Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh has announced the promotion of Italian Chef Nicola Rossi, previously chef de cuisine, to executive sous chef.

Chef Rossi, who graduated from the Istituto Tecnico Luigi Nervi, has more than 15 years of professional culinary experience. Prior to joining Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh, he worked at a number of acclaimed restaurants in Italy such as the Ristorante 668, Osteria Pane & Salame, Palazzo Cattaneo and Ristorante Zahir.

"I'm looking forward to this new chapter in my culinary career," said Chef Rossi. "I'm happy that my skills will be put to use and I will be able to extensively expand my scope of experience through this new role and responsibilities.”

Chef Rossi will be working hand on hand with executive chef Ahmed Fawzy, ensuring that all food and beverage offerings at the hotel are top-notch. This Ramadan, as part of his role, chef Rossi ensures to renew and present an extensive selection of mouth-watering dishes during the hotel's renowned Ramadan Iftar Tent buffet that includes global and local specialities in addition to a variety of cold and hot mezze offerings, an extensive sushi station, an enticing salad bar, an authentic homemade pasta station and much more. For this occasion, Chef Rossi has invested his outstanding skills and gastronomic experience to ensure every dish is a haven of taste, and Iftar is nothing short of spectacular.

He also aims to introduce his guests to the rich Italian history through his dishes that will certainly take them on timeless cultural experience. He added: “In the kitchen the entire team works together to deliver excellent food quality and strive to be authentic and trendy at the same time with concepts and dishes that are culturally connected to guest experiences.” - TradeArabia News Service