The champagne bottles were out for two Japanese chefs who cooked at Hertog Jan in Zedelgem earlier this year. Both Zaiyu Hasegawa of restaurant Den in Tokyo and Hiroyasu Kawate, chef of Florilège in Tokyo clinched their second star earlier this week. The third chef to cook at Gert De Mangeleer's restaurant was Yusuke Takada from La Cime in Osaka whose restaurant also has 2 … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2017
Ana Roš: “I believe we should be our own heroes and find a way to express ourselves”
Serendipity is probably the word that would best describe Ana Roš's story to date. An unlikely chef who never got any formal training in the kitchen, she would probably have imagined herself as more of a diplomat or even a European Commission official. Truth be said, she was actually offered a job in Brussels which she turned down on the spur of the moment. As fate had it … [Read more...]
First ever auction for Emidio Pepe includes wine vintages dating back to 1967
Emidio Pepe will be auctioning wine dating back to 1967 in a collaboration with Zachys Wine Auction. Some of the most iconic vintages that have not been released for a long time because of the tiny stock left will will released in small quantities. "It is a unique occasion and an extraordinary moment," says Emidio Pepe "to be able to tell the history of Montepulciano … [Read more...]
COLLECTIVfood aims to revolutionise food supply to restaurants
Delivery of restaurant meals has been revolutionised through platforms like Deliveroo and Uber Eats. Now COLLECTIVfood aims to revolutionise the supply to restaurants connecting food producers directly with food producers cutting out the middleman and thus passing savings to both the customer and supplier. COLLECTIVfood Founder, Jeremy Hibbert-Garibaldi (great great grandson … [Read more...]
Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #126
Is being a chef bad for your mental health? In October last year Andrew Clarke, head chef of the much-admired Brunswick House restaurant in Vauxhall, London, posted a picture of himself to Instagram. It’s in black and white. He is sitting at a table against a wall of distressed plaster, his straggly hair unsuccessfully tucked away beneath a ragged beanie hat, tattooed arms on … [Read more...]
