For two consecutive seasons which featured 12 top chefs from around the world, France, the centre of the culinary world was ignored. But that seems to have been a deliberate decision by the producer who have now made amends by launching a whole season focusing on France. The highly successful documentary series featuring top chefs from around the world, will place the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2016
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #87
A Food Crawl Through San Sebastián With One of the World’s Top Chefs: About an hour’s drive east of Bilbao, and just 12 miles west of the French border, lies San Sebastián, a coastal Northern Spain gem of a resort town located in the country’s Basque region. Reputed for its turquoise waters, palm tree–lined streets, and—most of all—its cuisine, San Sebastián which also goes by … [Read more...]
A future for Amatrice – how you can help
When the hilltop medieval town of Amatrice was recently devastated by the recent earthquake that rocked central Italy, the founder and president of Slow Food Carlo Petrini launched an appeal aimed at all restaurants around the world to help rebuild the town. "Through this iconic dish that is the gastronomic symbol of Amatrice we hope to share the values of solidarity and … [Read more...]
Fourth Flemish food bash taking place on 28 August
The fourth edition of the Flemish Food Bash, an event organised by chef Vincent Florizoone, returns at the end of this month at the Belgian beach resort of Koksijde. The event, in its fourth edition, will be more Belgian than the previous event which attracted chefs from around Europe. Florizoone, the organiser said the event promises to be an explosion of creativity … [Read more...]
Kurt Micallef: Working to reinvent and modernise Maltese cuisine
I got to know about young Maltese chef Kurt Micallef in the least expected place. I was at In De Wulf, a restaurant on the border of Belgium and France when after an excellent meal I stopped to speak to chef Kobe Desramaults. He told me a Maltese chef had visited a few weeks before for dinner and had trained there before. I tracked him down and wanted to meet him while in … [Read more...]
