Jeffrey Vella is featured on the list of seven most influential Croatian chefs of the 21st century, as published by gastronomy portal Kult Plave Kamenice.

'Jeffrey Vella is technically probably the most competent Croatian chef. Vella's enormous knowledge spread from the Esplanade, through Dubrovnik, via street food in Zagreb to the experimental-commercial JV at Barbieri's'.

http://plavakamenica.hr/2018/02/13/7-najutjecajnijih-hrvatskih-chefova-21-stoljeca/