Stephan Duhesme

Chef Stephan Duhesme is a French-Filipino chef and restaurateur, serving as executive chef and co-owner of Metiz and Automat in Makati. His modern, fermentation-driven Filipino cooking has earned Metiz a spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants and a Michelin distinction in the Philippines. Through Metiz and the more casual Automat, he pushes a flavor-forward, heritage-rooted vision of Filipino food that rebels against traditional French fine dining formats while staying obsessive about local ingredients, seasonality, and the simple question of whether each dish simply tastes really, really good.