Founders
Long Tran
Gia is not the first project of Mr. Long Tran after returning to Vietnam. But this is where he and his teammates find their roots after many years of living abroad. Mr. Long Tran spends most of his effort on this project and every step has been meticulously planned out for a long time.
He was a Swiss graduate at Les Roche, Switzerland with 14 years of experience in the hospitality & restaurant field. After graduating, Mr. Long Tran has several years of experience working in restaurants in luxury hotels at the UAE, Qatar, Thailand, and Singapore, etc. Always striving to challenge himself, from 2014, he began to shift his efforts to independent fine dining restaurants or Michelin-starred restaurants in order to discover something new and nurture himself in a new setting with higher pressure.
“If you want to be the best, you have to be surrounded by the best” – Chef André Chiang told him and from that, he always keeps it in mind and works as a philosophy.
Along with Gia Restaurant (1 Michelin star), he works as a Co-founder & General Manager of Seroja Restaurant (1 Michelin star and First Green Star of Singapore).
Sam Tran
Not only known as the talented and brave chef of Gia restaurant, but Sam Tran is also one of the co-founders who will lead the le Goût de Gia team. She has nearly ten years of living and working in Melbourne, Australia. Starting her career as a chef at Bawa Cafe, one of the most reputable restaurants in Melbourne, where she gained a lot of experience and cooking standards. Then, she moved to Sunda Dining, a two-hatted restaurant in Melbourne (Top 50 in World’s 50 best discovery list), to continue her path in her culinary career. After several years working at Sunda Dining, Sam decided to come home to embark on a restaurant of her own.
Our Founders
Long Tran
Gia is not the first project of Mr. Long Tran after returning to Vietnam. But this is where he and his teammates find their roots after many years of living abroad. Mr. Long Tran spends most of his effort on this project and every step has been meticulously planned out for a long time.
He was a Swiss graduate at Les Roche, Switzerland with 14 years of experience in the hospitality & restaurant field. After graduating, Mr. Long Tran has several years of experience working in restaurants in luxury hotels at the UAE, Qatar, Thailand, and Singapore, etc. Always striving to challenge himself, from 2014, he began to shift his efforts to independent fine dining restaurants or Michelin-starred restaurants in order to discover something new and nurture himself in a new setting with higher pressure.
“If you want to be the best, you have to be surrounded by the best” – Chef André Chiang told him and from that, he always keeps it in mind and works as a philosophy.
Along with Gia Restaurant (1 Michelin star), he works as a Co-founder & General Manager of Seroja Restaurant (1 Michelin star and First Green Star of Singapore).
Sam Tran
Not only known as the talented and brave chef of Gia restaurant, but Sam Tran is also one of the co-founders who will lead the le Goût de Gia team. She has nearly ten years of living and working in Melbourne, Australia. Starting her career as a chef at Bawa Cafe, one of the most reputable restaurants in Melbourne, where she gained a lot of experience and cooking standards. Then, she moved to Sunda Dining, a two-hatted restaurant in Melbourne (Top 50 in World’s 50 best discovery list), to continue her path in her culinary career. After several years working at Sunda Dining, Sam decided to come home to embark on a restaurant of her own.
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