Maldives Promotion House – Award Winning Island Hideaway at Dhonakulhi Maldives has appointed a new executive chef to lead its culinary team. The Swiss Chef Tobias Fetz, brings over 18 years years of rich culinary experience. “I’m delighted to be here at such a beautiful resort in the Maldives and look forward to enhancing our guests’ gastronomic experiences” he said.

Chef Tobias graduated from the Hotel Management School of Montana, Lucerne, Switzerland in 2000, and since then has worked in various international luxury hotels and restaurants. He is multi-lingual and speaks German, English, French, Spanish and Italian. After graduation he worked in the Michelin Starred Restaurant Gupf in Rehetobel, Switzerland as the Executive Sous Chef. After two years he moved to Canada to a work as an executive chef at Relais & Chateaux Hotel in Quilchena, B.C., Canada.

He also spent about a year at the Executive Sous Chef at Park Hyatt Dubai. Chef Tobias has worked at InterContinental Warsaw in Warsaw, Poland, Marriott Hotel Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany, Café Aubergine in Kingston, Jamaica and Dhahran International Hotel Akrabiah, in Saudi Arabia as Executive Chef. He has also been a consultant for Hacienda Lifestyle Resorts in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

The Island Hideaway at Dhonakulhi Maldives, Spa Resort & Marina is a luxury boutique resort situated on the privately owned uninhabited virgin island of Dhonakulhi, in the Maldives. The resort was opened on 1st August 2005 with 8 types of spectacular guest villas. Resort’s marina is the first of its kind in the Maldives. The Island is a haven of peace, tranquility and serenity. Island Hideaway is one of the very few resorts in the Haa-Alifu Atoll.