Taste Memory at Shangri La 
Celebrate the close of Chef Ahu Hettema’s 2025 residency at Shangri La with an immersive afternoon of food, art, and storytelling. Wander the galleries to uncover Chef Ahu’s visual artwork and poetry amongst the historic and contemporary collection, share seasonal mezes and thoughtful cocktails on the Upper Lawn, hear Chef reflect on her journey, and view a short film that traces her transformative culinary practice and experience during the residency. Taste memory itself—flavors, images, and conversations that remind us all of who we are and where we come from. 

Taste Memory, a closing celebration of Shangri La’s 2025 Culinary Artist-in-Residence Chef Ahu Hettema, invites you to Shangri La on Saturday, August 16 to experience how flavor, story, and art can hold memory across distance and time. First, explore the galleries at your own pace, where some of Chef Ahu’s visual art and poetry appear quietly among the historic collection, deepening the emotional resonance of the spaces and allowing identity to emerge through transformation rather than nostalgia. 

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