Food lover from early age, he was studying Business Hospitality while working as a cook at Baltika Hotel Bandung where he learnt the best about Indonesian food, art cutting and saucing.

In October 1999, he entered in the new Holiday Inn hotel in Batam.  The proximity of this Island with Singapore makes it as the first leisure destination for Expat and Singaporean guests; a great experience for his development.  Focusing on International, Chinese and Japanese cuisines (teppanyaki), Chef Willy quickly found his own way of cooking and distinguished himself.

From 2003 to 2005, he pursued his carrier in Center Java, in Grand Candi, an Indonesian five-star hotel where he shaped his cooking skills manly in Indonesian food.

On his way to take new challenges, he flew overseas, in Europe and sign up with The Vere The Belfry as a Demi Chef the Partie. Over there, he discovered new essential aspect of hospitality. As a demi chef the partie and responsible for banqueting ,  he took  the opportunity to cook for the English Premier League Team Wigan Athletic FC and Newcastle United FC during the pre-match meal,  to add a string on his bow.

After a fulfilled year in Europe, in 2006 he came back to Indonesia with the strong willing to implement his skills and knowhow, then he happily joined Accor as Chef de Partie at Novotel Semarang.  Quickly he grew into sous Chef and Executive sous Chef, responsible of all hotel kitchen and all the culinary department.

Recently, based on his management skills and knowledge Chef Willy became the new Executive Chef of the Royal Beach Seminyak Bali, handling the 3 Kitchens department.

Chef Willy tell us about his cooking vision:

“Suggest, taste and delight in… “

My inspiration comes from my willing to expose and enhance the food by keeping the traditional flavor and improving the plating.  Nowadays, I manage 3 kitchen restaurants,  all different, from the Husk  Restaurant where we mainly serve Indonesian food, the Capris beachfront restaurant presenting Mediterranean meals and our  Teppanyaki Restaurant.
Among the few Teppanyaki restautants in Bali, our restaurant offers an authentic atmosphere featuring rich colors and a modern design.  The Teppanyaki Restaurant boasts exquisite fresh seafood, best meats and exclusive wines for a memorable moment. Inspired by the seasons in Japan, we offer the privilege to enjoy our set menus : Haru (Spring), Natsu (summer), Aki (autumn) and Fuyu (winter)

A It’s a hard cooking method, the Chef can’t afford to make any mistake, standing up in front of the guest, he should have an amazing instinct to adapt the seasoning to the guest expectation in only one shot and we like to call it the Art of cooking. “

The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali once again confirmed his commitment showing that the infrastructures and the staff are well-prepared and well-trained for the event of tsunami. The hotel is getting up to date and organizing simulations on regular basis in order to ensure the safety of hotel guests and staffs.

On the 14th November 2012, Alexander Kesper of Tsunami Ready proudly presented the certificate to the General Manager of The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali, Alessandro Migliore and his team.

Alessandro Migliore, “The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali is aware and involved in the Tsunami ready concerns, therefore we proudly announce the recertification of Tsunami Ready ”

According to Tsunami Ready evaluation committee, the hotel has implemented policies and procedures in information sources and interpretation, decision making, evacuation procedures, evacuation route and shelter, post tsunami, earthquake and community relations & cooperation.

The Royal’s Executive Chef

Born in 1969 in Singaraja in Bali, I MADE BAGUS WIDHYANTARA is a graduate of the Hotel and Tourism Training Institute Nusa Dua Bali since 1989. Living abroad for several years, he braced his way to become one of the best Chefs on the Isle of Gods.

He started his career in 1989 at the Intan Beach Village, in Kuta Bali as cooker helper and ever since, his career was on a fast track.

From 1993 to 1995 he experienced the American way of life in Florida, working for big cruises companies as Assistant Vegetable Cook at The Hallmark Cruise Service inc. and the Trident international Cruise inc. based in Miami.

Pending two years overseas, in 1996 he found his way back to Indonesia, and joined Accor as “Chef de Partie” at Novotel Manado over 2 years.

