THE GELINAZ EXPERIENCE @BRUSSELS HEADQUARTERS

Posted by begusto on Sunday, November 13, 2016 · Leave a Comment

THE GELINAZ EXPERIENCE

In addition to the well known Gelinaz shuffle event, this year, an additional project THE GELINAZ! BRUSSELS HQ, was organized. This crazy event involved 20 of the world’s most daring chefs.

The facts:

20 topchefs
4 shifts of 10 dishes each
40 different dishes inspired by other Gelinaz chefs
Each dish prepared by two chefs working in pairs in the Brussels HQ got its inspiration from one of the other Gelinaz chef serving at that moment somewhere around the world.

The Headquarters event was created to celebrate the SHUFFLE’s international synergy and highlighted the culinary creations that were taking place worldwide.

The Gelinaz Shuffle around the world

This year, a total of 40 chefs from 17 countries and 5 continents packed up their knives and left their native kitchens for an unchartered restaurant, the territory of a fellow participating chef. Picked at random by ballot, each chef discovered his or her new restaurant location several weeks prior to the SHUFFLE itself ……. But it was kept secret for the audience. On arrival at their destinations, the chefs embraced the lives of the ‘absent hosts’, including staying in their homes and integrating with their family, dogs and friends. At the restaurant, the chefs had to work with their surrogate kitchen teams to create an eight-course menu inspired by the culinary delights and culture of their new location. This made the 10^th of November memorable in the Culinary world.

The Gelinaz! Brussels HQ

The Gelinaz organizers chose with restaurant Bon-Bon in Brussels a perfect location. This 40seat restaurant made the experience complete with an open kitchen and an elegant, contemporary interior.

Chefs line-up in Brussels:

Albert Adria, Yannick Alleno, Armand Arnal, Kristian Baumann, Claude Bosi, Mauro Colagreco, Enrico Crippa, Paul Cunningham, Magnus Ek, Alexandre Gauthier, Christophe Hardiquest, Gert de Mangeleer, Petter Nilsson, Nikolai Norregaard, Leonardo Pereira, Fulvio Pierangelini, Philip Rachinger, Mathieu Rostaing-Tayard, Davide Scabin, Clare Smyth

Beyond food & evil

San Pellegrino has powered the Brussels event and we had the opportunity to select two young top chefs in Flanders. Together with Eating.be who selected two Walloon chefs our table of six was ready for an epic dinner/night event. Thank you Mathieu Jacri (La Villa Emily), Carl Gillain(L’Agathopede), Niels Brants (Essenciel), Jan Tournier (Cuchara) and Laurent Delmarcelle (Eating.be).