Culinary Portfolio

Portfolio

A curated selection of Michel Karam’s culinary work, from refined plated compositions to large-scale hospitality presentation, shaped by discipline, technical control, and a deep respect for the guest experience.

Michel Karam seafood plating with sauce action

Selected Work

A visual body of work shaped by refinement, precision, and hospitality discipline

This portfolio presents a focused selection of Michel Karam’s culinary work across signature dishes, seafood, meat, starters, desserts, banquet presentation, buffet styling, and live service execution.

Each category reflects a balance of visual elegance, technical structure, and operational control developed through years of experience in premium hospitality environments.

Signature Dishes

Signature Dishes

Composed plates that reflect Michel Karam’s visual language, ingredient sensitivity, and disciplined approach to contemporary presentation.

Signature dish with artistic garden plating
Butternut squash signature dish
Modern vegetable signature plating
Beetroot signature plating
Foie gras signature plating
Artistic plated signature dessert

Seafood

Seafood

Seafood work ranging from refined plated compositions to premium hospitality displays, with emphasis on freshness, clarity, and controlled presentation.

Seafood dish
Octopus salad
Seaweed
Seafood caviar veloute plating
Crusted fish with veloute
Oyster veloute plating
Seafood paella

Meat

Meat

Meat presentations defined by depth, balance, and disciplined execution across modern hospitality service and refined plated work.

Signature beef plating
Fine dining meat plating
Roasted chicken gourmet dish
Tomahawk steak plating
Modern chicken dish

Starters

Starters

Starters and light dishes built around freshness, texture, precision, and a refined first impression.

Mezze trio
Stuffed grap leaves
Salmon roulade display
Vegetable gazpacho
Canape
Salad signature
Modern sambousek starter
Avocado mousse

Desserts

Desserts

Modern pastry work and plated desserts that combine precision, restraint, texture, and visual elegance.

Molecular dessert
Artistic cake
Modern sphere dessert
Dessert plating art
Dessert modern
Cardammon cake

Banquets & Buffets

Banquets & Buffets

Large-format presentation, buffet styling, and banquet execution designed to balance scale, consistency, and visual impact within premium hospitality settings.

Cold buffet display
Dessert buffet catering
Dessert tower
Fruit dessert buffet
Banquet plating execution
Pastry showpiece display

Live Stations

Live Stations

Live culinary execution where technique, interaction, energy, and service control become part of the guest experience itself.

Parmesan wheel live station
Modern plating live station with smoke cone
Kitchen plating team during live execution
Kitchen plating action during live service

Michel Karam

“Great cuisine begins with respect for ingredients, but it is discipline, structure, and teamwork that allow excellence to be delivered every day.”