{"id":12218,"date":"2019-01-08T05:32:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T05:32:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-01-08T05:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T05:32:48","slug":"sheikh-mohammed-gaia-difc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/sheikh-mohammed-gaia-difc\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Room! Dubai’s Royal Family Has Been Spotted At Dubai’s Trendiest New Eatery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chef Izu<\/a> has undoubtedly made his mark on the Dubai dining scene, but a visit from HH Sheikh Mohammed<\/a>, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to his new Mediterranean-Greek resto Gaia, further cements his status.<\/p>\n

HH Sheikh Mohammed was pictured leaving the distinctive DIFC restaurant along with HH Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, the snaps were shared on Chef Izu’s Instagram account this week.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Chef Izu is also part creator of Carine, The Lighthouse and Izu Brasserie – three established Dubai eateries<\/h3>\n

Gaia is his newest establishment, the one that caught the glare of the media late last year, after local food critic Foodiva shared a harsh criticism<\/a> of the restaurant and the chef responded in kind, banning the critic from the Gaia.<\/p>\n

HH Sheikh Hamdan gave his seal of approval to the restaurant and chef in November<\/h3>\n
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Followed by HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum later that same month<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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Read: A Chef At A Popular New Outlet Has BANNED A Well-Known Food Critic And The Claws Are Out<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chef Izu has undoubtedly made his mark on the Dubai dining scene, but a visit from HH Sheikh Mohammed, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to his new Mediterranean-Greek resto Gaia, further cements his status. HH Sheikh Mohammed was pictured leaving the distinctive DIFC restaurant along with HH Sheikh … ","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/01\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screenshot-2019-01-08-09.26.18.png?mtime=20190108092609","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/01\/_featuredImage\/Screenshot-2019-01-08-09.26.18.png?mtime=20190108092609 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"Make Room! Dubai's Royal Family Has Been Spotted At Dubai's Trendiest New Eatery - Lovin Dubai<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chef Izu has undoubtedly made his mark on the Dubai dining scene, but a visit from HH Sheikh Mohammed, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to his new Mediterranean-Greek resto Gaia, further cements his status.\nHH Sheikh Mohammed was pictured leaving the distinctive DIFC restaurant along with HH Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, the snaps were shared on Chef Izu&#039;s Instagram account this week.\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/sheikh-mohammed-gaia-difc\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/sheikh-mohammed-gaia-difc\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make Room! Dubai's Royal Family Has Been Spotted At Dubai's Trendiest New Eatery\">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/sheikh-mohammed-gaia-difc\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"*Books lunch\">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-08-09.26.18.png?mtime=20190108092609\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1122\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"912\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovindubai\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Make Room! Dubai's Royal Family Has Been Spotted At Dubai's Trendiest New Eatery\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"caseyfitz4\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" Chef Izu has undoubtedly made his mark on the Dubai dining scene, but a visit from HH Sheikh Mohammed, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to his new Mediterranean-Greek resto Gaia, further cements his status.\nHH Sheikh Mohammed was pictured leaving the distinctive DIFC restaurant along with HH Sheikh Hamdan, Crown Prince of Dubai, the snaps were shared on Chef Izu's Instagram account this week.\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/news\/sheikh-mohammed-gaia-difc\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screenshot-2019-01-08-09.26.18.png?mtime=20190108092609\">\n"},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"Casey Fitzgerald","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}