In almost 10 years, Chef Bagus had strategically put his professional skills on test in several exclusive properties to enhance and strengthen his know-how. In 2004, he received two Balinese Culinary Gold Medals, the highest prices of those culinary competitions in Bali.

On his way to take up new challenges, in March 2008, he was trusted to lead the kitchen team of one high-end villa compound in Sanur. He was in charge of the management and staff recruitment, purchasing of consumables, food goods dealing with the appropriate budget. He used to develop a la carte and special events menus.

As nothing could stop his commitment to improve, on September the same year, he became the Sous-Chef at the Conrad Bali until the end of 2010. Meanwhile, on August 2010, he has been invited at Hilton Nagoya during 2 weeks to promote the Indonesian Food, a real achievement who encouraged him to go on.

Based on his great professional records and his outstanding personality, the management recruited the Chef Bagus to manage the 3 kitchens outlet of the Royal Beach Seminyak Bali.

Media Contacts
Ana Dewi Permana
Director of Marketing
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

The Royal’s Executive Assistant Manager

Bali, January 2012 – The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali proudly announces the new EAM, Frank Weiss, to strengthen its management team. Since the departure of the previous EAM, the hotel was looking for a high profile EAM that can support and keep up with the swift, smart and effective management style. Plus the high qualification demanded by the MGallery label didn’t make it an easy task.

With his long track professional carrier and outstanding performances in several Accor hotels since 1998, this single and energetic gentleman was one of the best candidates for the position. Born in 29 November 1975, he was first dipped his toes in hospitality industry was at Mercure hotel in Germany. After a productive three years, he pursued his carrier to Sofitel Paris where he sharpened his managerial skill in F&B and Front Office departments.

Since then, Frank’s carrier was nothing but firm records of remarkable achievements when he embraced the second person position in Mercure Frankfurt for four years and then took the opportunity to penetrate the Asian hospitality industry at Novotel Rayong Rim Pae in Thailand.

Stephane Bryer, the General Manager says,” As a member of MGallery collection, our hotel is demanded to provide a high-end memorable stay to every guest; which is not a simple deal to do. Aside from the outstanding products, we also need a solid highly skilled team to ensure things run flawless and Frank has all the qualities that we required to assist me on running the hotel and driving the business to the right direction.”

Media Contacts
Ana Dewi Permana
Director of Marketing
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

An annual cultural and religious event, celebrating the temple’s anniversary and traditional culture of the Balinese.

Bali, November 2011 – Every fifth full moon of the year, based on Balinese calendar, the hotel holds Piodalan ceremony in the hotel’s temple to celebrate the anniversary and as an expression of gratitude to God Almighty. The ceremony performed by a Hindu priest called Pemangku. In accordance with the traditional Balinese tradition, there were traditional music instrument called Baleganjur, Balinese dance and Kekawin, a Hindu hymn performed during the ceremony. This year, the festival held on 9 and 10 November 2011.

Celebrating the event, there were some activities related to the ceremony preparation held from a day before. There were competitions of making Penjor and Gebogan, where the hotel’s departments competed to make the best one. Each department was represented by a team of 4 to 6 people.

The procession was started with Atur Pekelem on day one. It is a beach procession where the Hindus making offering to God Baruna, the guardian of the sea. Following it on the next day was held the Piodalan, the religious ceremony to commemorate temple’s anniversary. The essence of this ceremony and other religious ceremonies in Bali is to balance the three aspects of human life which is well presented by one concept called Tri Hita Karana. Tri Hita Karana is a concept of balance harmony in relationship between human being and the Creator, between human being and fellows, and between human being and environment. The ceremonies are basically a reminder to be grateful to God, to love each other and to respect the Mother Nature.

Hotel guests were provided with the complete itinerary of the event few days before and were invited to witness these celebrations of gratitude.

Media Contacts
Ana Dewi Permana
Marketing Manager
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

Tsunami Ready defines tsunami safety standards worldwide and it is actively supported by Bali Hotel Association (BHA) and cooperates with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia as well as ASEAN.

