Leading boutique resort MANATHAI Koh Samui has appointed Roberto Belliti to lead Waterline
Restaurant, the property's new beachfront dining experience. Located opposite a traditional
fishing village on Lamai Beach, Waterline is the brainchild of the innovative chef whose career
has been populated with art, travel and a love of freedom of expression.
A glimpse of the menu at Waterline reveals a level of creativity and innovation only found in
many of the very top restaurants - a menu that is infused with Roberto's deep reverence for
nature. Roberto outlined, ‘We are not focusing on healthy food for health's sake. I think we
have forgotten how good vegetables taste. There's so much fried, sugar coated, dressed heavily
food. What I am trying to do it get ingredients that taste as they are supposed to. We are
rediscovering fresh ingredients.’
Growing up in Parma, Italy, where Roberto attended art school with the full intention of
becoming an illustrator but fortune played its part early on as the struggling artist went to look
for funds to pay his way through college by working in restaurant kitchens where he discovered
his love of the culinary arts. At 25 he left Italy to travel throughout Europe, moving to London
where he worked at the Hilton Park Lane where he had the opportunity to work with starred and
great chefs in the city over a period of eight years. A move to Milan followed where he opened
a restaurant named EFF CUCINA E STAGIONI which was awarded the 4th best newcomer
restaurant in the city after three months - before his travels took him to Bangkok, Singapore,
Phuket and finally to Koh Samui.
The introduction of Roberto’s, healthy and playful attitude to the Waterline Restaurant at
MANATHAI will continue to develop and encourage the high level of hospitality that boutique
hospitality group MANATHAI strives to achieve. Food & Beverage Asia Pacific Thailand Koh Samui