上海，2023年9月25日，上海凯宾斯基大酒店近期任命梅纳德·贝卡尼先生为酒店行政总厨。梅纳德·贝卡尼先生将监督酒店备受赞誉和屡获殊荣的餐饮及全面负责酒店厨房事务的日常运营及管理工作。
对于梅纳德·贝卡尼先生的加入，上海凯宾斯基大酒店总经理马克·柯克说道，“我们热烈欢迎贝卡尼先生加入上海凯宾斯基大酒店担任酒店行政总厨，期待他与我们的客人分享他以深谙市场策略、根植本土美食文化为灵感的烹饪风格。”
1986年，他于法国的一家米其林餐厅“LA MENANDIERE”开始了他的烹饪旅程，自此与烹饪结下了“不解之缘”并先后在不同的米其林餐馆工作了10多余年。之后，他进入一级方程式汽车-雷诺体育担任主厨一职位，而后成为“Le Méridien L‘Habitation-Le Domaine的行政总厨。随着不断前进的脚步，贝卡尼先生逐渐在烹饪领域才华毕露。1999年，贝卡尼先生开始德国驻华盛顿大使馆担任行政总厨，并先后于世界各地的高端酒店任职。2015年，对中国文化的向往，他加入太原凯宾斯基大酒店担任行政总厨。2017年至2019年期间，贝卡尼先生于深圳瑞吉酒店的任职。在加入上海凯宾斯基大酒店之前，他于2019年至2023年担任长沙尼依格罗酒店行政总厨。
行政总厨贝卡尼的加入，将为客人带来具有独特感官体验的现代创新美食，并在酒店即将举办的活动中给客人带来新的体验。我们相信，贝卡尼的加入将为上海凯宾斯基大酒店带来新的活力和精彩。行政总厨贝卡尼说道：“人们希望是被包容、被理解，并被赋予成长的能力。当给予团队一定的知识分享与积累，我相信，收获远不止这些。”
Shanghai, 25 September 2023, Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr. Ménad Berkani as the new Executive Chef. In this role, Chef Berkani will oversee all menu creation and execution for the hotel’s popular and award-winning food and beverage restaurants and catering facilities.
Chef Berkani’s appointment was shared by Mr. Mark Kirk, the General Manager. “We are thrilled to welcome Chef Berkani to join Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai as our new Executive Chef and look forward to sharing his market-driven, locally inspired style of cooking with our guests,” said Mr. Kirk.
In 1986, he began his journey at a Michelin restaurant – La Menandiere in France, and then worked for different Michelin restaurants for more than 10 years. After that, he went to Formula 1 Automobile – Renault Sports as a Head Chef, then became an Executive Sous-Chef of Le Méridien L’Habitation – Le Domaine. In 1999, Chef Berkani started as an Executive Chef at the German Embassy in Washington and then worked around the world in many of the top hotels. In 2015, he came to China to be a culinary director and joined Kempinski Hotel Taiyuan. From 2017 to 2019, Chef Berkani was the Executive Chef at St. Regis Shenzhen, before joining Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai; he was the Executive Chef of Niccolo Changsha from 2019 to 2023.
As Chef Berkani steps into his new role, he strives to bring guests innovative modern cuisine with a unique sensory experience, as well as interact with guests during upcoming events hosted at the hotel. We believe his appointment will bring new energy and excitement to the cuisine at the Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai. “At my core, I want to give back to this profession what I’ve been given,” said Chef Berkani. “I believe that people want to be included, understood and given the ability to grow. When you share knowledge and collaborate with your team, the whole is so much greater than the sum of all of its parts.”
