The organisation behind The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has released its first ever e-cookbook, entitled Home Comforts: simple lockdown recipes from the world’s best chefs and bartenders, featuring the meals that the world’s most revered chefs are cooking for their families at home. Available for a $10/£8 minimum donation through the 50 … [Read more...]
Archives for 2020
Osteria Francescana goes al fresco this summer at Casa Maria Luigia; Massimo Bottura to also open Gucci Osteria in Tokyo
MODENA: There has never been a better time to eat at Massimo Bottura's Osteria Francescana. The restaurant has been full since its reopening after the three months lockdown but the Italian chef has never experienced so much volatility in restaurant bookings in his professional life. From his home kitchen in Modena, Italian chef Massimo Bottura announced he was taking Osteria … [Read more...]
Kray Treadwell announces plan to open first restaurant in Digbeth
DIGBETH: Great British Menu finalist, Kray Treadwell has announced plans to open his first restaurant in Digbeth, Birmingham. Named after the weight of his daughter when she was born four months prematurely, 670 Grams will offer a set 10 course tasting menu at £60 per head. Ever evolving, the handwritten menu will be available to view 48 hours earlier on the restaurant’s … [Read more...]
L’Air du Temps launches Le Bar a Quilles, an open-air wine bar for summer
LIERNU: On 1 July, L'Air du Temps, a two Michelin star restaurant in the heart of the Belgian countryside will open an open-air wine bar, Le Bar a Quilles between 3pm and 7pm. In the lush garden of the restaurant, some 50 kilometres away from Brussels, guests will be able to walk in without a reservation and choose from a selection of drinks by sommelier Michel de … [Read more...]
Casse-Croûte by Karen Torosyan here to stay
BRUSSELS: When chef Karen Torosyan of Restaurant Bozar in Brussels had to close the restaurant because of the lockdown, he decided to venture into what he called Casse-Croûte. This was an initiative to serve some of his signature dishes in the form of a takeaway. On offer during the lockdown were a selection of his patés, fois gras, rilettes, ham with parsley (jambon … [Read more...]
