Since 2012, Villa Louise, an offshoot of asset manager Creutz and Partners has been inviting some of the world's best chefs into its private kitchen to collaborate, cook and share their creativity with their clients. Now, in its sixth season, it has welcomed chefs like Sergio Herman, Alain Passard, Rasmus Kofoed, Gert De Mangeleer, Sang Hoon Degeimbre, Pierre Gagnaire, … [Read more...]
Maria Canabal and the difficult plight of women in the food and restaurant world
Maria Canabal, journalist and founder of Parabere Forum is on a mission to raise awareness on the importance of gender balance in the food industry. She has the figures to prove that the plight of women in the restaurant as well as the food industry is not something that would make any industry proud. Women are paid 28 per cent less than men in the industry making it the … [Read more...]
Bread is Gold, Massimo Bottura’s second book, to be published in November
Bread is Gold, by Italian chef Massimo Bottura, is the first book to take a holistic look at the subject of food waste, presenting recipes of three-course meals from 45 of the world's leading chefs. It is Massimo Bottura's second book that will be launched worldwide on 6 November. Massimo Bottura, considered by many to be one of the world's best chefs, prepares extraordinary … [Read more...]
A leap in the dark for Mélanie Englebin but plans to take Cecila to next level
Restaurant Cecila in central Brussels may be closing its doors on 26 August but will return in a new location, the Brussels Gault & Millau young chef of the year 2017 Mélanie Englebin told Food and Wine Gazette. She may have become famous for sending out a Brussels politician from her restaurant when the pedestrian zone threatened to kill many businesses in central Brussels … [Read more...]
noma 2.0 still on track to open in December. Pop-up restaurant to open in the meantime
Noma 2.0 is still on track to open in December. In an email sent to their subscribers, the team at noma led by René Redzepi said that the creative team was currently traveling through the Nordic region to meet their friends and collaborators, and to seek out new ones. But the rest of the team, about 30 of them, will be opening their own popup restaurant in Copenhagen. The … [Read more...]
