DUBAI: Glenn B. Eastman, currently the culinary director at Mansard Riyadh, a Radisson Collection Hotel, has spent nearly a decade in the kitchens of Saudi Arabia. But before coming to Riyadh, his career took him from New Orleans to Jerusalem and then to Mexico.
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He also spent two years as chef on a luxury yacht owned by Carlos Slim. Then it was off to New Delhi and Bangkok.
“Growing up in rural small-town America as I did, I was taught from an early age the value of hard work, persistence, and dedication,” Eastman tells Arab News. “Then after so many years as a journeyman chef, I understand that every product has a story to tell — the secret is in sharing that story, spinning it and crafting it through creativity and talent.”
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