The third edition of the Flavour Fair organised by Big Green Egg Belgium and Luxembourg will be held at Kruitfabriek in Vilvorde on the outskirts of Brussels on Sunday 10 June, 2018. The Flavour fair offers an interesting list of chefs who will use their culinary talents to cook on the Big Green Egg. Among the chefs taking part are San Degeimbre of L'Air du Temps, Bart de Pooter of Pastorale, David Martin (La Paix and Ateliers de la Mer), patissier Joost Arijs, North Sea Chefs Broes Tavernier, Piet de Vos of Arto, Nicolas Decloedt of Humus Botanical GastronomyBruno Timperman of Bruut, Karen Torosyan of Bozar RestaurantJohan Yon and Olivier de Vinck of Kommilfoo, Sander Van de Walle of Sel Gris among others. Apart from the chefs who will cook for the guests taking part in the event, there will be a number of demonstrations as well as courses on different themes. Through tips from experts and chefs, guests will be able to improve their knowledge of cooking using the Green … [Read more...]
Carbonara king Luciano Monosilio quits Roman restaurant Pipero
Luciano Monosilio, known for his legendary spaghetti carbonara which is considered to be one of the best if not the best in Rome announced on Facebook today that he has quit Pipero, a restaurant he has been chef of for the past eight years. The chef from Albano said these past eight years had been intense starting at Rex than moving to the new restaurant at Chiesa Nuova. "I have grown professionally and also personally but the cuisine at Pipero was becoming smaller and smaller for me. Many have asked me over the past years whether I felt the need to be independent as happened with many of my colleagues. I don't hide the fact that I had thought about it but it was not the right moment." "Today, is different. I thank the people who helped me in this journey and I leave the restaurant with a lot of experience which I can use in the forthcoming adventures." Alessandro Pipero, the owner and front of house announced that the decision was taken jointly. He said the new chef will be … [Read more...]
SingleThread in California is restaurant to watch in World’s 50 Best
SingleThread farm restaurant in Sonoma County, California, a farm restaurant has been named this year’s Miele One To Watch by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Founded in December 2016, SingleThread is a partnership between husband-and-wife team Kyle and Katina Connaughton, comprising a restaurant, inn and farm built on the ethos of Japanese omotenashi — the spirit of selfless hospitality— bringing an infusion of Eastern philosophy and culture to the farm-to-table concept. SingleThread’s founders will be presented with this highly coveted award at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards in Bilbao on 19 June. The One To Watch Award celebrates emerging global talent and recognises a restaurant that is outside the main 50 Best list,with strong potential to rise up the ranking in the near future. William Drew, Group Editor of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, said: “SingleThread is the perfect example of a forward-thinking restaurant with a strong narrative at its heart, which serves … [Read more...]
René Mathieu wins restaurant philosophy award as Gault & Millau Culinary Innovators Awards 2018 are announced
René Mathieu, chef of Luxembourg restaurant La Distillerie has clinched the restaurant philosophy award at the Gault & Millau Culinary Innovators awards 2018 for Benelux that were announced on Monday evening at the beautiful premises of the Verbeke Foundation in Kemzeke. The chef is known for his use of nature in his cuisine and has recently launched a unique augmented reality book Vegetal. The focus of the awards was on sustainability, reasonable consumption and how we can all be more conscious about what we eat and how we handle food. Among the winners were Eatmosphere which emphasis the need to reduce food waste (Sustainability Award); the Institution award went to North Sea Chefs the collective of chefs created by 2 Michelin star chef Filip Claeys who has sought to raise awareness on the need to cook with more sustainable fish even at top end restaurants and is also raising awareness on the problem of plastics in the ocean. The product award went to Disposables.bio, a … [Read more...]
Gert de Mangeleer and Joachim Boudens to open second L.E.S.S. in Ghent, a traditional Flemish bistro in Bruges
Gert de Mangeleer and Joachim Boudens, the co-owners of three Michelin star restaurant Hertog Jan in Zedelgem, Bruges, Belgium have told Flemish newspaper Het Niewsblad they plan to open a second bistro L.E.S.S. in Ghent either next year or the following. At the beginning of this year they announced that they would be closing their 3 Michelin star restaurant Hertog Jan on 22 December 2018. Originally, they had planned to sell the property when they announced that they would close the restaurant. They no longer have plans to sell the building. They told the newspaper that soon after the announcement a serious candidate emerged but a month and a half ago that ended. "Finding a buyer is not easy. We thought about it and suddenly we saw the benefits of keeping it. It is a beautiful building with large spaces, a beautiful garden, a well equipped kitchen." The venue will be used for seminars, product presentations, baby showers, weddings and also to cook for themselves. They intend … [Read more...]
