Richard Ekkebus is the executive chef of Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group , a member of the Jardine Matheson Group, is an international hotel investment and management group with luxury hotels, resorts and residences in Asia, Europe and the Americas...

 Landmark Hotel in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and its fine dining restaurant, Amber

Amber (restaurant)

Amber is The Landmark Mandarin Oriental's modern French restaurant. Richard Ekkebus is the current executive chef.-Awards:Amber was awarded two stars by the Hong Kong and Macau edition of the Michelin Guide in 2008.Amber was placed 37th in S...

. December 2008 chef Ekkebus was awarded two Michelin Stars

Michelin Guide

The Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The term normally refers to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars...

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Biography

Ekkebus began as an apprentice under Michelin-starred chefs Hans Snijders and Robert Kranenborg in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. He won the prestigious Golden Chefs Hat for ‘Young Chef of the Year’ while he was in the Netherlands. He then further honed his skills under the tutelage of Pierre Gagnaire

Pierre Gagnaire

Pierre Gagnaire is a well known French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris . Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef at the forefront of the fusion cuisine movement. Beginning his career in St...

, Alain Passard

Alain Passard

Alain Passard is a French chef and owner of the three star restaurant L'Arpège in Paris.The son of musicians, Passard is also passionate about music, playing the saxophone. He recently released his first book, Les Recettes des Drôles de Petites Bêtes, a recipe book written especially for children...

 and Guy Savoy

Guy Savoy

Guy Savoy is a world-renowned French chef, and is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris and sister restaurant in Las Vegas.The Paris restaurant has garnered the 3 Michelin stars, being elevated in 2002...

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He then became the executive chef at the Royal Palm Hotel

Royal Palm Hotel

Royal Palm Hotel has been the name of several hotels, including:*Royal Palm Hotel , an early 20th-century luxury hotel*Royal Palm Building , a Registered Historic Place...

 in Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

. After seven years, he then took on the executive chef position at The Sandy Lane

Sandy Lane (resort)

The Sandy Lane Beach Resort and Spa is an upmarket, five-diamond luxury hotel and beach resort situated close to Holetown and Paynes Bay, in Saint James on the island-nation of Barbados. The Sandy Lane Beach Resort was first opened in 1961 on what was formerly a sugar cane plantation...

 in Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

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Ekkebus has cooked for top international celebrities such as Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...

, Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...

, Beyoncé and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

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His signature creations include transparent Gillardeau oysters

Gillardeau oysters

Gillardeau oysters are produced by the Gillardeau family and their small private company. It was founded in 1898 in Bourcefranc-le-Chapus near La Rochelle and the Île d'Oléron in western France....

 and cucumber ravioli; Anjou pigeon, green pistachio foam, minced leg samosa, turnips caramelized mellow grey shallots, banyuls and chocolate emulsion; black truffle and foie gras

Foie gras

Foie gras ; French for "fat liver") is a food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. This fattening is typically achieved through gavage corn, according to French law, though outside of France it is occasionally produced using natural feeding...

 sushi; and iced pandan leaf sabayon with ginger ice-cream and cashew brittle.

External links

• Mandarin Oriental Landmark's article on Richard Ekkebus
• Newsarticle on Richard Ekkebus