REET: Pastorale, a two Michelin star restaurant in Reet, Belgium reopened earlier this week with 10 corona commandments, taking inspiration from the fact that the restaurant is housed in a former presbytery. The restaurant also has as an ozone generator in the cloakroom after 12 weeks closed due to COVID-19. "As chefs, we are often challenged, but today we are being … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2020
#Whatnext: Le Bon Bistro, a fine dining restaurant becomes a bistro on days it is normally closed
BRUSSELS: Christophe Hardiquest, chef of two Michelin star restaurant Bon Bon in Brussels announced the opening of Le Bon Bistro by Bon Bon at his restaurant Bon Bon. The bistro will open from Sunday to Tuesday and will be run by Christophe's right-hand man and sous-chef Adrien Cunnac who has worked with the Belgian chef for the past 8 years. Hugo Traineau, who worked at Bon … [Read more...]
The Best Chef Awards 2020 goes digital
The Best Chef Awards announced today that their annual event which had to take place in Rotterdam on 21, 22 and 23 September will still take place on the same date but it will go digital instead. Given the current Covid-19 restrictions and to ensure safety, one of the world’s leading culinary platforms has decided to go back to its roots and present its Top100 via an online … [Read more...]
#Whatnext: Paul Ivic on the lessons learnt from the reopening of Tian after the lockdown
VIENNA: Paul Ivic, executive chef of one of the only Michelin star vegetarian restaurants in the world is relieved that the restaurant reopening has been smoother than he expected. The chef of Tian and Tian Bistro in Vienna and Tian in Munich reopened the fine dining restaurant on May 15 so he can reflect and look back on the ups and downs of reopening after COVID-19 forced … [Read more...]
#Whatnext: How Souvenir intends to bring customers back
GENT: Viljhjalmur Sigurdarson, the Icelandic chef of restaurant Souvenir and his wife Joke Michiel will reopen their restaurant in Gent from next Monday. They are offering incentives to bring in as many guests to the restaurant as possible by offering incentives for 'bubbles' of between 4 to 10 people. Their large 'bubble' table is available for groups of between 4 to 10 … [Read more...]
