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“It is never easy. But the key is commitment. That’s the principle I have worked on since I started my career,” said the executive chef of Aprez Café, Aprez Catering, and AMUZ Gourmet Restaurant.
The most unique part of his career is, unlike many chefs Kitchenesia had a talk with, Chef Stefu didn’t acquire his expertise abroad. The 43-year old chef embarked his career Atmajaya’s Culinary School in 1995, and then climbed step by step to his position now.
The milestone of his career was when he started his career as a Commis at of five-star The Park Lane Hotel Jakarta (now Wyndham Casablanca Hotel) under the tutelage of the prominent Chef Gilles Marx from French.
His determination and passion for culinary world became the catalyst of his career, making him acquired executive chef position of The Park Lane Hotel Jakarta at the age of 33.
Years passed by, Chef Stefu was asked by his former kitchenmate to run Aprez and AMUZ, two restaurants that found by Chef Gilles Marx in 2011. Leaving all convenience behind, Chef Stefu joined Chef Gilles on Aprez first anniversary.
