Roman Paulus
Roman Paulus, the Executive Chef of the Radisson SAS Alcron Hotel, came to the Alcron from the Hilton Hotel in Prague, where he was the Sous Chef for the CzecHouse Grill & Rotisserie. Paulus, who started his career in Austria in the early 1990s, has an impressive set of credentials. After his start in Austria, he took a position in London's Hotel Savoy in 1999. Like his predecessor Jirí Štift, Paulus sailed and worked his way across the world on the liner, Queen Elisabeth II. Following this important learning experience, he returned to Austria where he began his career with the Hilton hotels. Paulus has been working for the Hilton Hotel in Prague since 2002.
Paulus is a firm believer in continuing to improve upon his skills and stay on top of the changes in the culinary arts. To this end, he has attended several professional training activities, including The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management in Dubai, which is an off-shoot of the famous Swiss Hotel School - Ecole Hôteliere de Lausanne. He has also cooked in some Michelin-rated restaurants (La Pergola, Rome and Maison du Boeuf, Brussels). In 2004, he was chosen as the Young Manager of the Year by the The Czech Association of hotels and restaurants. Paulus is native Czech and speaks fluent German and English.
Awards
In only two years, The Alcron has received several prestigious awards, including "The Best Restaurant" from the Gourmet Dining Guide in 2002, and the "Five Star Diamond Award" from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences in New York from 2003 to 2006.
The Alcron is listed 2nd place in in the 2006 & 2007 Czech gourmet guide Grand Restaurant's "Top 20 Best Restaurants."