Chef Marco Alban is the new Executive Chef at Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza. Chef Marco believes that experimenting and improving is the key to his success. “The kitchen is a relentless business. It is a relentless life. You will never stop trying to change, or to move or to improve or to do something new” Chef Marco stated.
Having started at an early age, Marco is considered to be exceptionally experienced and well rounded when it comes to cuisine. Being Italian, he grew up having a remarkable taste and savor for food and drinks. His culture inspired him to surpass expectations and standards when it comes to cooking, making him not afraid to innovate in his career.
Marco started his career in 1992 as Restaurateur with Kulm Hotels. Having been the best, he was given opportunities to move around five star hotels in Switzerland and Italy. He worked in iconic Hotels such as Albergo Splendido, Hotel le Metropole, as well as an Executive Sous Chef in the Michelin Starred Restaurant at the Grand Hotel Park in, Switzerland.
After his journey of self discovery, in the year 2000, Marco made his first stint with Four Seasons joining as Executive Chef of the Four Seasons Ritz in Lisbon. Thereafter he had several Executive Chef appointments with in Europe, South America and all the way to Russia, before joining the opening team at the Kempinski Nikol’skaya. Now he’s made the decision to return to the Four Seasons fold.
Marco is a true culinarian, being invited as a guest chef to many gastronomic festivals as well as featuring some of his creation in the famed Art Culinaire Magazine.
“My day never starts, and it never ends. When you are a chef, you are a chef 24 hours to exceptionally impress the guests with inspired culinary experiences,” commented Chef Marco.
