It is nearly seven in the evening, the final guests are leaving Azurmendi, the 3 Michelin star restaurant in Larrabetzu and Eneko Atxa and his close collaborators are busy preparing food for the evening. He has invited a group of journalists to his txoko, the Txoko Zelaieta Gane, in Amorebieta-Etxano. It is one of the many closed gastronomic societies that are part and parcel … [Read more...]
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Weekly roundup of great reads on food and wine #127
I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor: Once upon a time, long before I began selling my face by the acre for features on VICE dot com, I worked other jobs. There was one in particular that really had an impact on me: writing fake reviews on TripAdvisor. Restaurant owners would pay me £10 and I'd write a positive review of their place, despite never eating … [Read more...]
Richard Ekkebus and the Amber philosophy to eliminate plastic from the restaurant
Chefs today can be activists promoting causes which are important for society. Richard Ekkebus, chef of restaurant Amber at the Landmark Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong is conscious of the importance of giving back to society and has made it his philosophy to try and improve things. Ekkebus is on a mission to try and remove plastic waste from the restaurant. And it is … [Read more...]
Souvenir restaurant to move from Ypres to Gent in March: ‘We wanted to retain access to our suppliers’
Viljhjalmur Sigurdarson, the Iceland chef of restaurant Souvenir and his wife Joke Michiel have announced that they will move their restaurant in the small Flemish city of Ypres to Gent. After four years in Ypres, Vili and Joke have decided to move due to roadworks which will make their restaurant in the village of Ypres inaccessible for a long time. When announcing their … [Read more...]
World Restaurant Awards to be unveiled in Paris on 14 May: “This is not another list”
The World Restaurant Awards will be unveiled for the first time ever at the historic Hotel de Villa overlooking the Seine in the heart of Paris on 14 May. Joe Warwick, the creative director of The World Restaurant Awards and Andrea Petrini, the head of the judging panel told Food and Wine Gazette "this is not another fucking list.” The awards will include restaurant of … [Read more...]
