Chef Rainer Becker chose Cannes for the latest outpost of his restaurant Zuma, opened in the Palm Beach entertainment complex.
The name Zuma is not new to the fashion crowd: chef Rainer Becker opened his first outpost in London 20 years ago and it fast became a celebrity hangout; his first Italian door was perched on the rooftop of Palazzo Fendi in Rome.was the next “natural move” for the restaurant’s expansion as much of Becker’s jet-set clientele bounces around the beach clubs of Europe. “We have a lot of international clients built up over the past 20 years, and the Mediterranean is their playground,” he says.
In its swinging ‘60s heyday, the Palm Beach was the place to go for stars such as Alain Delon, Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Becker bit at the chance to open in such an historic setting. “Not that I chose the location because of him, but I…felt very good in that location in London, and a good energy field and then he confirmed that. It is not essential, but it’s part of it,” he says.
While he wanted to recreate Japanese culture and cuisine, Becker couldn’t be pinned down on the concept. Zuma is not just an izakaya snack bar, or a sushi bar, or a robata grill — it’s all three, a combo he admits is “complex and labor intense.” “ has to be more because otherwise it becomes boring. So very, very important is evolution, not revolution. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel, see what works, then play with it,” he says. “There is no perfect world. Even after 20 years, we can do so many things better, and that’s the drive.”
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