Comeback King

Jimmy’s Kitchen reopened its doors in March in Hong Kong’s iconic Pedder Building. At the helm is executive chef Russell Doctrove, who has worked in some of the world’s most highly regarded fine-dining establishments and is shaking things up while keeping the DNA of the restaurant, which opened its original location almost a century ago

By Tara Sobti.

Congratulations, Russell. Describe the moment you found out you got the job. For the last two years, I have been running my own dining consultancy as well as an online bakery, and while I really enjoyed this new-found independence, I had always said that if the right opportunity presented itself, I might be persuaded to move back into the restaurant world. I was talking with a friend, who mentioned that Jimmy’s Kitchen was looking for an executive chef, and I decided to get in touch with Epicurean Group [which operates the restaurant]. After a really positive meeting with Sherman Tang [founder of the group], I was asked to do a quick food tasting for him and some of his senior team, and a few days later I was offered the…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2024

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