Jaan

39th Best Restaurant in the World 2010

Part of the prestigious Equinox Complex located within Swissôtel The Stamford, Jaan Restaurant presides over stunning views of Singapore’s dynamic city skyline, 741 feet above ground at Level 70. Renowned for its world-class cuisine and exceptional service, Jaan has received innumerable awards for excellence, serving a distinctive menu of Essentialist European cuisine crafted by chef de cuisine Ebbe Vollmer from Sweden.

Signature dishes

Behind the stove

Jaan

A 5th generation chef from Sweden, Ebbe Vollmer was most recently second-in-command at Gordon Ramsay’s eponymous three-Michelin-star signature restaurant on Chelsea’s Royal Hospital Road. New to Asia, he is set to draw deeply from his Nordic heritage and Michelin-star culinary pedigree to present a rare and idyllic ethos of ‘Essentialist Cuisine’ at Jaan Restaurant.

Born and raised in the coastal region of Malmö, an abundant agricultural centre often referred to as ‘The Pantry’ of south Sweden, Vollmer hails from one the area’s most prominent and respected restaurateur families. At 13, he began with assisting in his grandmother’s and uncle’s kitchens and by his 16th birthday he had crossed the continent to work for Marco Pierre White at Harvey’s on Wandsworth Common – an iconoclast of London’s emerging restaurant scene in the 1990s. There, he first worked alongside Gordon Ramsay. Returning to Sweden in 2003 as chef-owner of Restaurant Bloom, he was lauded ‘The Swedish Gagnaire’ by Gourmet Magazine in 2008 and received critical-acclaim by dining authority the White Guide.

Vollmer’s personal and culinary philosophies are based on essentialism. With a ‘less is more’ spirit he finds creative freedom in culinary compositions that reap clear flavours and flawless textures, each effort bound by a fastidious selection of seasonal ingredients chosen from a mere handful of producers globally.

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