The same owners who brought Islington’s Hot Stone to life also opened Fitzrovia’s RAI, which closed last year. However, the restaurant has reopened at a new site in Bloomsbury, just up the street. Executive Chef Padam Raj Rai, who has previously worked at Nobu, Sake no Hana, and Tsukiji, will once again oversee the cuisine. […]
The 2024 James Beard Awards semifinalist nominations were announced by the James Beard Foundation. After a thorough 2021 audit, which addressed ingrained biases in the awards process, modifications have been implemented for the third awards season. In an effort to recognize a wider geographic range of winners, the regional best chef categories now include distinct […]
Antonio Bachour, winner of The Best Chef Awards’ 2018 and 2022 World’s Best Pastry Chef titles, will be making his debut at the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok at Chao Phraya River. A unique afternoon tea and cake shop takeover at Cafe Madeleine will highlight Bachour’s avant-garde approach to pastry, which he developed during his formative […]
France is the winner of the European qualification for the Confectionery World Cup 2024. France, represented by Haruka Atsuji (chocolate candidate) and Jérémy Massing (confectionery candidate), was the first of the 7 participating countries to reach the final. Organised every two years in Lyon, the Pastry World Cup featured 7 teams – Belgium, Denmark, France, […]
Today, Virgilio Martínez is the genius behind the globalisation of Peruvian cuisine. The restaurant Central, located in Lima, the capital of Peru, made The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2012 and came in 4th place on the list in 2015. Finally, Martínez’s Central took the grand prize and ranked 1st in The World’s 50 […]
YiQi, a pan-Asian restaurant concept, has officially opened its first site at 14 Lisle Street in the center of Chinatown London, YiQi’s menu offers a dynamic dining experience by celebrating a variety of cuisines from across the ESEA region. Chef Lum Wah Cheok, who has experience working at renowned restaurants Hakkasan and Yauatcha, has produced […]
