Reservations for Copenhagen restaurant Alchemist which opened its doors earlier this year will open this afternoon, 19 August at 5pm (CET time). The response to the opening of the restaurant was overwhelming so the team at the Alchemist is asking clients to enter details on the waiting list in the booking system and they will contact clients if a table becomes available. It is possible to book a table from October 1 to December 21. The booking system has been changed to Tock which should provide customers with a smooth booking experience. Pre-payment of the menu is required to confirm the reservation during the online booking process. For those who do not have a Tock profile, it is advisable to create one beforehand. Reservations are available for a maximum of six guests per party. The head chef and co-owner of the restaurant is the young Rasmus Munk who has already made a name for himself with his holistic cuisine. ”Holistic Cuisine is inspired by two major … [Read more...]
Two pizzerias top 50 Top Pizza Italy 2019
Francesco Pepe of Pepe in Grani in Caizzo, who has been the winner of the previous two editions of 50 Top Pizza has been joined this year in top position by Francesco Martucci of I Masanielli. After the announcement of the European list last month, it was now the time for the Italian list to be unveiled in Naples on 23 evening. 50 Top Pizza is an online list created by Barbara Guerra, Albert Sapere and Luciano Pignataro. Ciro Salvo of 50 Kalò in Naples, which won the top place for its pizzeria in London placed third. Pier Daniele Seu was nominated as the Pizzaiolo of the year. His pizzeria in Rome, Seu Pizza Illuminati placed eighth in the list, the first pizzeria in Rome. The young pizzaiolo of the year went to Lorenzo Sirabella of Dry in Milan. While Campania, the home of Italian pizza claimed 18 spots in the list, the number of Italian regions represented in the top 50 is 14. Lazio has 7 in total, Lombardia 6, Veneto 4, Emilia Romagna 3, Piedmont, Tuscany and Sicily … [Read more...]
World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2020 will be held in Antwerp, Belgium
The MAS Museum, Antwerp ANTWERP: The next edition of the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2020 will be held in Antwerp, Belgium. The Northern city of Antwerp, less than 50 kilometres from Belgium's capital Brussels will be hosting the award ceremony. The news had been in the air for the past few months but now it has been confirmed by the World's 50 Best Restaurants. Although no date for the event has been announced, it is likely to take place in early June to coincide with the UNWTO World Forum on Food Gastronomy, taking place in Bruges. These food-focused events will see the world's top chefs converging in Belgium. Antwerp is the second largest city in Belgium after Brussels and is known for its design, art and architecture, fashion, jewellery as well as its food. Food lovers, it’s time to brush up on your Flemish. The annual gastronomic fiesta of events that is The World’s 50 Best Restaurants will be hosted in Flanders in 2020, culminating in the famous … [Read more...]
Gert de Mangeleer to cook at HAKU in Hong Kong
Gert de Mangeleer HONG KONG: On 22 and 23 August, Belgian chef Gert de Mangeleer will cook at HAKU Hong Kong with Agustin Balbi in a special four-hands collaboration series. The event takes place over two nights with guests being able to experience an 11 course menu that highlights the chef's shared love for pure and organic flavours with a special focus on choosing sustainable premium ingredients. “When chef Gert and I first met in Milan, we were already following each other’s work for a while. We had a great conversation over dinner and realised we had a lot in common when it came to our views and philosophies around food,” said Agustin Balbi. “A collaboration dinner has been on the agenda ever since, and we are excited to finally present this dinner series in Hong Kong.” Gert, who rose to fame by achieving 3 Michelin stars at Hertog Jan, which closed in December last year will be presenting a number of signature dishes as well as some experimental dishes that have been … [Read more...]
Cyrus Todiwala to open first restaurant outside London
LONDON: Renowned celebrity chef, Cyrus Todiwala best known for appearing on The Incredible Spice Men and BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, has announced he will be opening his fifth restaurant alongside Café Spice Namasté and Mr Todiwala’s Kitchen, in his first move outside of London. In late August, Todiwala will be launching Tandem, a celebration of authentic Indian cuisine and cocktail mixology located in a picturesque and decorative Grade II listed building in the heart of Leicester city. The restaurant and bar will offer accessible luxury, with the memorable interior taking inspiration from both Portuguese and Goan influences. The heavily anticipated restaurant will seat 150 diners, but the structure and striking interior will allow for an intimate experience with five distinct spaces, including an exclusive chef’s table for executive dining and a stunning rooftop terrace. Having teased the launch on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, Todiwala said: “I have always wanted to expand my … [Read more...]
