The U.A.E.’s Culinary Capital Is Building New Buzz
A fresh wave of restaurants from local chefs and international superstars is opening in Dubai.
Vineet Bhatia was among the first international chefs to open a restaurant in Dubai. His Indego by Vineet in the city’s Grosvenor House Hotel has been in operation since 2005. The Michelin-starred chef now owns many restaurants in countries across the region, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar. He tells Bloomberg’s chief food critic, Richard Vines, that the Dubai dining scene has recently undergone a shake-up, making way for openings from chefs based in the city as well as big international names. The culinary stars from abroad include British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal, whose third outpost of Dinner is due to launch in early 2020, and Massimo Bottura, who opened Torno Subito, his first restaurant outside his home country of Italy, at the W Dubai–the Palm in February.
How has the dining scene changed?
