The first guests of the new noma will be welcomed on 15 February with the first menu celebrating Scandinavian seafood which is at its best during the cold winter months. Reservations for the first season of the new noma open tomorrow 16 November at 4pm CET time and guests will be able to book for the period from 15 February to 29 April 2018. The year has been divided into … [Read more...]
Unprecedented five day restaurant swap by Mauro Colagreco and Jorge Vallejo
GELINAZ! came up with the shuffle in which chefs would travel to an unknown restaurant and cook one service. Now, chef Mauro Colagreco and Jorge Vallejo are taking the idea to the next level in what could be billed as the Shuffle 2.0. From 22nd to 26th November, the two chefs and their teams will swap restaurants, taking their signature dishes across the Atlantic for an … [Read more...]
Eric Fernez is the Gault & Millau Belgian chef of the year
Eric Fernez chef of d'Eugénie à Emilie is this year's Gault & Millau chef of the year. This was announced during the launch of the 2018 guide which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The chef of the restaurant in Baudour, Bergen was given this award for his perfectly executed classic cuisine. The anonymous inspectors of the guide have visited and reviewed over … [Read more...]
Amber to close temporarily for complete refurbishment next year
World acclaimed Hong Kong restaurant Amber by chef Richard Ekkebus will be closing for a complete refurbishment for four months in the summer of 2018, the Dutch chef told Food and Wine Gazette in an interview to be published in the coming days. Ekkebus who opened the restaurant at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong 13 years ago said that they will be starting afresh. … [Read more...]
Mater Iniciativa has become essential to Central restaurant says chef Virgilio Martinez
Virgilio Martinez, chef of acclaimed restaurant Central, in Lima, Peru has been leading a team of researchers travelling across Peru collecting ingredients that grow on the banks of a river in the Amazon jungle, in the middle of the frozen Puna grasslands or at more than 13000 feet above sea level on a snow-covered mountain top. He believes that the diversity of the country … [Read more...]
