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Culinary Experiences
DINE BY DESIRE
Take your pick of private dining venues throughout our 9-hectare (22-acre) private island retreat on Jinji Lake. Our expansive gardens span the entire island, creating opportunities for a range of idyllic, romantic meals with the lake as the picturesque backdrop. Seek your own private enclave and let us create a personalized dining experience just for you, served in an unforgettable lakeside or garden setting of your choice – perfect for special occasions and moments.1 / 3PASTRY INDULGENCE
Paris-trained Pastry Chef Christy Tse brings her expertise and craftsmanship to Four Seasons Hotel Suzhou, creating a tempting daily assortment of indulgent French pastries and cakes. Known for her incredibly creative flavour combinations that are original, experimental, sometimes daring and always perfectly balanced, Chef Christy crafts colourful, decadent treats that add a touch of artistic culinary flair to the retail display cases and dessert counters of The Lounge and Bar. These sweet delights also form the core of our daily afternoon tea.2 / 3THE FLAVOURS OF JIANGZHE
Jin Jing Ge specializes in Jiangzhe cuisine – a portmanteau of Jiangsu province, where Suzhou is located, and Zhejiang province. Our expert chefs draw on their homegrown experience to provide fresh, innovative takes on these celebrated local and regional cuisines. Local comfort dishes have been reimagined using premium ingredients and creative elements to deliver an authentic Chinese fine dining experience like no other, defined by culinary craftsmanship and underscored by signature Four Seasons service.3 / 3
Meet the Team
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CHARLES ZHANG
Executive Chinese ChefWith 26 years of experience in Chinese cuisine accumulated mainly in Shanghai and Hangzhou, Chef Zhang has mastered the intricacies of the culinary style local to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, known as Jiangzhe cuisine. He honed his craft over the years as the head Chinese chef at various luxury hotels, as well as in the kitchen of a Michelin-starred restaurant in Shanghai. His cooking philosophy revolves around maintaining the authentic foundation of the regional dishes he creates, including using local ingredients and finding innovative ways to unlock new flavour profiles. Most recently, Chef Zhang served as the Chinese chef at Jin Sha, the celebrated restaurant at Four Seasons Hangzhou West Lake.
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CHRISTY TSE
Executive Pastry ChefTrained across multiple dessert disciplines in Switzerland, Germany, the United States and France – including at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris – award-winning pastry chef Christy Tse has worked in kitchens around the world during her career, including in Hong Kong, Paris, Dubai and Maldives. Most recently, she was the Executive Pastry Chef at Four Seasons Hotel Tianjin.