Group Executive Chef Doxis Bekris of Fairmont Kenya was crowned 2015 Taste Awards Chef Of The Year at Kenya’s annual bar and restaurant awards recently.<br /><br />Long before being based in Nairobi, Chef Bekris got his start in the culinary world with pedigree. The Runner-up for Chef of The Year for Middle East and Africa for the Hotelier Awards in 2007 spent time as the Culinary Director at The Westin Resort & The Romanos Luxury Hotel, and at Kempsinki Hotel (Emirates) and Swiss Hotels & Resorts (Zurich) as the Corporate F&B and Culinary Director.<br /><br />In this latest installment of Tastemakers, we learn how to make Norfolk Fairmont’s flagship restaurant signature scallop dish with Chef Bekris’ signature modern flare.<br /><br /><br />About Tastemakers<br /><br />Passion for craft captured. Tastemakers is an inspiring, quirky, colourful and personality driven video documentary series curated and directed by award-winning lifestyle journalist Susan Wong (@susanluckywong), produced and edited by Francis Mbatha (@francombatha) – dedicated to sharing the amazing personal stories behind good craft.<br /><br />Tastemakers celebrates the personalities behind the hospitality industry and will bring you to kitchens, onto farmland, into the world of award-winning mixologists and even on to construction sites. Tastemakers is dedicated to sharing the amazing personal stories behind industry-leading people.
