Expat Choice | The Fullerton Launches Its Inaugural World’s Best Chefs, Presenting Argentinian Celebrity Chef Francis Mallmann

The Fullerton Launches Its Inaugural World’s Best Chefs, Presenting Argentinian Celebrity Chef Francis Mallmann

Published - 25 April 2022, Monday

The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts presents Chef Francis Mallmann, South America’s most renowned culinary maestro at The Clifford Pier, The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore.

Known for the art of cooking with open fire, Chef Mallmann will be in Singapore to showcase his exceptional creations as the first illustrious name in The Fullerton World’s Best Chefs series. This launches a series of unique dining experiences at The Fullerton Hotels Singapore, as international travel resumes to Singapore.

Chef Mallmann was featured on the Netflix original series Chef’s Table, which focuses on his life journeys and captivating cooking techniques. The Argentinian celebrity chef-restaurateur and author specialises in various Patagonian methods of barbecuing food with open fires. He also owns multiple restaurants in South America, France and the USA.

Francis Mallmann at Golden Hour

Diners in Singapore will get to meet the Latin world’s celebrated culinary star, as he cooks up a storm over a specially constructed dome at the alfresco area of The Clifford Pier — a unique heritage venue with lofty ceilings, stunning water views, and spacious outdoor terrace.

Chef Mallmann is known for his homage to nature’s bounty from the majestic Andean region. He pays respect to everything he cooks; from hefty meat to delicate fish and even the humble potato. These fresh ingredients are prepared using a Patagonian-style pit cooking technique for a smoky, aromatic flavour.

Francis Mallmann in Action

Beyond blazing open fire, the chef’s classical techniques are also greatly influenced by Michelin-starred French restaurants, where he built his career before returning home to South America.

Drawn by the theatrical aspects of food, the romantic wanderer hunts for inspiration everywhere he goes. His cuisine is natural and visual, often woven with strong powerful flavours. His generous plates are not just about robustness but juxtaposed with colour, texture and lushness.

The self-confessed dreamer and risk-taker is not one to take easy journeys or be cocooned in his comfort zone. He enjoys the edge of uncertainty as well as welcomes freedom – so that he can grow and thrive.

Francis Mallmann in Action_close up

Dinners will be held at The Clifford Pier, The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore, from 22 to 26 and 29, 30 May 2022, 6.00 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.

The six-course menu* will be priced at S$628++ per person (with add-on Wine Pairing at S$188++). Guests are also offered an exquisite pairing with unique wines from Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. The curated beverage menu will include chef’s specialty cocktails too.

A vegetarian menu is also available upon advanced request.

The Fullerton World's Best Chef Series - "Greetings from Patagonia" feat. Chef Francis Mallmann

Online reservations open from 22 April 2022 at www.fullertonhotels.com/offers/the-fullerton-world-s-best-chefs - By reservation only.

a. 80 Collyer Quay, Singapore 049326

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Francis Mallmann (born 1956) is an Argentinian celebrity chef, author, and restaurateur who specialises in various Patagonian methods of barbecuing food with open-fires. He has been featured on numerous international television programmes, including the Netflix original series Chef’s Table focusing on his life and cooking techniques.

After a career in gastronomy built on fine French cuisine, Mallmann returned to his roots in the mid-’90s, learning local techniques from his childhood home of Patagonia and taking them to the high-end food scene. His approach to cooking and living feels like an homage to a forgotten time and place. While many influential chefs worldwide have engaged in an escalating competition to be as creative and forward-thinking in gastronomy as possible, Mallmann has moved in the opposite direction, forsaking haute-cuisine. Instead, he focuses on a primal style of hospitality with one-syllable words at its core: smoke, fire, air, stone, salt, rain, meat, wine.

Even before the Chef’s Table debut on Netflix, Mallmann’s influence had been growing almost in direct proportion to his desire to distance himself from the culinary upper crust and do his own thing. Now, the chef spends most of his time in Patagonia, while running his 10 restaurants in South America, France and the USA. He has two cookbooks: Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way and Mallmann on Fire.