Manava Resort Tahiti Names Jean Baptiste Piard As Executive Chef

formerly of 5-star Hotel Christopher St. Barth and Intercontinental Tahiti – named “Best Cook of French Polynesia 2013” 
Food-loving residents on Tahiti as well as visitors to the economic, cultural and political center of French Polynesia will welcome the news that Jean Baptiste Piard  was named the new Executive Chef at the 120-room, lagoon front Manava Suite Resort Tahiti.
Piard spent the last two years as Executive Chef at the five-star Hotel Christopher in St. Barth.
Locals will remember him first as the Executive Sous Chef at the four-star Hotel Intercontinental Tahiti where he was named “Best Cook of French Polynesia” in 2013.In his new position, Piard will oversee cuisine at Manava Suite Resort Tahiti’s signature restaurant, Vaitohi, its two bars and its special event space.

Chef Piard will also create menus for the newly redone Taapuna Pool Bar adjacent to the resort’s waterfront infinity pool.

 
(Source: South Pacific Management 11 November 2017)