Laertis Dedes | Executive Chef & Greek Cuisine Consultant

Executive Chef & Greek Cuisine Consultant

Laertis Dedes, executive chef and Greek cuisine consultant

From the idea to the way it runs every day.

I work with restaurants and hotels creating or evolving a Greek or Mediterranean culinary direction. The collaboration begins with what the restaurant wants to become and carries that direction through to the way the kitchen and team support it every day.

A menu that only works when I am standing at the pass is not a result.

Greek salad with oregano-dusted feta, tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, olives and capers on a stoneware platter

The aim is for the direction to become part of the kitchen, so the team can maintain it consistently through everyday service.

Meraki Greek Taverna

Aloft Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

A Mediterranean concept on Palm Jumeirah, rooted in Greek cooking with subtle Middle Eastern influences, for an international hotel in Dubai.

From Greece to Bulgaria, Dubai and the UK.

More than 20 years in professional kitchens, across different markets and teams, shaped the way I think today.

Greek cooking remains my foundation, without becoming a ready-made answer for every restaurant.

Laertis Dedes kneeling in a garden, his hand over a lavender bush

Have a project in mind?

A new restaurant, a hotel dining concept or an existing kitchen changing direction. Send me a little context and we can start from there.