Conversations around food: Voices at the Table in London
On Monday 25 June, Voices At The Table founders Miranda York and Anna Sulan Masing will continue their exploration into the conversations around food with the 7th event of the series. Drawing together voices from the realms of literature, theatre, history and food, speakers will read or perform pieces of writing that evoke a visual, sensory and emotive connection to food, sitting among the audience and joining them for a special three-course meal prepared by legendary chef Henry Harris at his Clerkenwell Pub & Dining Rooms, The Coach in London. If you happen to be in London that evening, consider getting the tickets fast because these tend to sell within minutes for the previous events. Following the ethos of At The Table’s online editorial, print magazine, films and previous events, the Voices At The Table series celebrates British food culture in all its glorious variety. Finding a setting that shares the same philosophy is integral to the events. Having been a drinking … [Read more...]
Bon Bon’s Christophe Hardiquest signs deal with RSC Anderlecht
Christophe Hardiquest, the chef of two Michelin star Brussels restaurant Bon Bon has signed a deal with the new chairman of one of Belgium's top football clubs RSC Anderlecht to cook at a flagship restaurant that the Brussels team will operate during the club's home matches. In a bid to boost the club's finances, Marc Coucke, the Anderlecht chairman is focusing a lot of his efforts on offering football supporters a culinary offering. Apart from signing Christophe Hardiquest, who has a 19.5/20 score in Gault & Mlllau and who will be cooking at the flagship restaurant, Anderlecht have announced that there will be various food outlets at the Anderlecht stadium. "We will give a great deal of importance to food. After all we live in Belgium," Coucke said. While Anderlecht will be playing in the Europa League next season, the club president joked that from a culinary point of view they will be already playing in the Champions League. There will be a total of six different … [Read more...]
Second edition of alternative wine fair PURR to be held in Ghent on 2 and 3 June
Three youngsters from Ghent with a passion for natural wines are organising the second alternative wine fair in the old docks of the Belgian city of Ghent on June 2 and 3. PURR (with additional emphasis on the final 'r' as pronounced in the Ghentian dialect) was founded by Jason Zappa Janse, Stijn Demeulemeester and Tristan Lybaert. Starting off as a 'wine fair' it has evolved into an informative, socio-cultural and culinary concept, immersed in a relaxing atmosphere. The passion for natural wine of the founders has led them to create an event for what is commonly known as natural wine. The term “natural” was coined by winemakers who wanted to distinguish themselves from conventional viticulture. These winemakers work according to the principles of organic or biodynamic agriculture – often recognizable by labels such as AB, Demeter, Ecocert or Biodyvin – and produce their wines with a lot of respect for both man and nature. Consequently, the use of chemicals or artificial … [Read more...]
Can you feed people for $1.25 without using processed foods? Former Noma head chef Dan Giusti thinks it is possible
Dan Giusti, the former head chef of Noma in Copenhagen is inviting 10 world class American chefs to Brigaid's hub in New London to compete in the first ever $1.25 throwdown. The chefs will be devising school lunches that fit within both the national school nutrition standards and the $1.25 budget. The event takes place on Saturday 2 June and the guest chefs will cook head to head serving school lunches to the public. The people attending the event will get to savour one of these school lunches and also to join Brigaid for the after party that evening. The chefs taking part in the event are Stuart Brioza from San Francisco, Jessica Koslow from Los Angeles, Jeremy Fox from Santa Monica, Mei Lin from Los Angeles, Nate Appleman from New York, Jeremiah Langhorne from Washington, James Wayman from Connecticut, Brandon Rodgers from San Francisco, David Posey from Chicago and the Ghetto Gastro (Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, Lester Walker and Malcolm Livingstone) from Bronx, New York. To … [Read more...]
World Restaurant Awards to be launched on 18 February 2019
Some of the world’s top chefs and food writers convened in Paris for a workshop that officially launched the World Restaurant Awards which will be held for the first time on 18 February 2019. The workshop was aimed to discuss the categories for the awards, the judging panel composition and the methodology and code of practice. Among the chefs that were present in Paris on Monday 14 May for the launch of the Awards (originally the first awards were planned to be announced on the day) and who will form part of the judging panel where industry heavyweights Massimo Bottura, Dominique Crenn, Yannick Alleno, Elena Arzak, Daniel Humm, Clare Smyth, Alex Atala, Margot Janse, Virgilio Martinez, Rosio Sanchez, Corey Lee, Gert de Mangeleer and Manu Buffara to mention just a few names. Mauro Colagreco (who was in Argentina to celebrate his father’s 80th birthday), René Redzepi, David Chang and Esben Holmboe were not present for the workshop but be on the judging panel which is split between … [Read more...]