Frédéric Chabbert returns to Restaurant Petrus for a four-hands dinner with chef Uwe Opocensky

From September 17 to 19, 2025, Restaurant Petrus will host an intimate culinary reunion, a three-night, four-hands dinner that brings together two acclaimed chefs whose paths have long been intertwined.

At the centre of this collaboration are Uwe Opocensky, executive chef of Petrus, and Frédéric Chabbert, who helmed the restaurant for eight years before establishing the Michelin-starred Restaurant Dôme in Antwerp. Their shared history and mutual reverence for French gastronomy set the stage for a menu that balances heritage with innovation, framed by the elegance of Hong Kong’s most storied dining room.

Chabbert returns with a philosophy honed towards purity and precision. His signature pomme soufflée au caviar distils his ethos into a single dish: one immaculate ingredient, elevated with quiet embellishments so that flavour and memory linger at the forefront.

Opocensky, a chef shaped by the radical creativity of El Bulli and the dynamic energy of Hong Kong, presents a bolder counterpoint. His Carré de Veau spotlights milk-raised Limousin veal cutlet from Huguenin, paired with Yunnan matsutake baked in salt crust, pommery mustard sauce and silken mash. It is both homage and evolution, a dish where the rarest seasonal treasures are given contemporary form.

Together, the two chefs trace a dialogue across time and continents: refinement meeting audacity, restraint meeting invention, a celebration of Petrus’ legacy and its ever-evolving voice.

Black truffle (Photo: courtesy of Restaurant Petrus)

Pomme soufflée au caviar (Photo: courtesy of Restaurant Petrus)

This reunion also becomes a stage for France’s most storied ingredients. Expect Prat Ar Coum oysters and the revered pigeon d’Eneour, each interpreted through the chefs’ distinct lenses: Chabbert’s clarity and restraint, Opocensky’s modern flourish. Together, their perspectives form a dialogue of duality—dishes that resonate with familiarity while unfolding in unexpected ways.

The experience is offered as a six-course menu (HK$1,988 per person) or an eight-course menu (HK$2,588 per person), with dinner service beginning at 6.30 pm each evening.

Reservations are available via WhatsApp