The Chef Behind Abu Dhabi's Hottest Beach Restaurant Is Coming To Oberoi Hotels & Resorts India This June

Chef Jack Jarrott has built his career on fire. Not metaphorically, but literally: the Australian-born chef spent his formative years in Gordon Ramsay's London kitchens before relocating to the UAE, where he spent the better part of a decade making open-fire cooking the most talked-about technique on the Gulf dining circuit. At Sucre in Dubai, he helped build an open-fire concept that earned consecutive Michelin Guide listings in 2022 and 2023. At The Guild Dubai in 2024, he was part of the team that drew global recognition from the Michelin Guide. His current post is Head Chef at Sand & Koal, the open-air beachfront restaurant at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental in Abu Dhabi, which features in the Michelin Guide Abu Dhabi 2026.

This June, he brings all of it to India.

As part of an ongoing alliance between Oberoi Hotels & Resorts and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jarrott is presenting his signature open-fire menu at two Oberoi properties across four days: Fenix at The Oberoi Mumbai on the 18th and 19th of June, and threesixtyone° at The Oberoi Gurgaon on the 26th and 27th, for lunch and dinner on both days.

The menu is worth flying into town for. Three dishes form the heart of the Sand & Koal experience that Jarrott is transporting to India: Charred Boneless Chicken, Saffron Rice Dolma, and Dry-Spiced Seabass. The thing about open-fire cooking is that it does not benefit from complexity on the plate; the fire itself is already doing considerable work in that department. What it rewards is quality of ingredients and precision of timing: a few seconds too long and you've lost the moisture, a few seconds short and you've missed the char that gives the dish its character. Jarrott has spent years calibrating that margin, first in Dubai and now in Abu Dhabi, and the menu reflects his accumulated knowledge

"For me, this offering is about collaboration," Jarrott says, "between two esteemed hotel groups that prioritise unique guest experiences and between chefs who take great pride in their work." This is not a one-night event to be experienced and filed away, as across the four days, both lunch and dinner services will be available as a part of this experience. Chef Jarrott will be cooking alongside the Oberoi's own kitchen teams, so you can expect a touch of the familiar Oberoi expertise to what might otherwise be a straightforward pop-up.

But even then, four days across two cities is a brief window, and maybe the perfect fit for an experience this exclusive.