Elements welcomes ‘Chef of the Year’ Christoph R?ffer

Wednesday 18 March 2015 17:22
Award-winning German chef Christoph Rüffer cooks exclusively at Elements restaurant in Bangkok from 24 to 28 March 2015. Elements is located at the heart of Bangkok on the 25th floor of The Okura Prestige Bangkok.

Christoph Rüffer demonstrates his unique style of cuisine made famous at the popular Restaurant Haerlin at the Fairmont Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg, where he has delighted diners since June 2002.

This restaurant enjoys Michelin 2 star status and was named ‘Restaurant of the Year’ for 2014 by another influential restaurant guide Gault Millau. That same publication has given Christoph Rüffer the prestigious title of ‘Chef of the Year 2015’.

Chef Christoph has prepared set lunch and dinner menus available each day at Elements. The set lunch, priced at Baht 2,600++, includes Maine lobster with yellow beetroot, passion fruit and cocoa, and roasted Barbarie duck served with corn, potato and bacon, young leeks and peppered Nashi pear compote.

The five-course set dinner, priced at Baht 4,900++, features Atlantic turbot with pumpkin, coconut and tamarind, and rack of lamb with sage, spicy couscous, small vegetables and choron sauce.

Guests selecting the optional wine pairing (add Baht 2,500++) will enjoy a fine selection of labels chosen by Sommelier Marc Bittner from France, Italy and Germany. The wines include a Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, Chambolle-Musigny, Burgundy, France 2011(paired with the turbot) and an Elvio Cogno, Bricco Pernice, Barolo, Italy served from magnum 2009 (served with the lamb).

“It’s a real honour for us to welcome Christoph Rüffer to Elements,” says Okura Prestige Bangkok’s Culinary Director Thomas Jakobi. “His menus at the Michelin 2-star Restaurant Haerlin in Hamburg have become legendary in recent years and we are delighted that will soon be sharing his amazing culinary knowledge and expertise with our guests.”

The set lunch and dinner menus, with a wine pairing option at extra cost, are available daily from 12 noon to 2:30 pm and 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm at Elements restaurant - 25th floor, The Okura Prestige Bangkok from 24 to 28 March 2015.

Reservations are recommended - please call 02 687 9000 or email [email protected]