Chef Chris Salans Receives Award from The Government of France
 
One of the French chefs which also IFCCI’s partner that build his career in Bali, Christopher (Chris) Salans received the ‘Chevalier dans l’Ordre du Mérite Agricole’ or Knight in the Order of Agricultural Services from the French government. This award is an appreciation and respect for his services concerned in promoting agriculture and French cuisine through extraordinary career and skills as a Chef in Indonesia.
 
Chef Salans manages MOZAIC Restaurant and Spice by Chris Salans offers gastronomy that combines French culinary techniques with Indonesian ingredients and spices which he calls Modern International Balinese Cuisine. The French-Indonesian fusion culinary brought by Salans is what makes the French Government give a mark of service in the agricultural sector. He has studied formal culinary in France, working with several well-known Chefs, both in France and in America, before settling in Indonesia, especially in Bali, 20 years ago
 
The event was also attended by Chef Gilles Marx, founder of the AMUZ Gourmet in Jakarta who also had received the same award by the French government in January 2013. Today, both Chef Chris and Chef Gilles have been selected as the Head Couch for Indonesian team to the finals of the Bocuse d’Or 2021 in Lyon, France – one of the most prestigious culinary competitions in the world.