our current hosts
meet splidu’s legends
Our hosts are some of the most exciting names in the food and experiences space. They’ve thrilled thousands with their uniquely themed food and memorable moments. Click on each image to learn more about them and how you can book an experience with them.
Born in Croatia on the Dalmatian coast, and partly as a kid lived on the Greek island of Crete where I fell in love with cooking while I was living with a family that owned a restaurant, where I spend most of my free time. I have finished Culinary high school and university in Belgrade. I was able to travel for work and experience food in Greece, Serbia, the Croatian seaside, and the Middle East. With all the world cuisines that I encountered, I was always coming back to my grandmother's cooking which is simple but full of flavors.
Born and raised in Rome, we became passionate about food at an early age. After traveling around the globe for decades we decided to step back into our home kitchens, rediscovering the authenticity of our products and our grandma’s recipes. We proudly aim to deliver an authentic Italian experience by sharing our knowledge and passion for food and revealing some of Nonna's tricks. Book us for your private event and we will bring the Mediterranean flavours at your table.
Named the Best Female Chef of 2022 in the Middle East and Africa, Tala has often referred to as the voice of modern Bahraini cuisine, draws attention with her culinary career in Europe and the Middle East and her modern interpretation of traditional dishes. Blending world-class materials and techniques with local Bahraini dishes, Brashmi is appreciated for her creativity and flair.
The ‘girl’ in question is Gabriela, or Gigi, who traveled 14,000 kilometers from Nicaragua to live, work and cook in Dubai. And ‘goose’ is some kind of totem or spirit guide, who appeared to Gigi in a dream when she decided to host a supper club and struggled to think of a name for it. Her childhood dream of becoming a chef has finally come true half a world away when she started Girl and the goose two years ago, “…thanks to my support system and people like Jill, Roberto, and Heimo, who gave me that kick and confidence I needed to put myself out there,” she says. Certain items shared by Girl and the goose began with recipes from Gigi’s grandma, including the Nicaraguan fritters known as buñuelos, though the older woman soaked hers in sugar cane syrup while Gigi uses a combination of three less artery-clogging sauces. The challenge, “is to adopt a traditional recipe and make it healthy without losing the core, the essence” a creative process Gigi really enjoys. Her menu now changes every three months, which gives her ever-widening social circle plenty of time to visit and try word-of-mouth hits like maduros en gloria (sweet plantains in glory), her ceviche, and desserts like tres leches, with goat milk and mango sorbet.
Chef Kuv is the pioneer of the Supper Club underground dining culture of Dubai. He set the bar high by starting the first supper club in the country over five years ago and continues to beguile his guests with over 120 menus featuring cuisines that span the entire globe. He continues to innovate using both traditional and non-traditional styles of cooking with locally sourced, non-processed ingredients in his food. He has passionately focused his entire culinary practice of over ten years on health and digestion. He believes in the demystification of food nutrition and raises awareness through his work both at his Supper Club and as a culinary consultant. Chef Kuv hails from London, is a chartered architect, a trained North-Indian classical singer, and a famous face within the theatre scene of Dubai as a trained actor. He proudly states that his Supper Club started as his primary focus. "Cooking involves a huge level of responsibility...for another person's health and wellbeing. I would never call it a hobby for me as it is more a spiritual practice.I am lucky I was able to innovate to make it my actual business."