Waterfront’s Latest Ingredient For Good Food

 Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino’s latest ingredient for good food comes in the form of the new leader of its culinary team, Executive Chef Joerg Walter. Born and raised in Germany, he has since undertaken remarkable culinary adventures in various destinations such as Hong Kong, as the Executive Sous Chef of Conrad International Hotel, in Cairo, Egypt, as Executive Chef of the Raffles International-managed Swissotel, the Millenium Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the Laguna Beach Resort Hotel in the Maldives.

Chef Joerg’s prowess and love of the culinary arts led him into becoming an academe at the Woosong University, South Korea. Being quite the traveler that he has been helped mold his proficiency in the kitchen, enhanced his know-how experience in collaborating with different cooks, and refined his wisdom in adapting to different styles of titillating the palates of people from all walks of life. When asked if he has observed glimpses of Filipino culture in his previous stints abroad, he breaks into a smile and answers with a definitive “Yes!” He feels at home with the bits of knowledge that he has gained about the Filipinos. “Filipinos are warm and friendly people who know how to put quality in life, he explained.”

Chef Joerg’s culinary philosophy reflects his personal beliefs: that there should be no pretensions. His dishes are clean, simple and sincere - in visual appeal, in aroma, and in flavor. A firm believer in not changing the main ingredients’ flavor or over-embellishing dishes, he revisits his grandmother’s Mediterranean roots when describing his style of cooking: down-to-earth, sincere dishes made with the freshest meat, produce, and garden-fresh herbs. A doer rather than a talker, Chef Joerg has grand plans for the Hotel, but he’d prefer you let his food do the talking. 

Chef Joerg lives it up as the Executive Chef for Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino’s 10 dining and wining options, which includes UNO, the coffeeshop; Tin Gow, a Chinese restaurant specializing in Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine; Mizu, a Japanese restaurant; the Italian La Gondola; Treff, the ultra chic bar and lounge; boulangerie and pastry shop Madeleine; the 24-hour Café Fortuna; Lobby Lounge; Pool Aquarius; and Power House.

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino is located at Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu City. For reservations and inquiries, please call (32) 232 6888, or e-mail wcch@ waterfront hotels.net, or contact the Manila Sales and Reservations Office at (2) 687 0888 and msro@ waterfront hotels.net.