Nobu Melbourne is pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Zheng as the award-winning restaurant’s new Chef de Cuisine.

Beijing-born, American-raised Zheng has recently re-located to Melbourne from where she has spent the last five years working in Las Vegas.

Zheng is familiar with Nobu’s peruvian-influenced Japanese cuisine as she has spent more than two years working at Nobu Las Vegas.

Most recently, Zheng was a sous chef at the French restaurant, Andre’s. The restaurant was awarded a Michelin Star in both 2007 and 2008.

From late 2005 until early 2008, Zheng was a line cook and later promoted to be a sous chef at Nobu Las Vegas. During her time at Nobu Las Vegas the restaurant was awarded a Michelin Star.

Zheng was raised in Washington State and completed her culinary studies in San Francisco before moving to Las Vegas in 2005 where her first role was as a line cook at the French restaurant, Pinot Brasserie at the prestigious Venetian Hotel.

Nobu Melbourne’s menu will reflect Chef Zheng’s arrival in the coming months.