"This Swiss chef also made history by being one of the youngest chefs to receive three MICHELIN Stars, which he did at just 33 years old at his restaurant in a castle, Schloss Schauenstein, in Fürstenau, Switzerland at the time.Now, as the hands of time keep spinning, it has been around three years since the pandemic wreaked havoc around the world, but Chef Caminada, at 46, has finally returned from faraway to visit his team in Bangkok. “Really, he didn’t want to,” the chef said, turning to face his young, tattooed Swiss protégé, David Hartwig, who sat beside him. “He went to New York. He waited half a year for his visa. But my wife called him, and 12 hours later, he agreed to come.” That was one of the best decisions that his student in Bangkok ever made. This is because, even as he overcame the seemingly daily obstacles from the pandemic, he was able to transform JoJo at The St. Regis hotel, where his mentor would organise pop-ups that would be fully booked in hours, into IGNIV by Andreas Caminada and one of the best restaurants in Thailand." - Pruepat 'Maprang' Songtieng
