After years of experience cooking with top chefs including David Scabin and Kasper Kurdahl, Lebanese born Ghina Bazzi, with a heavy heart, took one of her toughest decisions in life. She decided to leave Combal.Zero so that she could focus on starting a family. “It was one of the hardest choice I ever made even though for years I have enjoyed every moment with my children … [Read more...]
Bert Meewis is Gault & Millau chef of the year 2020 in Belgium
Bert Meewis, chef of Restaurant Slagmolen in Oudsbergen in the province of Limbourg is the Belgian chef of the year for Gault & Millau. Top performers in the guide this year are Boury, Le Coq aux Champs and La Paix who all scored 17.5, Bozar and Vrijmoed with 17 points and Kano, t’Korennaer, Schatteman, Sir Kwinten and Willem Hiele, all with 16 points. The two … [Read more...]
Sicilian Ciccio Sultano hits back at Carlo Cracco’s north/south jibe: ‘Nothing new has been invented since Ferran Adrià’
Sicilian chef Ciccio Sultano has hit back at a north/south jibe by Italian celebrity chef Carlo Cracco. In a recent interview that the Milanese chef Carlo Cracco gave to Cucina Corriere he said that in the North change is normal. This is maybe due to the fact that in the south, a chef has a more solid tradition and a better selection of local produce. But the Sicilian … [Read more...]
‘Rebel’ chef to deliver a taste of Belgium in Beijing
Rebelle chef Martijn Defauw and his sous-chef Tim Soens are travelling to Beijing, China as guests of TRB Forbidden City. There they will be preparing a number of signature dishes for the occasion. The restaurant has a Belgian connection because it is one of the restaurants of Belgian Ignace Leclair. The two will be cooking at the TRB Forbidden City three lunches and four … [Read more...]
The Grand GELINAZ Shuffle 2.0 goes political and CO2-free
GELINAZ! has gone all political for its next gig. In an age where many chefs spend a lot of their time travelling for collaboration dinners, congresses, events and awards here and there collecting air miles like there was no tomorrow, Tuesday December 3 could mark a turning point. 148 chefs from around the world including many of the top names from Massimo Bottura to Rene … [Read more...]
