Alma Resort Welcomes Alain Rion as Executive Chef
A seasoned professional with three decades’ experience working for some of the world’s leading restaurants and hotels in Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, United States and Canada has been named Alma Resort’s executive chef.
French national Alain Rion has joined the 30-hectare resort overlooking Long Beach on Vietnam’s scenic Cam Ranh peninsula to oversee its rich culinary landscape comprising 14 dining venues. Five restaurants, three bars and a food court with an array of local and international cuisine are among the venues under Rion’s stewardship.
Before joining Alma,Chef Alain Rion was the executive chef at Caravelle Hotel Saigon and In Gran Meliá Jakarta. He has also worked at Hilton Doha The Pearl, Shangri-La Boracay, Sofitel Philippine Plaza, St Regis Kuala Lumpur, Sofitel Dubai The Palm, Sheraton Hangzhou Wetland Park Resort, and Le Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi.
Rion began his career in 1995 as an apprentice under renowned French chef Paul Bocuse. He also worked with three Michelin-starred chef Bernard Loiseau and prestigious Alain Ducasse in Paris.
“With his profound skills, complemented by exemplary leadership overseeing diverse kitchen teams, Alain is set to lift our excellent culinary standards even higher,” said Alma’s managing director Herbert Laubichler-Pichler.
Rion said he would work with his team to position Alma as Vietnam’s leading culinary hub, priding its dining venues on their traditional cooking styles “akin to the old days with a focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients and devoid of artificial chemicals. “He has already hit the ground running, introducing an exquisite new range of cakes and desserts at Alma Food Court’s French Bakery and an exciting new menu at the recently reopened Asian fusion restaurant Asiana.
About Alma
Situated on Vietnam’s emerging Cam Ranh peninsula fronting Long Beach, Alma resort commands some 30 hectares of inspiring ground. Emblematic of Vietnam’s maturation as a destination, the bold and spacious integrated resort offers 580 oversized suites and pavilions that all afford sweeping vistas of the ocean, including contemporary three-bedroom oceanfront pavilions each totalling 224sqm with a living room, four bathrooms and a private pool. Alma features a broad spectrum of restaurants helmed by top chefs, a food court with an array of local and international cuisine, as well as a sports bar, pool bar and beach bar. Other highlights include 12 swimming pools cascading down to the beach and a waterpark with a lazy river, slides, wave pool and kids pool. Other highlights include a 13-treatment room spa, 75-seat cinema, convention centre, amphitheater, science museum, gymnasium and yoga room, 18-hole mini golf course, a youth centre with virtual reality games, a kid’s club, water sports centre, onsite sustainable farm, a golf simulator and even an ‘Alma Mart’ mini supermarket.
