PAX brings acrobatics to the kitchen

March 3, 2013 - PRLog -- Dusit Thani Dubai’s famed Italian restaurant, PAX, is taking flying food to new heights and introducing diners to one of the most skillful masters of acrobatic pizza-making. Chef Pasqualino Barbasso will be sharing his passion for traditional Italian pizza while demonstrating his award winning art which has taken him decades to perfect.

Italian born Pasqualino began his career at his family’s Pizzeria in the Sicilian province of Agrigento. He underwent formal pizza-making training only at a later stage, because, as he puts it, “the profession of high quality Italian pizza-making is something that one cannot learn only in an empirical way.” In 1998 he won the Sicily’s Acrobatic Pizza championship. By 2001 he was World Champion, a title that he won in 2002 for a second time. Since then he has made numerous appearances in Italian restaurants and pizzerias around the world.

For three days Chef Pasqualino will be entertaining guests of PAX through a series of events aimed at bringing Pizza enjoyment back to its traditional routes. Kicking off the festivities he will be hosting a Traditional Pizza Making Masterclass where guests will learn the authentic skills from the master himself and then either dine together with Chef Pasqualino at PAX or take their creations home.

PAX Restaurant has created a pizza-centric set menu inspired by Chef Pasqualino and featuring sharing appetizers and a selection of main courses to choose from before finishing with delicious deserts the Mediterranean country is famous for.

Friday Brunch on Dusit Thani Dubai’s 24th floor takes an Italian twist on March 8 with entertainment from Chef Pasqualino in a number of live pizza acrobatic displays.

Traditional Pizza Making Masterclass

Chef Pasqualino takes you back to basics to create the most traditional Italian pizza and then either dine with the chef or take your pizza home.

Thursday March 7, 3-5pm

150 AED per person

Traditional Pizza Set Dinner

Bring passion back to dinning with a three course sharing set menu accompanied paired with Italian wine and a sparkling welcome drink as Chef Pasqualino performs pizza acrobatics above you.

March 6 & 7, from 7pm

225 AED per person

Brunch with pizza acrobats

Enjoy our famed Friday Brunch with added acrobatic performances from Chef Pasqualino. Bring the kids and let them go wild in creating their own pizzas with help from the PAX kitchen team.

March 8, 12-noon – 4pm

195 AED (soft drinks and chilled juices); 235 AED (house beverages); 285 AED (sparkling and selected house spirits); 495 AED (bubbly)

For booking enquiries kindly contact the restaurant reservations team on 04 317 4515.