The Peninsula Chicago Welcomes Executive Chef Baasim Zafar

The Peninsula Chicago | April 24, 2019

CHICAGO (April 24, 2019) — The Peninsula Chicago is pleased to announce the appointment of Executive Chef Baasim Zafar, a native of England with more than 25 years of experience in restaurants and luxury hotels in the United States, London and Saudi Arabia. Chef Zafar will oversee all Peninsula restaurant kitchens for The Lobby, Shanghai Terrace, Pierrot Gourmet and Z Bar, as well as banquets, in-room dining and pastry kitchen operations. Classically trained at Le Cordon Bleu London and schooled at the University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Chef Zafar draws culinary inspiration as much...