"April is the time of white asparagus so I use this seasonal ingredient because it's slim, tall, white and beautiful - just like Gwyneth." says Chef Umberto Bombana's about the dish he created as a tribute to Gwyneth Paltrow: Asparagus and Orange on White Asparagus Risotto.

This was one of the four videos we produced for Landmark, with the other recipes from world famous and Michelin star-studded Joel Robuchon, Richard Ekkebus, and Kelvin Wong.

Chef Umberto Bombana tells us about culinary inspiration, Marc Chagall’s painting, and stealing cherries…

8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana is an Italian restaurant in Alexandra House, Central. In 2012 it became the only Italian restaurant outside of Italy to receive 3 Michelin Stars.

Classic Fine Foods is the market leading importer and distributor of fine ingredients, serving the vast majority of five-star hotels and high-end restaurants in Asia, with an expanding presence in the Middle East and Europe.

To pay tribute to their favourite Chefs, CFF have started a “World’s Top Chefs series”, with a first movie about Alvin Leung from Bo Innovation.

Creating a second installment for this series was a challenge for us as we wanted to take a different approach, maintaining the same level of quality and consistency required to build a series.

Needless to say, we had a lot of fun creating this video! We will let you be the judge: if you watch this video and your taste buds do not respond, either you've just eaten or we failed.

We would like to thank Opera Gallery Hong Kong for their support.

Umberto Bombana and his restaurant Otto E Mezzo (8 1/2) are busy.  But that’s what happens when you’re the only 3 Michelin starred Italian restaurant outside of Italy.
To accommodate Chef Bombana’s busy schedule we shot this video in a very efficient and concise time period, taking advantage of every shot and angle.

Although the impact of the food is big, the kitchen in which it is made in is fairly small so we squeezed our equipment and ourselves into the room and captured the making of Bombana’s fine Italian cuisine.

This first encounter went so great that we since produced 2 more videos:
Hongkong Land - Landmark Gwyneth Paltrow Inspired Cuisine: Umberto Bombana
Classic Fine Foods - World’s Top Chefs series: Umberto Bombana