Committed to wellbeing, Madinat Jumeirah is passionate about wellbeing cuisine, that is both wholesome and nutritionally well-balanced, using only organic and plant-based ingredients. With Chef Gabriele Kurz at the helm in the role as Resort Wellbeing Chef at Madinat Jumeirah, we are committed to healthy alternatives across all restaurants at the resort.
Chef Gabi joined Madinat Jumeirah in 2007, when she took on the role of Chef de Cuisine and developed the concept for a fine-dining restaurant specialising in wellbeing.
Her role has expanded over the years, and in 2011, Chef Gabi became responsible of ensuring that Madinat Jumeirah offers healthy dining alternatives to its guests. She is involved in menu development for restaurants and corporate events in the resort and is responsible for the entire menu at Talise Spa. Her cooking and educational classes, nutritional advisory, as well as her diabetic and obesity consultation are popular with Dubai residents and in-house guests alike.
Chef Gabi received her Masters' Hotelier from Steigenberger College of Hotel Management, in her home country of Germany, where she also took an apprenticeship at the Park Hilton Hotel in Munich. Following her apprenticeship, Chef Gabi managed a vegetarian fine dining restaurant and cookery school at the family hotel, situated in the mountains of Bavaria, Germany.