Gonzalez has lengthy labored with celebrated names and through the years Gallery by Chele has run pop-up collaborations by cooks together with Andre Chiang, Elena Arzak and Yoshihiro Narisawa. For this particular tenth anniversary, conversations started with the cooks virtually two years in the past.
“I selected individuals who had labored earlier than within the kitchens with us, collaborating, but additionally due to our relationship and our friendship – I needed to make it deep and particular.
Gonzalez jokes that a part of the rationale they determined to mark the 10-year anniversary “was firstly because we survived! But secondly, because we were also able to evolve. I put a lot of effort and time to create a happy environment, where everybody respects each other, where everybody loves what they do. I empower my team and want them to take the lead.”
Indeed, the chance his younger staff acquired was nothing in need of outstanding – if additionally presumably barely intimidating, given the presence of the culinary gods subsequent to them within the kitchen.
Some of the best names to ever have wielded tweezers and knives clearly maintain Chele Gonzalez in nice affection. For the primary evening of celebrations, they feasted on Gonzalez’s personal 10-course menu, The Journey, which dazzled them with a few of the best hits from his profession melding Spain and The Philippines to stunning impact.
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