Discover a family holiday in the Maldives where elegant luxury goes hand in hand with a warm, child-friendly welcome.
On the beach at Halaveli
Sit back and relax in a deluxe hotel where you know your children aren’t simply an afterthought, fobbed off with chips and ice cream, but are catered for by top chefs with a healthy holiday menu designed to inspire them.
Halaveli chef Holger Joost believes that the secret to a successful children’s menu is in the combination of fresh healthy ingredients and comfortable tastes and textures kids crave.
‘We treat the kids with just as much attention as the adults, we consider that luxury,’ describes Chef Holger, and that means giving them food they love.
Healthy eating
‘It all has to do with finding the balance between comfort and healthy. So, for example, offering frozen yogurt with berries instead of ice cream – there’s still that comfortable icy-cold feeling but it’s healthy.
‘Instead of soft drinks we are implementing a smoothie program with organic honey – it still has the sweet refreshing taste but none of the preservatives.’
Picky eaters
That’s all very well for most kids but for some parents a major concern about a family holiday can be a child who is reluctant to try new things.
Chef Holger claims fussy eaters don’t faze him, ‘We can cater to any child who has particular aversions to foods. That is what luxury is, tailoring everything to better serve our guests.’
Fresh smoothies at Constance Halaveli, Maldives
An organic approach
At Halaveli the children’s menu is almost entirely organic because Chef Holger believes that growing kids need their intake of pesticides limited.
He also slow cooks the food to ensure they get the maximum nutrients from the fresh, organic ingredients. ‘Instead of fast, flash fried food we are cooking foods at a lower temperature for a longer period of time to preserve more nutrients. The main concept is staying away from premade foods and preservatives.’
Sophisticated tastes
Chef Holger recognizes that many of the children who stay at Halaveli are already familiar with the more sophisticated flavours of good dining and he intends to stimulate and satisfy those with a taste for great food.
‘So many kids today are raised to enjoy quality food that most of the time their standards are higher so we cater to those high standards.’
Find out more
- Luxury Constance Kids’ Clubs
- Interview: Luxury family holiday at Constance Moofushi and Halaveli
- Visit our website to find out more about Constance Halaveli, Maldives
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