Chef Christophe Devoille : focus on harmony, simplicity and balance when creating desserts

 

 

• Executive Pastry Chef in Atlantis The Royal, Dubai
• Pastry Chef of the Year 2024 by G&M UAE
• World’s best afternoon tea 2024 by La Liste

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Born in 1980 in Strasbourg, the German inflected city of France’s eastern borders, Chef Devoille’s career began aged 15 years in his kitchen at home, making cakes with his mother. After pastry school, Chef Devoille put his trade into practice and perfected his English for a year at the Michelin star New York institution La Côte Basque, helmed by Jean-Jacques Rachou, before moving back to Paris to join one of the legendary leaders in classic French haute cuisine, chef Alan Ducasse, spending more than a decade at his side.

Taking roles at Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée during couple of years, Chef Devoille was promoted to corporate pastry chef for the Alain Ducasse Enterprise heading up the desert team for 27 outlets worldwide. During this time Chef Devoille travelled around the world supervising desserts and pastry boutique at the chef’s many venues from Las Vegas, Monaco, Doha, Tokyo & much more.

In 2014, Chef Devoille packed his bags and moved to Macao, China to take a role with the pre-opening team as Executive Pasty Chef of Wynn Palace, one of the largest resorts in the region, boasting 2,000 rooms and 13 restaurants. In this role Chef Devoille was responsible for a team of 36 across eight outlets, devising menus and perfecting the Wynn’s legendary macarons. After four years in Macao, Chef Devoille moved across the pond to head up the pastry kitchen of London’s celebrity haunt and private members club, Annabel’s for 1 year.
In December 2019, Chef Christophe Devoille joined the pre-opening team of Dubai’s newest resort Atlantis, The Royal as Executive Pasty Chef. Today he oversees the development, creation and menu concepts for 17outlets.

In 2022 Chef Devoille open his own Brand in Atlantis The Royal Lobby. The Royal Tea Room Christophe Devoille. In 2023, Caterer Middle East crowned him Pastry Chef of the Year and again in 2024, as well as by G&M UAE before being named World’s Best Afternoon Tea by La Liste.

 

 

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