Currently the Executive Chef at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva, Marco Garfagnini has learned under the best chefs in the UK, Spain and Italy such as Martin Berasategui at his eponymous three Michelin-starred restaurant in San Sebastian and two Michelin-star Juan Roca in Girona. Famous for his “Brittany Lobster Risotto” and “Cheese Tortelli scented with Lemon and Mint” recipes, he continues to operate his own Michelin star awarded Restaurant, “Ninan” in Carrera, Tuscany. In 2005, he was recognised as ‘Young Italian Chef of the Year’. “For me, it is not so much about where I am working but the people I am working with.”
Born into a family of gourmets, his father himself a chef, on the Greek island of Rhodes, Troumouches Georgios has always seen food as a means to express feelings, as communication, as an experience and a means to transmit emotion. “Playing with ingredients, colors and aromas, can travel you into the world of flavor, transforming desire for taste into a sensual experience…a memory”
As boy his father made sure part of his upbringing was helping out in some of Greece’s top kitchens. The years that followed, in every restaurant, and every chef he worked with was a piece of an endless gastronomic puzzle depicting who he is today. Having worked with many chefs of the Greek culinary elite, such as Adamos Dotsios, Kostas Rallis, Nikos Sarandos and Anreas Scheuregger, and after several guest appearances at restaurants around the world he now serves as executive chef at the Ellysium in Rhodes.
This past weekend, our head chef impressed all the guests that honored us with their presence at the second weekend of the Festival de la Gastronomie.
A rising star in Greece, Thodoros Kassavetis has been working for the last year under the supervision of Lefteri Lazarou in the awarded restaurant “Topos”, while before that he has worked next to great chefs like Veron Saurex in “Spondi” restaurant, Ioannis Baxevanis in “xitra” restaurant and Lefteri Lazarou in “Varoulko” restaurant.
The Festival will continue every weekend throughout the summer as we continue to make new friends and enrich our palettes with renowned guest chefs!
The 1st annual Festival de la Gastronomie at the Domes of Elounda officially opened its doors this past weekend with gourmets and food-lovers from around the world joining the festivities! In an ideal setting, our exclusive Topos 1910 restaurant on the beach, Dimitrios Dimitriadis (Greece) was the chef who kicked off the event satisfying the palettes of our most demanding guests. Over the next five weekends the Festival continues with Marco Garfagnini, Lefteri Lazarou and Yves Mattagne to name but a few…
It is our pleasure to announce the 1st annual Festival de la Gastronomie! This summer Domes of Elounda brings the world of haute cuisine to our resort continuing our dedication to maintain the ultimate in culinary culture for our guests as part of the Domes of Elounda experience! As interest towards Domes has been rising in gastronomic circles, this event has yet again created a buzz and the culinary elite have their eyes on Domes!
The top gastronomical event in Greece, established by the largest Greek City Guide “Athinorama” and the leading hotel and restaurant guide in Greece “Alpha Guide” have for the first time granted our own “Topos 1910” Restaurant with the award of “Best Greek Cuisine”!
Michelin star awarded Leuteri Lazarou and Thodoros Kassavetis, create with notable maturity a both tasteful and intriguing suggestion of what constitutes modern, comprehensible, educated and high level Greek cuisine”
Congratulations to our staff at “Topos 1910” and our distinguished head chefs for this honorable accomplishment!
This award comes to recognize our tremendous efforts and dedication to maintain the ultimate in culinary culture for our guests as part of the holistic Mediterranean Domes of Elounda experience!
Domes of Elounda is celebrating its 1000th fan on facebook and is offering a free vacation to two lucky fans. People are being asked to submit their favorite holiday photo and the photo that gets the most votes (likes) wins. The details of the contest can be found on this page.
A luxury resort in Greece blogging? Aren’t 5 star resorts supposed to be snobbish, overpriced and only for the privileged? After all, “if you can’t afford us, don’t waste our time! People don’t want to get to know you, they just want to book a suite and never be bothered! Right?” WRONG!
We are blessed to live in a time where communication is open, media are no longer fragmented and people have access to an infinite amount of information. Companies have managed to rebrand themselves (Microsoft – Robert Scoble), and others suffered the consequences of not listening to users! (Jeff Jarvis vs. Dell). Things are no different for a 5 star resort.
A hotel blog has been something we were meaning to do for quite some time now. Asking management to express the company’s position publicly definitely raised a few eyebrows and is considered by many as taking a risk. However my decision to start this blog was based on the firm belief that transparency is key.
People will be talking about our Resort whether we like it or not. We might as well join the conversation and make sure we address their concerns, if any. We are ready to admit to our mistakes, willing to make amends for any inconvenience caused by our actions and eager to improve wherever necessary. Rather than losing control or losing customers, we have seen that the effect is exactly the opposite. People will believe you when you’re willing to show them your dirty laundry.
Transparency builds trust; people need to know that you’re not trying to fool them. Trust builds interest; people will want to see what it is that you do and learn more. Interest generates leads; whether it is in terms of bookings or in terms of market research (feedback) the gain can be tremendous. Pledging to not hide anything about your resort, if nothing else, is a pretty good motivator for constant improvement! So, stay tuned… we’ve got a lot of work to do.
