All roads lead to Lyon next weekend as the city welcomes European chefs from for attable festival, a prototype edition that starts on Wednesday but culminates in a series of events and dinners on Saturday and Sunday. The young Austrian collective for a progressive society will take over the Le Bistrot du Potager Gerland for what promises to be a unique dinner at Florian … [Read more...]
Noma opens bookings for vegetable season which runs from June to September on 5 March
If you are tempted to visit Noma, which reopened on 16 February, Monday 5 March is your opportunity to try and secure a table for the vegetable season which runs from late June through to mid-September. Cooking with vegetables has always been a favourite of Noma but it is the first time that they are daring to create a menu entirely out of vegetables and to make it as delicious … [Read more...]
André Chiang gets lifetime achievement award for Asia
André Chiang, the acclaimed chef-owner of Restaurant André in Singapore (which closed its doors for good on 14 February) and Raw in Taipei has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Asia. Part of the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Programme, the award is voted for by members of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy, comprising over 300 leaders in the restaurant and … [Read more...]
Inside the new Noma where René Redzepi has reinvented the restaurant
Twenty builders were still working frantically a few minutes before the opening of the new Noma in Copenhagen on 16 February. For the past weeks, René Redzepi and his staff had to pull up their sleeves, buy safety hats and help the workers with the finishing touches. The creative process had been finalised by then, the menu was ready to serve the first customers but the … [Read more...]
Jose Avillez of Belcanto restaurant in Lisbon to cook at Brussels restaurant Bon Bon
José Avillez, the Portuguese chef of two Michelin star restaurant Belcanto in Lisbon will be the second chef to cook at the Bon Bon Origins collaborative dinner series which takes place on Thursday March 29. Christophe Hardiquest, chef of the two Michelin star restaurant Brussels restaurant Bon Bon launched Bon Bon Origins out of the desire to rediscover traditional Belgian … [Read more...]
