With over 20 years of international experience in high-level restaurants such as Grand Hyatt Santiago de Chile, Hotel Eden/ Hotel Majestic Rome, Reef Resort Bahrain, and Sandals la Toc SPA & GOLF Resort St. Lucia Western Island, Chef Zechender is a culinary force to be reckoned with.
Most recently, Chef Zechender served as the Italian head chef at Grand Hyatt Gurgaon, where he created and developed programs to uplift the dining experience at the hotel. He also worked on training the staff and taking the hotel’s culinary expertise to a different level. Prior to that, he served as the executive chef at Hotel Boutique Brenzone, where he managed the à la carte restaurant ‘Al Vapor’, created and implemented new weekly fixed lunch and dinner menus, developed a special menu of “healthy food,” and organised and realised banquets for events and groups.
He has also served as the Executive Sous Chef at Lakefront Hotel Mirage in Riva Del Garda, Italy, and the Iberotel & SPA in Ugento, Italy.
He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian, and has intermediate proficiency in Dutch.
