Star chef Roland Schuller is rolling out healthy menus at three restaurants
Star chef Roland Schuller is rolling out healthy, natural menus at Alfie's, Kee Club and Bella Vita, writes Andrew Dembina
Born in Germany, Austrian by nationality, and trained in Italy and France, chef Roland Schuller has achieved most of his culinary acclaim in Hong Kong Italian restaurants.
A key figure behind the success of The Drawing Room and Ammo, he also headed two cosy restaurants bearing his own name. In the late 1990s both Chez Roland and Roland's Terrace were the hot tables.
These chapters in his career and stints as private chef for Roman Abramovich (aboard the Russian oligarch's south of France-based luxury yacht) and for pop star Puff Daddy mostly called for rich fine dining.
In 2008 Schuller earned a Michelin star for Ristorante All'Oro, when he spent a year working in Rome as a refresher spell. In 2010 he was honoured with an Italian Cuisine Worldwide Award, for his contribution to spreading the word about Italian food.
This spring, Schuller is rolling out new healthy menus at some local establishments. Last month saw the launch of his 80 per cent revamped menu at Bella Vita in Causeway Bay, where he is consultant chef, with his business partner David Cosman at their chef consulting company DC Levy.
He also recently became executive chef at Kee Club, which, in addition to its own members' restaurant, manages Alfie's in the Dunhill store in Central. The British menu at Alfie's is being modified, but Schuller's changes will always sit beside elevated renditions of fish and chips and cottage pie.