The King of the Kitchen is here to Tickle Your Taste Buds

Rev up your appetite as Chef Anton Mosimann takes you on a gastronomic adventure when he sets foot here in Malaysia. Written by Jivani Jeyasingam

Posted Monday, 28/06/2010 at 14:41 PM (www.visionkl.com)

Long before the likes of Jamie Oliver and Gordan Ramsey was Swiss born Chef and restaurateur Anton Mosimann. World renowned for his culinary career this gastronomic maestro will be setting foot in Malaysia for four glorious days to take you on a mesmerizing culinary journey that you will remember and cherish for a very long time. Exclusively at Saujana, Chef Anton Mosimann will be preparing some of his signature dishes such as the world famous ‘Risotto ai Funghi’, ‘Chicken Liver Parfait’ with ‘Pistachio Brioche’, ‘Roasted Saddle of Welsh Lamb’, ‘Herb Crust’ and of course Anton’s world famous ‘Bread and Butter Pudding’.

Born in 1947, Anton Mosimann grew up surrounded by food. He used to help out in his parents restaurant everyday after school. In fact, one of the first dishes that he cooked up was a cheese fondue when he was only 7 years old. In his teen years, he started an apprenticeship at a nearby restaurant while studying at a local catering college. After college, he went on to work in some of the top hotels in Rome, Montreal, Japan and Belgium. At the age of 28, he was the youngest ever to become Maitre Chef de Cuisine of The Dorchester and was awarded two Michelin stars and it wasn’t long before he became the youngest chef ever to be awarded the prestigious Chef De Cuisine Diplome from the prominent French Culinary Academy, Le Cordon Bleu.

In 1985, Anton had the culinary world in frenzy when he created a new healthy style of cooking called “Cuisine Naturelle” which avoids the use of fats and alcohol and focuses more on healthy and natural ingredients. And it wasn’t long before the trend of healthy coking caught on in the kitchens of top hotels around the world. Having been in this industry his whole life, Anton has cooked for a number of high profile figures including four Presidents of the United States of America, all of the British Royal Family, four British Prime Ministers and indeed most of Europe’s heads of state.

Anton now commands a sprawling culinary empire at an exclusive Belgravian club which was once an old church built in 1830. This prestigious dining club has seen the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins, Claudia Schiffer and even Paul McCartney.