The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali was one of the first hotels in Bali which are well-prepared and well-trained for the event of tsunami. In fact it is the first hotel where Tsunami Ready first launched its presentation on 2008 and has became reference to other hotels ever since. The hotel continuing to gears up perfecting its practices in order to ensure the safety of hotel guests and staffs.

Alexander Kesper of Tsunami Ready presents the certificate to the General Manager of The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali, Stephane Bryer and his team.

Stephane Bryer, “We are proud to receive this certificate. It is to show to our guests and staffs so they may feel safe here and ensured that incase of the event, we have well-trained team and well-prepared evacuation area for them. Safety and security have always been parts our main focus.”

According to Tsunami Ready evaluation committee, the hotel has implemented policies and procedures in: information sources and interpretation, decision making, evacuation procedures, evacuation route and shelter, post tsunami, earthquake and community relations & cooperation.

Media Contacts
Ana Dewi Permana
Marketing Manager
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

Faithful to their pleasure based philosophy promoting the discovery of new delights; the hotel believes that escapes should be enhanced through gastronomy.

The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali just opened the Grand Breakfast on Wednesday, 13th April 2011 at the open-air Husk Restaurant which will be the anchor of dining experience at the resort. Offering the elegant atmosphere of the wooden-floored restaurant and direct view to the beach, the grand buffet breakfast serves the freshest of local fruits and produce are combined with classically western dishes providing for an abundant and hearty breakfast. Open every day from 06.30 am to 10.30 am; this dining experience will provides you a distinctive and unique story to tell.

Media Contacts
Ana Dewi Permana
Marketing Manager
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

Celebrating Accor’s Earth Guest Day which is representing the climax of all the sustainable development actions carried out by worldwide employees under the Accor Group, The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali held its annual beach clean-up program at the beach area in-front of the resort on Friday, 22nd April 2011 at 8 am.

More than two hundreds participants eagerly joined the management and hotel team, working side by side to clean the beach. Amongst the invitees there are more than a hundred school students and teachers from SD 1 Seminyak and SD 1 Kerobokan; the members of Bali Tourism Media Association and the representatives of Kuta Sea Turtle Conservation and Pro Fauna Indonesia.

Recently The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali launched its new mascot a soft stuffed animal toy in sea turtle form called Penyu, which means sea turtle in Indonesian. What made this year’s Earth Guest Day more special was that on the same day after the beach clean-up program, Mr. Stephane BRYER and Bapak I Gusti Ngurah Tresna signed an agreement between the hotel and Kuta Sea Turtle Conservation. The hotel has committed to donate all profit gained from the selling of the Penyu toy to the foundation to support this endangered animal.

Stephane Bryer, General Manager of The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali, “It was on June 2008 when we first found around eighty turtle eggs buried in the sand in-front of the hotel and we contacted the Kuta Conservation to secure and collect them. Then on August that year we released the baby turtles back to the nature. Knowing that only 1 out of 1,000 eggs hatched will survive and that Seminyak beach is one of the nesting areas of sea turtles, the least we can do is to keep the beach clean and safe for them to lay eggs. And hopefully by putting aside a little fund for the conservation, we hope that we can support the preservation effort and to urge others to do the same.”

Media Contacts
Ana Dewi Permana
Marketing Manager
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

The World Red Cross Day is celebrated every year on May 8. It has become an important day in the history of mankind because of the role played by the Red Cross in saving lives around the world. Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross is also celebrating his birthday on the same date.

The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali has a long partnership history with the Red Cross, especially the Indonesian Red Cross (IRC). On June 2008 the hotel along with sister hotels of Accor Bali have donated US$ 10,200 for the devastating earthquake victim in Sichuan – China through the foundation. This partnership was then become stronger as The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali has added blood donation into its permanent charity program. Last year assisted by IRC the hotel has conducted it twice; on 29th April 2010 and the last one was on 14th August 2010 in conjunction to the celebration of Indonesian Independence Day.

