Marvin Gauci is a chef and restaurateur from Malta.[1] He also serves as the chief chef of the Dinner in the Sky in Malta.[2] Gauci is the Ambassador of Gastronomy, serving as an official representative in foreign and domestic affairs for Malta.[3]

Marvin Gauci
Culinary career
Cooking styleMaltese cuisine
Current restaurant(s)
Websitemarvingauci.com

Biography edit

After completing secondary school, Gauci started his formal education at the Institute for Tourism Studies.[4] In 1997, he traveled to Ireland to pursue his career where he worked first 6 months in a catering service before joining the Buswells Hotel which is a Georgian hotel that dates back to 1882 and is located next to the Dáil in Dublin, Ireland.[5][6]

Later he came back to Malta where he opened his first restaurant, Wild Thyme in Xemxija.[7] Then he started operating four of Malta’s most successful eateries. In 2007 he launched Tarragon in St Paul's Bay followed by Caviar & Bull in 2014 that is located in Saint Julian's and Buddhamann in 2015 which was later closed and replaced with a new restaurant named Sussurus.[8]

In 2016, Marvin joined the Dinner in the Sky as a chef in Malta[9] which is a novelty restaurant service that uses a crane to hoist its diners, table, and waiting staff 150 feet (46 m) into the air[citation needed] and has been named as one of the world's ten most unusual restaurants by the Forbes magazine.[10] In the following year he joined the historic hotel, Corinthia Hotel Budapest.[11]

He has collaborated with chef Ferran Adrià and worked in Hakkasan, Skylon, Santini and Novikov up-market restaurants in central London and cooked in different restaurants in Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Austria and the UK.[12] He was the chief chef for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018.[13]

In 2018, Marvin was awarded the Best Chef of the Year by the Best of Budapest and Hungary Awards organization.[14][15]

References edit

  1. ^ "If the patrons can't dine out, then the fine dining will come to them..." MaltaToday.com.mt.
  2. ^ "Egy séf elárulta a boldogság receptjét". September 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "Lobster popcorn anyone? These are Chef Marvin Gauci's 3 favourite seafood dishes". www.guidememalta.com.
  4. ^ "Dinner at Buddhamann with Chef Marvin Gauci". graziellecamilleri. March 16, 2017.
  5. ^ The new gastronomic heavyweight Archived
  6. ^ "Is Malta Ready For A Michelin Star?". www.maltachamber.org.mt.
  7. ^ "Máltai sztárséf – Marvin Gauci – Havazin.hu". www.havazin.hu.
  8. ^ "Savor Mediterranean luxury in Budapest at Caviar & Bull". welovebudapest.com.
  9. ^ "Csak adjatok egy konyhát, és én máris otthon vagyok". Vinoport.hu.
  10. ^ "Un restaurant au bord du vide" (in French). 20minutes.fr. 2009-09-14. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  11. ^ "Chef Marvin Gauci awarded Chef of the Year in Budapest". Times of Malta.
  12. ^ "As restaurants re-open restaurantsmalta.com catches up with Chef Patron Marvin Gauci". July 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "Malta, la rivoluzione mediterranea". Oggi – Cucina.
  14. ^ "Marvin Gauci: Chef on a mission". MaltaToday.com.mt.
  15. ^ Chawla, Rohit (March 22, 2019). "Portrait of a chef: Marvin Gauci". mint.