Chef 'shuffle' highlights Bangkok's rise as world-class dining destination

Chef 'shuffle' highlights Bangkok's rise as world-class dining destination

By Tim Footman, CNN

(CNN)Sven Elverfeld doesn't get out much.

The German chef, who heads Aqua at the Ritz-Carlton in Wolfsburg, is not one of those culinary libertines who spend half the year in the skies, leaving their underlings to knock out the tournedos and timbales at home while they stage pop-ups and guest appearances at fun locations abroad.

If he's away for more than a few days, the Aqua kitchen goes dark -- which is maybe one reason why it's held on to its three Michelin stars since 2009.

But Elverfeld has trusted his team to keep the hobs burning for the best part of a week as he makes the 13-hour trek to Thailand for the second Gelinaz Shuffle, an ambitious, slightly crazy project in which 40 of the world's top chefs take over each other's kitchens on the same night.

Full story: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/21/foodanddrink/gelinaz-shuffle-bangkok/

 

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