Finolhu receives Best Culinary Resort recognition at TTM Awards
Finolhu, a Seaside Collection Resort, has been recognised as one of the Best Culinary Resorts at the Travel Trade Maldives (TTM) Awards.
The recognition places the resort’s food and beverage operation among the properties acknowledged at the annual awards, which bring together representatives from the Maldives’ tourism and travel trade sectors.
At Finolhu, gastronomy forms a central part of the island experience. The resort’s culinary offering is built around thoughtfully developed menus, considered flavour combinations and dining settings shaped by the surrounding Maldivian landscape.
For the resort’s chefs and culinary team, the award reflects the work involved in developing food that contributes to the wider guest journey. Each dining experience is designed to combine the menu with its setting, service and atmosphere, creating a complete experience rather than treating food as a separate part of the stay.
The resort said its culinary programme focuses on crafted menus and distinctive dining environments, with the natural surroundings providing an important part of the context in which meals are served. This approach requires coordination between the kitchen, service teams and wider resort operation to ensure that food, presentation and setting work together.
Finolhu credited its chefs and culinary team for the recognition, acknowledging their talent, commitment and contribution to the resort’s dining programme. The award also highlights the range of work carried out behind each service, from menu planning and preparation to execution and presentation.
The resort thanked its guests and partners for supporting its food and hospitality offering. Guest response and continued engagement remain important to the development of resort dining, particularly in a market where culinary experiences are increasingly part of the decision to visit a property.
The Best Culinary Resorts recognition adds to Finolhu’s profile as a destination where dining is integrated into the broader island experience. For the culinary team, it provides recognition of an approach that combines food, place and hospitality in the delivery of memorable resort dining.
The award was celebrated by Finolhu as a reflection of the team’s work and its focus on creating distinctive flavours and dining experiences for guests.