This year, taking the moment of the World Red Cross Day and bringing up the line ‘A Drop of Blood will Help Life’, once again the hotel held the blood donation to help the IRC replenish its stocks. Encouraging the whole Royal Seminyak Bali team to donate their blood, the hotel also invited sister hotels in Bali. The event took place in the hotel premises, at the pre-function Puri Tanjung Sari Ballroom on Wednesday, 18th May 2011 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Ferushita Dewi, Human Resources Manager of The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali, “We have seen many catastrophes happened lately and it made us realize the value of a bag of blood. Every single drop can prolong life and when it is needed, we would do anything to get it for those who are fighting for their life. Been working hand on hand with the IRC and knowing the fact of the crucial value of blood, this regular blood donation is the least that we can do to support the Red Cross in saving humankind. A drop of blood does help life.”

The next blood donation will be held on September in commemorate to the Indonesian Red Cross day on 17th September.

Media Contacts
Ana Dewi Permana
Marketing Manager
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

MGallery, the boutique label of the global hotel group Accor, is to debut on the island of Bali on November 1, with The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali (formerly Sofitel Bali Seminyak). The hotel is ideally located on Seminyak Beach wedged between the cosmopolitan urban Seminyak and the Indian Ocean.

The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali offers guests the tranquility of 4.5 hectares of lush jungle gardens interspersed with 128 guest rooms and 17 deluxe villas. The gardens provide resort guests with a place for respite and natural space and which can be explored via pathways that meander through the beach side resort and end on the sands of Seminyak Beach.

The front entrance of the resort serves as a conduit from the serenity of the resorts tropical gardens to contemporary shopping and many of Bali’s best restaurants and bars that have gravitated to the Seminyak area.

Stephane Bryer, General Manager of The Royal Beach Seminyak, “I am delighted to be bringing the MGallery ‘art of staying’ philosophy to this extraordinary hotel. The very rich Balinese culture provides abundant inspiration in influencing the design of the services that will shape the experience for resort guests.”

The MGallery collection consists of a selection of upscale hotels, each one with a striking personality and each telling a story that guests experience through the hotels special features and characteristics. The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali is in every sense an expression of the mystical Island of Bali, visible through the architecture and style and complimented by the services which have been inspired by the Hindu rituals of Balinese culture.

Faithful to their pleasure based philosophy promoting the discovery of new delights, all hotels within the MGallery collection believe that escapes should be enhanced through gastronomy. The Royal Beach Seminyak delivers authentic Balinese and Indonesian dishes flavoured with the intense native spices that are abundant and provide Indonesia the mantle of the “Spice Isle’. Dining experiences at the resort are anchored around breakfast which is served poolside and where the freshest of local fruit and produce are combined with classically western dishes providing for an abundant, hearty and grand breakfast.

Accommodations at the resort are contemporary and pleasant, blending modern plush comfort with Balinese accents. From the soothing and calming comfort of the specifically designed bedding to the Loccitane bathroom amenities, guests will discover a place for serenity, calm and pleasure.

The resorts villas provide space, extraordinary comfort, ultimate privacy and the services of a personal butler. One and two bedroom villas all with private swimming pools and jacuzzis which are surrounded by Frangipani plants enhancing the aesthetic and providing a natural fragrance that guests will remember well after their vacation.

Bali is the birth place of many spa rituals that are performed as a part of treatments the world over. Namaya Spa offers an array of indulgent therapeutic treatments designed to free the mind, heel the body and find ultimate relaxation.

The Royal Beach Seminyak joins a collection of hotels around the world from the finest of pedigree.

Media Contacts

Ana Dewi Permana
Marketing Manager
The Royal Beach Seminyak Bali
Tel. +62 361 730730
marketing@theroyalbeachseminyakbali.com

Evan Lewis
Vice President Communications
Accor Asia Pacific
Tel. +65 9853 2441
evan.lewis@accor.com