Mentors
Every kitchen I trained in, and every chef who corrected my hand. I owe them a debt I will never finish paying, and I try to pass on what they taught me.
Read moreTalks and panels in the weeks ahead. If you are in the room, come and say hello.
All engagementsA chef, I have come to believe, keeps something older than himself. I spent fourteen years and six rooms learning the craft: French technique in Paris, the warmth of the Lyon bouchon, the restraint of Japanese yōshoku, all of it remade in Malaysia as contemporary French cooking with Modernist techniques. That training now goes into the conservation and cultural diplomacy of Serumpun Sarawak, working with Borneo's thirty-four indigenous communities. The French Borneo cuisine platform is growing out of that work.
I hold two French knighthoods, and I take both as an obligation. If you have come here with something in mind (a collaboration, an event, a question about Borneo), every way to work together is set out here, and the door is at the foot of every page.
Every kitchen I trained in, and every chef who corrected my hand. I owe them a debt I will never finish paying, and I try to pass on what they taught me.
Read moreParis, then Lyon, Japan and Malaysia, and most recently Sarawak.
Read moreWhat sits behind the work: heritage, diplomacy and soul, practised as a daily discipline.
Read moreSarawak's thirty-four indigenous communities, from Mulu to Kuching to Osaka, and the fieldwork that keeps bringing me back.
Read moreMy adjunct professorship at Taylor’s Culinary Institute: sustainability, mentorship and the young cooks coming up next.
Read moreQuiet work that I keep away from the spotlight.
Read moreTwo French knighthoods, one a state order, a UNESCO endorsement and the Malaysian firsts.
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Sustainability is how we cook here every day, on every plate.


Lyonnaise tradition and Parisian discipline. This was the first room, where my training met a Malaysian audience for the first time.
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The signature room. Contemporary and modernist cooking at its most ambitious, my classical training reworked plate by plate, year by year, for whatever the work asked.
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The Lyonnaise bouchon cooked as Lyon cooks it: quenelles, andouillette and the rituals of the table.
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Yōshoku taken further with French haute technique. Luxury ingredients, three rooms, and the most decorated of all my restaurants.
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Prime cuts cooked over serious fire. The meat room, lean and direct.
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The casual room. American comfort food, cooked with the same care as everything else.
Discover moreKrug, Hennessy, Gaggenau, The Plan, The Macallan, Mortlach, BMW and Mepra. Each one has asked me a different question.
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Borneo's thirty-four indigenous communities, and a conservation study endorsed by UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy Kuching. Serumpun is now carrying that work to Osaka and beyond. It is also the foundation of the French Borneo cuisine I am building.
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