
As executive chef of Zinfandel’s and Le Bistro at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, Ana Grgić Tomić is a leading figure in Croatian fine dining. Before returning to her home country, she worked with Yves Mattagne at The Sea Grill in Brussels and Christian Lohse at Fischer’s Fritz in Berlin. During her decade at the helm of the Esplanade, she has made it a dinner destination for gourmet visitors to the city and cooked for dignitaries including President Biden and King Charles, who asked for her risotto recipe. She is also a pioneer of the zero food waste movement in Croatia, making innovative use of whole ingredients in her modern interpretations of classic Croatian and Mediterranean cuisine.