There were no new two or three Michelin star restaurants in Belgium when Michelin released its new Michelin guide for 2017. This means that Belgium's number of three Michelin star restaurants has gone down from 3 to 2 with the closure of De Karmeliet in Bruges in the past few weeks. The two restaurants that have three stars are Gert de Mangeleer's Hertog Jan in Zedelgem and … [Read more...]
Rene Redzepi announces noma will go to Mexico in 2017
Rene Redzepi, the chef of world famous Copenhagen restaurant noma announced that they will be travelling to Mexico to open a pop-up restaurant before they open their new restaurant in Copenhagen. This will be the third consecutive year that the full team of noma travel to a different country and open a restaurant there. After the success of the pop-up restaurants in Japan … [Read more...]
No new 3 Michelin star restaurants in Italy
There were no new three Michelin star restaurants in Italy when Michelin announced its list for 2017. The eight 3 Michelin star restaurants have all retained their stars. While there were 5 new 2 Michelin star restaurants announced, the number of new entries in the one star category was 27 bringing the total of starred restaurants in Italy to 343 in total.There are now 41 … [Read more...]
Ants on a Shrimp to premiere in Brussels on November 28
Fine Food Fanatics is organising the Belgian première of Ants on a Shrimp, a documentary film on Rene Redzepi's Noma adventure in Japan in Brussels on 28 November at the UGC Cinema complex. Film director Maurice Dekkers will be present for the screening of the documentary. The event is followed by a gastronomic night and party at Humphrey's restaurant which is within walking … [Read more...]
The crazy and magical experience at the GELINAZ! Brussels Headquarters at Bon Bon
Something magical happens when you bring 20 of the world's creative chefs to cook together in a restaurant kitchen. Creativity flows, collaboration and sharing of knowledge is in evidence, as is the joy to watch so many talented people cooking, joking, sharing a good time and helping each other out. As a guest, you do not want this moment to end even if there are time … [Read more...]
