Luca Cesarini of Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Becomes a Lufthansa Star Chef

Italian Luca Cesarini, Executive Chef of Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Hotel, has been appointed by Lufthansa to create tailor-made premium menus for passengers on all intercontinental flights from Southeast Asia to Germany as part of Lufthansa’s in-flight initiative, the Star Chefs program.

Luca Cesarini graduated from the renowned Italian College for Culinary Arts in Stresa, Italy. At the age of just 21 he became the Executive Sous Chef at Il Palio restaurant in New York, where he won prestigious awards at the International Salon Culinaire of Food & Beverage.

He has also held positions at The St. Regis Shanghai, at Jumeirah Vittaveli in the Maldives, Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Coast and has already experienced the world of Thailand while working as Executive Sous Chef at The Sukhothai in Bangkok from 2004 – 2008.

“We are very proud to be partnering with Chef Luca from Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Hotel Bangkok to create and offer a wide range of exclusive premium menus for our passengers traveling on Lufthansa flight from Bangkok to Frankfurt. With Chef Luca as a master of authentic Italian cuisine being based in Bangkok, we believe that he is able to bring the two cultures closer together through his food creations,” said Mr. Dirk Grossmann, General Manager Passenger Sales Thailand and the Mekong Region.

Luca Cesarini has developed his craft in the kitchens of Italy and has a wealth of experience working in renowned restaurants around the world. The menu of Cesarini provides those on board with an enticing selection of Mediterranean dishes with an Asian twist:

From 1 September onwards, Lufthansa Business Class passengers will be offered a choice of three starters: a seafood option, e.g. avocado crab meat timbale with vegetables curls and a capsicum- carrot-puree; a meat option, e.g. slow roasted beef with chickpea salad, mint tabouleh and a Mediterranean carrot salad and a vegetarian option, e.g. shaved cantaloupe melon combined with feta cheese, rocket and walnut.

Among the main courses will be anise seeds spiced veal tenderloin with herbed potatoes and caramelized apple; stir fried prawns with green peppercorn, vegetable fried rice, oyster bok choi and shiitake mushroom or sage butter soft potato gnocchi in blue cheese cream sauce, Swiss chard and sundried tomato. For dessert, the Italian has created some tempting choices like hazelnut parfait with egg nog sauce or New York cheese cake with blueberry compote.

“As Executive Chef at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Luca Cesarini has enhanced the hotel’s reputation as a gourmet destination. The luxurious hotel is renowned for Rossini’s, one of the finest Italian restaurants in Bangkok, and basil, a stylish contemporary restaurant serving authentic Thai cuisine with flair and creativity. We are delighted that he will provide Lufthansa’s passengers with a mouth-watering and memorable dining experience,” said Richard Chapman, the hotel’s General Manager.