Michele Pavanello

Michele Pavanello, has had several years of extensive experience, having worked his way through the ranks. The 33 year old Italian, secured a job as a commis cook in a restaurant Antica Locanda Montin in Venice at the tender age of 15, where he spent his next five years learning the ropes.

Pavanello then moved on to Trieste, where he worked as Chef de Partie in a popular restaurant, which subsequently opened tan opportunity for him to work on board the luxurious cruise liner, MV Royal Princess. Armed with a vision of expanding his culinary influence, Pavanello ventured into England as well as to South Africa, where he worked in one of the finest and most extraordinary hotels in the world - The Palace of the Lost City.

A man of flavours, Pavanello's forte is in his use of spices, herbs and seasonings. "Great attention is paid to raw materials, which must be of the highest quality" Pavanello explained. "Excellence depends on perfect ingredients, simply but knowingly prepared."