romania included in Gault & Millau’s first local edition
The Gault & Millau culinary guide, which launched its first edition in Romania earlier this year, selected 18 expat chefs who work in Romania and who run the kitchens of 19 out of the 141 restaurants included in the guide.
The highest ranking chefs are in majority Romanian, including the chef of the year. Expats cover a wide range of nationalities, and many of them have a long – standing history with Romania, including outside the capital. Below are the best expat chefs in Romania, as selected by Gault & Millau Romania, the 2018 edition.
Bucharest
1. Evanthia Zisi – Amvrosia
She is both the owner and the chef of this Greek restaurant in Pipera in the northern part of Bucharest. The restaurant received 11 points – the equivalent of 1 bonnet.
2. Ashlie Dias – Avalon
3. Joseph Hadad – Caju & Joseph
4. Paulo Alexandre Silva – Dancing Lobster
This is a Portuguese restaurant located within the Pescariu Sports & Spa in Bucharest.
5. Zoran Savic – Fish House
Zoran is Serbian/Croatian and in the past he has been a chef on the set for the Games of Thrones cast in Croatia. In Bucharest, he owns the Fish House restaurant, where he is also the chef. The restaurant received 10 points from G&M.
6. Alessandro Bertinetti – Grano
He is the chef of this Italian restaurant which also doubles as fine grocery shop. Grano received 11 points and a G&M bonnet.
7. Chaiyasith Srichom – Hambar
8. Takehiro Shimura – Kanpai
He is Japanese and runs the kitchen for both the Kanpai Bistro and the Japanos chain in Bucharest. Kanpai, which also has a Romanian chef alongside Takehiro, received 10 points from G&M.
9. Sayan Wongwai – Kunnai
10. Samuel Le Torriellec – L’Atelier
11. Thomas Parnaud
He was selected Young Chef of the Year in the G&M edition which also gave 12 points to the restaurant La Cave de Bucarest, where Thomas used to work when the place was reviewed. He came to Romania in the fall of 2017 and moved back to France earlier this year.
12. Anirut Poosung – Sushi Room
13. Paul Oppenkamp – The Artist
14. Patrizia Francesca Alobiso – Unico Vero
The Italian restaurant received 10 points from G&M.
15. Thomas Huit – ARC Bakery
Cluj - Napoca
16. Naofumi Tsuchiya – Tokyo
He moved in 2002 from Tokyo to Romania, where the opened this Japanese restaurant in Cluj – Napoca. Restaurant Tokyo received 11 points and 1 bonnet from G&M.
Timisoara
17. Binh Minh Dinh Thi – Little Hanoi
18. Henrik Sebok – Privo
The Gault & Millau Romania guide included restaurants with scores between 10 and 20. The highest score received by a Romanian restaurant was 15 points and 3 bonnets – Maize restaurant, Chef Alex Petricean.
More about the Romanian edition of Gault & Millau here.
141 restaurants selected for first Gault&Millau Romania guide
editor@romania-insider.com
(photo sources: opening photo - Adobe Stock; inside photos: chefs & restaurants on Facebook, Romania-Insider.com archive)