Fancy sampling a dish from The World's Best Restaurant? How about dessert from Asia's Best Pastry Chef 2025? Head to Abu Dhabi in January 2026 to experience the Flavours of 50 Best evening brunch, and all the above – and much more – will be on your plate.
Securing a reservation at Maido in Lima, the current holder of The World's Best Restaurant title, requires some serious planning. Now, however, the legendary chef behind its brilliantly inventive menu, is demonstrating and serving one of his signature dishes at a unique event on Saturday 31 January 2026 in the United Arab Emirates.
The Flavours of 50 Best evening brunch, featuring Maido's Mitsuharu 'Micha' Tsumura, takes place at Graphos Social Kitchen in the Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island hotel. But Tsumura is not the only visiting culinary star: the evening also includes a mini cooking class and chat with Yasmina Hayek, MENA's Best Female Chef 2025.
Following that, Gaggan at Louis Vuitton executive pastry chef Dej Kewkacha – voted Asia's Best Pastry Chef in 2025 – will round out the meal with a signature delicious dessert.
Alongside these standout dishes, bartender Manja Stankovich from Mimi Kakushi in Dubai, No.36 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025, will mix up plenty of cocktails and non-alcoholic options.
Each of the chefs and bartender will demonstrate how to prepare their dish and discuss the inspiration behind it and their careers to date during a kitchen interview. Their plates will be served to all diners and the chefs will meet and greet guests throughout the evening.
This will be the third edition of the Flavours of 50 Best concept, which debuted in 2023 and was created specifically for the UAE, known as the birthplace of the modern brunch. There will be a host of premium food stations to supplement the star turns, from lobster counters to cocktail bars, live barbecue stations to smoothie carts.
Expect an evening of great entertainment, extensive eating, plentiful drinking options and the chance to sample dishes from some of the biggest stars in the culinary world.
Flavours of 50 Best is an evening brunch collaboration at Graphos Social Kitchen, Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island, taking place on Saturday 31 January 2026, from 18.00-22.00. Details on how to book your place will be available in the coming weeks.
