Jovian Mascarenhas brings almost two decades of culinary experience.
Jovian Mascarenhas has been appointed as the Executive Chef for Radisson Dubai DAMAC Hills. In his new role, he is responsible for crafting all the food activities for the hotel.
Jovian started his career in Pune, India, moved to Delhi where he spent 3 years with the Hyatt group, and in 2004 moved to Dubai to join Al Qasr, Jumeirah. Jovian honed his skills there for over 15 years and joined the Radisson Damac Hills pre-opening team as the Chef de Cuisine in early 2021, to launch the signature Firelake Grill House. He quickly proved his worth and was promoted to head up the kitchen team as Executive Chef when the role came available in April past.
Jovian has been the driving force behind getting FireLake Grill House Restaurant into the top 25 restaurants in Dubai on TripAdvisor and Hessa Street Kitchen into the top 75 listings. Since the hotel's opening, guests have commended the quality of the food, its consistency, and its presentation.
When not in his kitchen whites, Jovian is keen on camping and music, but his main passion has always been creating wonderful dishes and developing his team to realize their full potential and dreams.
Jovian commented, “I love leading our team as they are focused on providing great tasting dishes for our guests. They cook with passion, which means they are serving the food with great pride. I am grateful to be able to lead such a fantastic group of talent.”
General Manager Siddhartha Sattanathan remarked – “we are privileged to have an experienced and talented Chef like Jovian in our midst. His vast experience across different cuisines and styles has contributed to the consistent quality served up by our kitchen brigade across all 3 restaurants, two of which are listed amongst Tripadvisor’s Top 75 in Dubai!
He is now focused on launching our 4th restaurant, ISSEI @ Rooftop, a Japanese-Peruvian fusion concept and I can’t wait to see and taste what he & his team will serve up in October”.
Raj Bhatt
Dubai, United Arab Emirates UAE