TROPICANA MAGAZINE Jan-Feb 2020 #128 The Love Issue

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THE DISHES Beef tenderloin with roasted vegetables, wasabi potato puree, thyme glace beef jus A New Beginning Expect exciting new food offerings at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort in 2020 as Executive Chef Zaihari Zainol takes the helm Text : Zurien Onn / Photo: Brian Fang, M8 Studio / Art Direction: Luke Jing Yau TM | JANUARY/FRBRUARY 2020 98
Chef Zack It’s rare to find a seasoned and experienced chef who had always dreamed of being one since young. Sure, these days there are plenty of young men who aspire to be the next Michelin-starred chef one day, but a few decades ago most lads might stumble onto cooking as a life vocation either through family business, or by working as kitchen crew at a hotel or restaurant as that was the only job available for them at that certain moment in their lives. For Chef Zaihari Zainol or Chef Zack as he likes to be known, it’s a bit of both. The newly appointed Executive Chef at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort had always wanted to be a chef, even as a young boy back in the '70s. However, while his family does not own a specific restaurant or eatery, he does come from a line of cooks and chefs, going back to his great grandmother who is said to have worked in the kitchen of Malaysia’s first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman. He later had his older brothers as his role models, as this youngest of six children looked up to his eldest brother who retired as executive chef at the Brunei Palace, and his fourth brother who frequently travelled and worked overseas in his capacity as a chef, opening Chef Zack’s eyes to all the exciting opportunities that come with the profession. “I grew up in that environment, seeing my brothers travel the world when I was a kid. From a very young age I already knew I wanted to be a Chef,” says Chef Zack. At The Start Of The Journey After finishing school, Chef Zack began his search for a job that would get him into the kitchen - something that was not easy to do back then with no prior experience. He finally found a job working at a Japanese restaurant at what was then Yaohan Mall, cutting his teeth at the sushi bar. This is the first of many culinary disciplines that Chef Zack would later attain throughout his illustrious career. He then moved on to the Japanese hot kitchen, before getting a foot in the hotel food and beverage industry with a position at Holiday Villa Kuala Lumpur. Chef Zack’s aim had always been to work in hotels all along, and from his start at Holiday Villa Kuala Lumpur, he then moved up and on, gaining experience at various hotels, including the Pan Pacific Pangkor and Hotel Equatorial Penang. Eventually, he was recommended by his superior for a new job opportunity to work overseas at Sheraton Dubai which he quickly grabbed. At Sheraton Dubai, he started as a chef at the banquet kitchen and was promoted to become the Assistant Sous Chef after a year. He then moved on and helped to open Minato, a Japanese restaurant at the Intercontinental Dubai, which then went on to become the best Japanese restaurant in the Middle East. 99 JANUARY/FRBRUARY 2020 | TM
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