GB Roof Garden Restaurant Welcomes New Chef de Cuisine Nikos Liokas

The GB Roof Garden Restaurant in Athens and Executive Chef Asterios Koustoudis are welcoming the summer season with the addition of Nikos Liokas to the culinary team as the new Chef de Cuisine.

A distinguished chef, Nikos, having a life-long love and passion for cooking, worked his way up in renowned restaurants in London for several years including Fera at Claridge’s, Davies & Brook by Daniel Hamm and Hide restaurant, acquiring significant experience and expertise.

GB Roof Garden Restaurant’s new Chef de Cuisine Nikos Liokas.

With Mediterranean culinary influence, he has designed a fine comfort menu for GB Roof Garden Restaurant with an authentic wide-ranging flavor palette and each of his creations is a nostalgic dining journey.

GB Roof Garden’s menu philosophy embodies the locality and seasonality of the raw materials, elements that are creatively highlighted in all the new summer dishes.

Tsakonian eggplant with garlic and tomato glaze.

Featuring intense and genuine taste, dishes are being created utilizing fresh seasonal and high quality ingredients with emphasis on organic locally sourced products of small producers and food provenance specially denoted on the menu card.

Handmade ravioli filled with manouri cheese from Vlasti.

Vibrant dishes not to be missed are the seabass tartar, the Tsakonian eggplant with garlic and tomato glaze, the handmade ravioli filled with manouri cheese from Vlasti and the crispy sourdough bread on its side, the grilled grouper with artichokes cooked in wine and the slow-cooked leg of lamb.

Grilled grouper with artichokes cooked in wine.

As for the sweet epilogue, under the umbrella of the award-wining French Pastry Chef Arnaud Larher, the new talented Pastry Chef Alexandros Koufas introduces a summer dessert menu, while also composing his own imaginative desserts for the restaurant’s degustation menu.

For the wine connoisseurs, Head Sommelier Evangelos Psofidis curates the restaurant’s exquisite wine list and wine pairing menus.

“A culinary journey to the bountiful harvest of the Greek countryside and sea begins, filled with flavors, colours and aromas, which aims to deliver authentic moments for guests in the heart of Europe’s oldest capital,” says the restaurant’s management.

The GB Roof Garden Restaurant is located at the Hotel Grande Bretagne at Syntagma Square in Athens.