Desaru Coast Gourmet Series Brings One MICHELIN-Starred Chef Su Kim Hock of Au Jardin for its first-of-a-kind Six-Hands Experience

Written by: Poppy Skinner Created: 10 August 2023

Delicious dining just on our doorstep.

For the second instalment of its Gourmet Series 2023 edition, Desaru Coast announces its first six-hand collaboration of award-winning chefs. Entitled An Ode to Nature, this latest instalment pays homage to the wonders of nature, featuring fresh flavours created using locally-sourced produce. 

Featuring the culinary prowess of One MICHELIN-starred Chef Su Kim Hock of Au Jardin Penang, Chef Johnson Wong, founder of gēn Penang (MICHELIN Select Restaurant) and Communal Table by gēn (Bib Gourmand), and Chef Valerio Pachetti, Executive Chef at One&Only Desaru Coast, this dining event will take place at the destination’s ultra-luxury resort, One&Only Desaru Coast, from 1 to 3 September 2023. 

Chef Kim Hock – who has played a pivotal role in elevating the Malaysian fine dining scene since returning in 2018 – will wow with his signature Bread & Spread with tomato chutney butter, flavourful cured snapper with longan gelée, szechuan pepper emulsion, and nashi pear, as well as hand-dived scallops with smoked broccoli and brassica purée.

Desaru Coast Gourmet Series 2023 - Instalment II will offer two intimate dinner seatings on 1 and 2 September at Ambara, and at brunch at Ember Beach Club on 3 September.

Written by: Poppy Skinner

Poppy covers a wide range of topics at Billionaire, having spent the past 13 years at companies including Singapore Tatler, Her World Plus and Harpers Bazaar UK. She has a passion for fashion, jewellery and travel as well as an avaricious fascination with crime novels. Follow her at poppypskinner on Instagram.