Dialogue with Deepak Bhattarai

Deepak Bhattarai - Chef De Cuisine of The Glasshouse at Park Hyatt Shenzhen

Chef Deepak Bhattarai from Nepal has over 12 years of culinary experience in numerous luxury hotels and prestigious fine dining establishments in large cities across Asia. Deepak has developed his unique culinary style of serving French and Italian cuisine with Asian influences, bringing simple, elegant, beautifully balanced.

2018 was a career turning point for Deepak as he joined the team at Azur by 3 Michelin Star Chef Mauro Cologreco, Shangri-La Beijing as sous chef. Having the opportunity to work with world-renowned Chef Mauro who’s restaurant Mirazur in France was crowned #1 Worlds best restaurant in July 2019 was a dream come true. Promoted to the chef in charge of the restaurant in 2019, Deepak played a role in the creation of new dishes prepared with his own philosophy.

“I am me when I cook”, answered Deepak when he was asked why he fell in love with the culinary arts. “While I love to communicate with people, it’s not my greatest strength, but I can express my personality and creativity with my dishes”, he said. One way to get inspiration for dishes is to go searching in local markets. “Nowadays, thanks to globalization, supermarkets sell different ingredients from all over the world across different seasons, however, the freshest natural ingredients come from local markets. I enjoy the time I spend in local markets when I search for ingredients I have never seen before.  I try to create a special taste while balancing ingredients”, said Deepak, sharing his experience about searching for ingredients.