Massimo Bottura, the chef at the helm of Osteria Francescana, the world's best restaurant, was this evening honoured with an honorary degree in Management from the University of Bologna. Bottura got the degree for setting an example by merging entrepreneurship, culture and technique and that helps to spread Italian culture worldwide. The Modena based chef, who has three … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2017
Chef Sache 2017 to be held in Düsseldorf
Chef Sache, the largest and most important avant-garde culinary festival in the German speaking countries will be moving to Dusseldorf from Cologne for 2017. Port Culinaire and Food Events, the organisers of the event, have announced that this year's edition which takes place on 17 and 18 September will be held at the Areal Böhler, Alte Schmiedehallen in Düsseldorf. The … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #105
Chef José Andrés on Trump, the American Dream, and Uniting People With Free Food: Three years ago, chef José Andrés began work on restaurants in two long-anticipated Washington, D.C., hotels: Fish by José Andrés at the MGM National Harbor and a Spanish passion project slated to open in the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Pavilion. The first one opened in … [Read more...]
Fourth edition of Salon du Chocolat in Brussels next weekend
The fourth edition of the Salon du Chocolat in Brussels will be held next weekend from 10 to 12 February. Having been successfully organised since 2014, the event promises to be a celebration of Belgian chocolate in all its forms. This year, the event is being organised at Tour & Taxis in an area of 8,000 sqm. Over 130 participants, from chocolatiers, pastry chefs, … [Read more...]
Six hands dinner at Prieuré Saint-Gery on 27 February featuring Melanie Englebin and Euphrasie Mbamba
Vincent Gardinal, chef of l'Hostellerie Le Prieuré Saint-Gery is inviting two ladies, a female chef and a female chocolatier to a unique six hands dinner on 27 February. Melanie Englebin, chef of Brussels based restaurant Cecilia who was also named as Young Chef of the year 2017 for Brussels by Gault Millau and Euphrasie Mbamba, who created the range of Sigoji chocolates … [Read more...]
