The Legian Bali’s Four Hands Dinner with chef Raymond Capaldi

The food scene in Bali has been gaining momentum in recent years with new restaurant openings, guest chef stints and an emphasis on farm-to-table dining capturing the attention of diners.  And here’s a special dinner to look forward to if you are heading to the gorgeous island in November: The Legian Bali’s Four Hands dinner with Melbourne-based chef Raymond Capaldi and The Legian Bali’s executive chef Luke Macleod. Held on 18 November at The Restaurant, you can enjoy an extravagant five-course dinner (Rp.1,500,000 or USD115/person) paired with carefully selected wines from France, USA and Italy.

Scottish-born Capaldi jump-started his career at Dorchester Hotel, London before moving on to the British Embassy in Moscow and five-star hotels like Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez and Sheraton Mirage in Port Douglas. After all that travelling, the culinary maestro of Melbourne settled back home where he established the famed Sofitel Cooking Academy and opened a slew of award-wining restaurants such as Fenix, Café Marmalade & Soul, and Hare and Grace.  

Working hand in hand with Macleod, the duo will showcase their creativity through a five-course dinner titled Food before Flowers. Marrying the abundant produce found in Bali with Capaldi’s traderne – a term he coined to describe the fusion of traditional and modern cooking techniques – you can expect a gastro-sensory experience. Think inventive dishes such as rehydrated carrot with braised orange pith; and calamari served with ash, grilled onion and squid ketchup.

Seafood lovers can savour the locally-sourced White Snapper cooked with Coffee, Honey, Broccoli and Melliponnia Nectar, which will be paired with Beringer Private Reserve, Chardonnay from Napa Valley. The Beet ‘Cheek” Beef with Cucumber, Parsely and Capers, served with Fried Brioche, Celery and drizzled with Yeast Jus is another dish to note, which will be matched with Castello Di Gabbiano Chianti Classico Reserva DOCG, Tuscany, Italy.

Starting from next year, The Four Hands dinner by The Legian Bali will be turned into a quarterly affair, so fans can certainly look forward to more chef collaborations to come.

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The Legian Bali
Jalan Kayu Aya, Seminyak Beach,
Bali 80361, Indonesia