Maxime Gilbert to host Vincent Thierry at Écriture on 12 August
HONG KONG: Le Comptoir’s 2-Michelin-Star contemporary French restaurant, ÉCRITURE, will host award-winning chef Vincent Thierry of CHEF’S TABLE, The Dome at Lebua for a special collaboration dinner on Monday, August 12. Joining forces with Écriture’s own Maxime Gilbert, the two pioneering French chefs will present an exclusive 9-course joint menu featuring creative French cuisine available for one night only. A native of the Loire Valley – known as the ‘Garden of France’ and renowned for its wine, goat’s cheese and fresh produce – Chef Vincent sums up his cooking ethos as “classic French cuisine with simplicity and unpretentiousness”. He chooses only the best, preferably organic products, following an 80/20 principle; 80% of the produce is sourced in Thailand, with the remaining 20% consisting of premium imported products that cannot be found locally. Vincent honed his skills in Michelin-star kitchens across France before being selected by the celebrated Le Cinq Four … [Read more...]
Douro Boys Cuvée 2017 and Vintage Port 2017 to be released at October auction
Imagine a wine that is the result of a blend of the best barrel of red wines from five different winemakers and a port from the the best casks of vintage Port from the exceptional 2017 vintage. The Vale do Douro was an unknown river valley ‘somewhere in western Europe’, when João Ferreira Álvares Ribeiro, Jorge Roquette, Dirk van der Niepoort, Cristiano van Zeller & Vito Olazabal teamed up in 2003 as the ‘Douro Boys’. They wanted to make their native wine region better known in general, to introduce their red wines to the world at large, and to reposition the Port wines on the market. They have accomplished all of this. Today, the Douro Valley figures as an indispensible section on any sophisticated wine list. To celebrate their fifteenth anniversary, each of the five estates Quinta do Vallado, Quinta do Crasto, Niepoort, Quinta Vale D. Maria and Quinta do Vale Meão has sacrificed its best barrel of red wine and their best cask of vintage Port from the exceptional 2017 … [Read more...]
Massimo Bottura’s Al Meni to return this weekend with ‘green event’ in Rimini
Massimo Bottura, the acclaimed Italian chef is bringing 12 promising international chefs and 12 chefs from his region, Emilia-Romagna to Al Meni for a food festival he created a few years ago. The event takes place on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June. Bottura will be directing the 24 chefs who will create magic under the Circo 8½ a giant coloured circus tent, set between the sea and the Grand Hotel that evokes a great master of world cinema: Federico Fellini. They will be the protagonists of 'Al Mèni' (meaning "hands" in Romagna dialect),. During these two days, the chefs will be taking turns working together in pairs in the large open kitchen to create unique dishes at street food prices. Nearby, an open-air market will be organised on the seafront promenade, offering gourmet and handmade products, meetings with authors and experts, workshops, itineraries with a personal shopper to discover quality products, and areas dedicated to designer street food and ice-cream. To top off … [Read more...]
Travel to Italy this summer with Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure
Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure is the story of Jacoby Pines, a disheartened American who arrives in Italy on holiday, and decides he never wants to leave. What follows is a wine-soaked, food-filled, travel-laden adventure about one man’s quest for an antiquated existence in the modern world. This is the third novel by Andrew Cotto, an award-winning author whose regularly contributed to The New York Times and has written for Parade, Men's Journal, Rolling Stone, The Huffington Post and Conde Nast Traveller among others. The story takes you through the villages of Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria and Marche. You will read about the wines of the various regions and meals of fried calamari, shrimp, bream and whole anchovies, steamed prawns, pasta with pesto and clams, a mixed roast of lamb, sausage, rabbit and pasta with black truffles not to mention the bistecca fiorentina (t-bone steak) or the uccellini in brodo (white beans with tomatoes in borth) among others. What follows … [Read more...]
Classic cookbook Great Dishes of the World available online for first time
ckbk, a new service providing digital access to the world’s best cookbooks, today announces that it is making Robert Carrier’s classic cookbook, Great Dishes of the World, available online for the first time. Great Dishes of the World had a huge impact on its publication in 1963, and went on to sell more than 10 million copies in numerous editions. According to cookbook editor Jill Norman, “With Great Dishes of the World, Carrier persuaded readers to look beyond their usual culinary boundaries and to experiment, inspired by his confident and exuberant style.” When the 1000 Cookbooks project asked chefs and authors to identify the cookbooks which most influenced them, Great Dishes of the World was one of the top choices. Shaun Hill, a Michelin-starred chef who started his career in Carrier’s London restaurant, welcomed the news: “Robert Carrier is an underrated influence. His food was unashamedly luxurious, with plenty of cream, eggs, … [Read more...]