Dreams come true, new stories start Hertog Jan, the three Michelin star restaurant of top chef Gert De Mangeleer and sommelier Joachim Boudens, will close its doors after 13 highly successful years. Gert and Joachim shocked the Belgian gastronomic scene and the culinary world with a press release sent in the middle of the night announcing that they have achieved their greatest … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2018
Bart de Pooter: A dinner that changed everything
Every person has a defining moment which makes you change paths or perspective. For Belgian chef Bart de Pooter that moment came at the dinner table of legendary restaurant el Bulli. He had been running Pastorale, a two Michelin star restaurant in a small village, Reet, close to the city of Antwerp for 26 years but that dinner changed everything. “When I went there and was … [Read more...]
Massimo Bottura opens new restaurant in Florence with Karime Lopez as chef
Massimo Bottura, chef of the internationally renowned restaurant in Modena, Osteria Francescana has opened his first Italian restaurant outside his home city of Modena in Florence. The restaurant opened to the general public today, 10 January 2018. The chef in charge is Karime Lopez, a Mexican cook who previously worked alongside Virgilio Martinez of Central, Peru and René … [Read more...]
The Jane launches private dining room
Nick Bril, chef of The Jane in Antwerp has launched a private dining room in his office at the PAKT complex just a few metres away from the award winning restaurant. The Dutch chef of The Jane who opened the restaurant together with Sergio Herman, who we worked with at Oud Sluis, told Food and Wine Gazette that the private dining room will give the restaurant and its team more … [Read more...]
Nick Bril to open new restaurant in Antwerp
Nick Bril, chef of award winning restaurant The Jane in Antwerp will be opening a new restaurant in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The restaurant is set to open later this year. The Dutch chef who partnered with Sergio Herman to open The Jane after working with him at Oud Sluis for many years told Food and Wine Gazette that he will be working together with a new hotel which is … [Read more...]
