VALLETTA: Renowned British chef Simon Rogan is the new chef patron of Ion Harbour, one of six 1 Michelin star restaurants on the Mediterranean island. Chef of 3 Michelin star restaurant L'Enclume in the Lake District, Simon Rogan has built a restaurant empire that today includes 9 restaurants in Lake District, London, Hong Kong and now Malta. Over the past 20 years, … [Read more...]
Fernando is the new one Michelin star restaurant in Malta
VALLETTA: In a week where the Michelin Guide announced rather unusually to the world that two of France’s three Michelin star restaurants had been stripped of their third star, it was also time for the new announcements in Malta. Fernando Gastrotheque, a restaurant in Sliema is the sixth restaurant in Malta to clinch a Michelin star. The restaurant’s chef is Laszlo Sragli who … [Read more...]
Alex Dilling to cook in Malta for 100 days
VALLETTA: ION The Harbour has announced that Alex Dilling, the executive chef of the former highly acclaimed two Michelin star restaurant The Greenhouse, in Mayfair, London will begin a 100 day residency at the restaurant in Malta. From 18 June, Alex Dilling will bring a new level of culinary skills to both Malta and ION - The Harbour. Bookings will open on 4 June. "After … [Read more...]
Two new restaurants awarded with a Michelin star in Malta
MALTA: Two restaurants have been awarded with a Michelin star in Malta bringing the total number of Michelin starred restaurants on the island to 5. Chef Andrew Borg and his team clinched one star for the newly opened ION - The Harbour in Valletta. On the other hand, chef Tyron Mizzi and his team at Bahia in the small village of Lija in the centre of the island is the other new … [Read more...]
Tartarun and fish charcuterie: Can the Maltese fish restaurant be reinvented?
MARSAXLOKK: When chef James Schiavone stumbled upon the way Josh Niland was working with fish he knew he had to try to do something similar. The author of the book The Whole Fish Cookbook has changed the way many think about fish. But he needed to convince his family, his parents and his brother who together run the Maltese fish restaurant Tartarun in the fishing village of … [Read more...]
