Carmine Pecoraro has been promoted to Director of Food & Beverage at Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers
Chef Pecoraro now finds himself as director of F&B. which puts him in charge of opening new outlets, organising and training, and managing all 13 restaurants and their staff.
The South African worked at the lauded Waldo's Restaurant in Berkshire, UK in 1999 as a demi chef de partie. From there, he moved on to the Number One Restaurant, also Michelin-starred, in Scotland's famous Balmoral Hotel.
He moved to the Middle East in 2003, joining the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah as its chef de cuisine. Pecoraro then became executive sous chef at Madinat Jumeirah before moving to Emirates Palace as an executive sous chef.
He then joined JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai as executive chef before joining the pre-opening team at Atlantis, The Royal.