FLORENCE: Karime Lopez and her husband Takahiko Kondo, often called Champion Taka worked in sync inside Tenuta Val di Biano in Tuscany when they were asked to reinterpret a dish for a GELINAZ! event last year. At the time, they were one of the world’s top culinary couples working with the Francescana family group. Karime was executive chef of Gucci Osteria, a collaboration … [Read more...]
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Al Meni circus tent food festival returns to Piazza Fellini in Rimini for 2022 edition
RIMINI: Wherever you walk in Rimini, the Italian coastal town on the Adriatic Riviera in Emilia Romagna made famous by one of the greatest film directors of all time Federico Fellini you see the mark he has left on the city. The cinema, the Grand Hotel Rimini, the museum, shops all pay tribute to the Italian legend. Al Meni, the food festival that started nine editions ago … [Read more...]
Noma to travel again in autumn and winter and evolve completely after 2023
COPENHAGEN: René Redzepi, chef of Noma, one of the most influential restaurants in the world and currently the world's top restaurant according to The World's 50 Best Restaurant will not reopen Noma in Copenhagen after the summer season. He said on social media that the vegetable season will be the last season for the year in Copenhagen. he and his team will be travelling … [Read more...]
Bottura to take Al Meni to the United States
RIMINI: Massimo Bottura, Italy's most recognised chef said at the opening of this year's edition of the Al Meni Food Festival that he wants to take the festival across the Atlantic to New York. "We have been working on this for more than two years and I wouldn't speak about it if this was not concrete," he told Food and Wine Gazette. The Italian chef who created this food … [Read more...]
AM by Alexandre Mazzia is World’s 50 Best Restaurants one to watch for 2022
AM by Alexandre Mazzia, the restaurant by former basketball player turned chef has been named as the American Express One to Watch by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. While the restaurant is well-known in France and has won many national accolades, this is the first time that the restaurant and its team are recognised on the World’s stage. In a dining space that echoes the … [Read more...]
