37 of the world’s most acclaimed chefs take part in an international restaurant 'swap'

The first ever, global collaboration of 37 of the world’s chefs as they participate in the 2015 The Grand GELINAZ! Shuffle on July 9. From San Francisco to Melbourne, some of the world’s most acclaimed, pioneering and creative culinary talent will participate in an unprecedented international restaurant 'swap'.

GELINAZ! Shuffle celebrates the very core of the hospitality industry: sharing knowledge, exposure to new ingredients and learning new practice - creativity without fear. There is no voting system, there is no number one and there is no judgement. Instead, a collaboration that will offer the diner a unique and exciting experience and leave each kitchen and participating chef with a fresh understanding of a different culinary culture, in an international exchange of knowledge.

In a heavily populated world of food events and congresses, GELINAZ! uniquely takes the chefs back into the kitchen to celebrate and explore their individual creative culinary identities. Personally selected by one of the creative directors of GELINAZ! Andrea Petrini, each chef was chosen for his or her unique approach to cooking. Andrea said:  "It was an impossible task and I would have been happy to double the number of participating chefs, but logistically it was not tangible. The line-up for this performance is a family of chefs, who take risk as a starting point, that are neither fearful of creativity nor driven by ego, but are fuelled by a desire to explore. The result has been incredible. A coming together of legendary names of the gastronomic world, side by side with some lesser known, but equally exciting ‘indie’ talent".

Ducasse, Redzepi, Atala, Aduriz, Aizpitarte, Bottura, Brock, Narisawa, Shewry, Kinch, Ros, Camanini, Grebaut, Saint-Pierre, Gürs, Wetzel, Crenn and so many more are among the line-up. GELINAZ! Shuffle transports chefs from the comfort of their home environment and routine and delivers them into a different culture and country. In an intense, adrenalin-filled few days it will submerge them into the unfamiliar and from that elegant chaos and vulnerability, unprecedented dishes will arise in a creative environment born of learning.

GELINAZ!, originally created by chef Fulvio Pierangelini and Perini, on a local level has been in existence since 2005. Never repeating itself, GELINAZ! at core was solely created to give something back to an ever-evolving industry, adapting to unpredictable situations and charting new territories to sharpen creativity. Now creative directors of GELINAZ! Andrea Petrini and Alexandra Swenden, are, in essence, curators of a culinary hub that brings together artists, musicians, scientists, thinkers and producers with chefs and are renowned for constantly pushing the boundaries of their collaborations. 2015 however, sees them surpass their previous achievements and secure a who's who of culinary talent on a world tour, from A (Adria- Spain) to Z (Zonfrillo-Australia).

Watch the promotional video and hear the full line up here: