Luca Landi, the chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant Lunasia, focuses on local produce to enhance his vegetable cuisine. “It was helpful to be able to develop my knowledge of raw materials and suppliers, which play a fundamental role in my culinary philosophy,” said Landi. The cuisine of Lunasia, a restaurant located inside the Hotel Plaza […]
Famous French fashion house Dior is celebrating the launch of its Dioriviera capsule collection on an Italian-inspired terrace at the Alto restaurant of the UK’s high-end department store Selfridges. Dior, which recently opened its pop-up store, has teamed up with the iconic department store to take over Selfridges’ hugely popular rooftop restaurant, Alto. Alongside Alto’s […]
Taste lovers and experts discuss the arrival and evolution of Italian cuisine in North and South America through the concepts of origin, diaspora, and heritage. In the 2017 documentary broadcast on Netflix, it is explained how Italians use food to protect their identity and integrate into their host cultures during their migration to the Americas.
Ravinder Bhogal’s much-lauded restaurant Jikoni will become the first independent restaurant to achieve carbon-neutral status in the UK. Speaking about the motivation behind the move, Bhogal explained that her upbringing in Kenya had instilled a responsibility within her to tred lightly on the planet’s resources. Bhogal said: “Growing up in Kenya I observed rural communities […]
Leading London restaurant group JKS has announced it’s spearheading a charitable initiative called ‘1 Million Breaths’ to raise money for the Indian Covid crisis. Launched in America, the global initiative that brings together some of the best restaurants in the world to provide more oxygen to hospitals in India runs special events, one-off menus, and […]
Chef Adam Handling is to open a new outlet of his sustainable restaurant brand, Ugly Butterfly, this August at Carbis Bay Estate in Cornwall. The 65-person capacity restaurant will offer its customers an all-day dining experience using ingredients sourced from Cornwall and its surroundings. Handling has appointed Jamie Park, formerly head chef of Frog by […]
