In 2000, former lawyer David Yeo, launched aqua restaurant with a vision to bring some of the chic restaurant buzz of New York, Tokyo and London to Hong Kong. It proved such a success that today Aqua Restaurant Group (ARG) has grown into a formidable culinary empire of over 20 groundbreaking outlets incorporating some of the most innovative destination restaurants in Hong Kong, Beijing and London. These restaurants include aqua, Armani/Aqua, Armani/Priv_, Hutong, Tivo, Vivo, Ayuthaiya, La Marmite, Zafran and Shiro; a traditional Chinese junk experience aqualuna; and several talk-of-the-town multi-faceted restaurants in London - aqua nueva, aqua kyoto, aqua shard and Hutong. Beijing boasts its own award-winning outlets, Spanish restaurant agua and outdoor Moroccan terrace bar & lounge Fez. Throughout the years, Aqua Restaurant GroupÍs philosophy has remained unchanged; to prepare exquisite food using the freshest, highest-quality produce in a way where the true flavours shine. This, coupled with service that is approachable and unobtrusive, and always in spectacularly stylish environments that feature the very best contemporary design with meticulous attention to detail, has truly become the hallmark of Aqua Restaurant Group. In 2012, David Yeo was awarded Restaurateur of the Year by the prestigious World Gourmet Series. This was followed by the Ospitalitö Italiana award in September 2012 for Best Italian Restaurant in Hong Kong, as presented to aqua by the Italian Chamber of Commerce. In 2013, within a few months of its opening, Hutong London was named one of Restaurant Magazine's 100 Best Restaurants in the UK and one of Time Out's 50 Best in London. Aqua Restaurant Group is set to expand further in years to come, and under the leadership and creative direction of David Yeo it only remains to be seen what the trail-blazing group will reveal to the world next!