Romain

Chef Romain Dupeyre grew up in Nice, a seaside city in the southeast of France. Provençal cuisine is very dear to him: His first memories in a kitchen are of his grandmother cooking Provençal regional specialties such as aioli, ratatouille, and pissaladière.

Knowing that he always wanted to be a chef, he went to work in a professional kitchen at the age of 15. This was where he first met Adrien, more than 15 years ago. They were both apprentices in a two-Michelin-starred restaurant, La Chèvre d'Or, on the French Riviera, and they’ve been friends ever since.

No matter where Romain’s culinary adventures took him, from Ireland to Paris and Melbourne, they’ve always stayed in touch.

They met again in Paris, first during the 2010 pre-opening of Shangri-la Paris and then again in 2016 for the reopening of The Ritz Paris. And you know what they say: good things come in threes... After two years as chef de cuisine at Petrus at Island Shangri-La Hong Kong's French Michelin-starred restaurant, he’s now working again with his best friend. 

Adrien

Chef Adrien Castillo is from the countryside around Toulouse, a gastronomic capital in the southwest of France. He spent his childhood weekends fishing, hunting, picking up fresh ingredients, and making preserves and pâté with his grandmother.

He started his career as a young apprentice on the French Riviera at the two-Michelin-starred restaurant La Chèvre d'Or, where he first met Romain 15 years ago. In that time, each of them went on their own culinary adventures: Adrien’s took him to Paris, Reims but also to Vienne (France).

He then had the opportunity to work with Romain again at Shangri-la Paris and The Ritz Paris. After moving to Hong Kong in 2018, Adrien joined Caprice, a three-Michelin- starred and world-renowned restaurant, as a sous-chef and spent five years there, sharpening his skills and learning from the esteemed Chef Guillaume Galliot.

After reconnecting with Romain and deciding to open their own venture together, here they are today, two friends inviting you in their restaurant, their home.