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TRAVELING GOURMET
Masters in
the Kitchen
BY MEAGAN DRILLINGER
Park Hyatt is launching a new
“masters” program in January
that will including culinary
workshops that allow guests to
roll up their sleeves and get an
insider’s perspective on how hotel
chefs deliver their cuisine, from
market to table.
Park Hyatt Maldives
Hadahaa
Paying tribute to the vibrant colors
and flavors of the Maldives,
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa
(www.maldives.hadahaa.park.
hyatt.com) will provide mastersto-be
the opportunity to embark
on a traditional Maldivian fishing
boat (called a dhoni) for a
twilight fishing excursion. Local
Touch: Guests visit a nearby
island, as well, to meet local
residents, who will take them on
a tour of a farm. Light Maldivian
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refreshments will be served in the
home of a local.
The following day, chefs-intraining
are escorted to restaurant
Battuta where they will be
given a synopsis on the kinds of
dishes that will be prepared with
the previous day’s bounty. After
picking herbs in the hydroponics
garden, the Battuta kitchen staff
will lead a demonstration in fish
preparation.
Our favorite, “In the
Moment,” brings hard work to a
close when guests sit for lunch at
Battuta to sample the dishes that
have been prepared.
Tip: We hear that the Park
Pool Villas at the resort are the
most spacious option, measuring
at more than 1,200 square feet.
Each Park and Park Pool
villa has an outdoor garden
area with terrazzo bathtub and
rain shower along with private
beach access. Park Water Villas
have 180-degree ocean views
from a private sundeck.
Luxury travel advisors can
contact Director of Sales Kirsty
Danks-Brown (kirsty.danksbrown@hyatt.com;
011-960-
682-1234) with queries.
Park Hyatt Tokyo
Attention to detail is paramount
in Japanese culture and cuisine.
At the Park Hyatt Tokyo (www.
tokyo.park.hyatt.com), guests
will meet Japanese Chef Kenichiro
Ooe at sunrise (it is, after
all, the Land of the Rising Sun)
for a Sake drink. Chef Ooe will
take guests “In the Field” to the
Tsukiji Fish Market where they
will meet select market suppliers
and handpick fresh and seasonal
ingredients to use “In the
Kitchen” later that day.
Personal Touch: Chef Ooe
will take guests to a Japanese
kitchen and knife shop where
each guest will receive a customengraved
knife. Best of all: The
experience is capped with a Japanese
breakfast (sushi, anyone?).
Note: Not a morning person?
Plan to schedule a massage
treatment after returning from
the outing.
Later that afternoon, guests
will rejoin Chef Ooe in the Private
Dining restaurant to begin
the prep for dinner. Ooe will
PARK HYATT MALDIVES
(below left) is surrounded
by more than 150 pristine
islands.
PARK HYATT PARIS-VENDÔME
(here) sits near the Louvre
Museum and the Opéra.
brief them on Japanese cooking
techniques as well as provide
step-by-step instructions on how
to prepare traditional Japanese
dishes. Aspiring master chefs
can then cap off the experience
with a private dinner paired
with Japanese wines and sake.
We recommend booking one
of the hotel’s 23 suites. Tip: For
your most VIP guests, book the
enormous Presidential Suite,
which has a living and dining
room, kitchen, library, grand
piano, guest bath, and marble