I am speaking to you in Maine not Los Angeles, what are you doing there? I'm here to organise a new section of an existing kitchen with its open faced wood fired pizza oven, cooking and teaching staff how to use it. Meanwhile having fun experimenting with it between house orders and teaching. I mastered Montreal style bagels last week. So its not just about you cheffing … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #76
Empty tables after Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks: — Les Bouquinistes has long been a favorite luxury restaurant of Paris visitors. Set on a quay along the Left Bank, founded by Guy Savoy, a three-Michelin-star chef, it offers a warm welcome, a contemporary setting, a creative menu, prices that are not stratospheric and drop-dead views of the Seine and Notre-Dame. But on … [Read more...]
Syrco Bakker launches unique liqueur Hierbas de las Dunas in Belgium and the Netherlands
Hierbas de las Dunas, a new unique flavourful liqueur made from fresh organic dune herbs was officially launched this week in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the creation of top chef Syrco Bakker (restaurant Pure C, Cadzand). The liqueur is made from 18 different types of herbs, flowers and plants from Cadzand's dunes. Usually liqueurs are made using only fresh … [Read more...]
10 top chefs to cook at Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur to celebrate 10 year anniversary
Mauro Colagreco, chef of world renowned French restaurant Mirazur has announced a series of 10 dinners featuring some of the best chefs in the world to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his restaurant in Menton. The lineup of chefs, all friends of the Argentinian-born chef, is impressive and fitting for the 10 year anniversary of the restaurant that is considered to be one … [Read more...]
First craft beer masterclass organised in Malta by Lord Chambray
Lord Chambray organised the first ever Craft Beer masterclass in Malta in collaboration with Lorenzo Dabove, one of the world's renowned craft beer experts who is considered as one of the most important expert on Belgian beers and who is known worldwide for promoting lambic beers and craft beers. We attended this masterclass in Malta a few weeks ago. Dabove said that the … [Read more...]
