Gabriela Filca

Coming Up

Since 2024, Gabriela Filca has served as Head Chef of Nebo Restaurant & Lounge at Hilton Rijeka Costabella Beach Resort & Spa, and since 2024 she has also been Head Chef of Nebo Restaurant & Lounge. The repeated dates mark the immediacy of the appointment: this is a role entered directly, not gradually, and one that places her at the center of the restaurant’s daily tempo. From that position, Filca shapes pacing and presence in the kitchen while the dining room presents its finished face to the world. There is something instructive in the way the role is framed. A Head Chef does more than supervise dishes; the post sets a standard that carries from prep to pass. Filca’s presence signals that kind of steadying force, one that can hold momentum without losing attention to detail.

Where They Are Now

Filca leads the kitchen at Nebo Restaurant & Lounge in Rijeka, Croatia. Her cooking is defined in her own terms: "I believe in a cuisine that respects nature. I approach local, zero-waste ingredients with care, connecting Mediterranean tradition with a modern culinary expression." The statement is brief, but it lays out a working method rooted in attention, restraint, and respect for what ingredients can do when handled with care. That approach points to a cuisine that avoids excess for its own sake. Its force comes from balance: local and zero-waste ingredients treated carefully, Mediterranean tradition kept present, and modern culinary expression giving that tradition a current form. In Filca’s kitchen, technique and values meet, and the discipline of cooking stays tied to the respect that shapes it.

In Their Words “I believe in a cuisine that respects nature. I approach local, zero-waste ingredients with care, connecting Mediterranean tradition with a modern culinary expression.”