A look back at 10 years of Worlds 50 best restaurants
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna , is now in its 11th year. Dedicated to highlighting some of the best dining experiences on the planet the list has become one of the go to guides for new dining discovery. Rene Redzepi from the Noma restaurant in Copenhagen currently sits on top of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants … Read more
Lifetime achievement award winner 2013 is Alain Ducasse
Alain Ducasse has pushed the boundaries of excellence in cooking and the dining experience throughout his 30-year career in gastronomy. The Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Diners Club International®, part of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2013, acknowledges not only Ducasse’s reputation for innovative French cuisine but also his indisputable influence over today’s generation of chefs and restaurateurs around … Read more
Sous Vide Cooking Invades The Home
See on Scoop.it – Food, wine and other pleasures How sousvide cooking has risen from a professional cooking technique in the world’s best kitchens to the homes of amateur chefs. When Georges Pralus championed sous vide cooking back in the 1970s it was because he believed the technique produced the best possible foie gras. Through … Read more
The 2012 World’s 50 Best Restaurants revealed next week at the awards’ 10 year anniversary
London’s Guildhall will play host to the glitterati of the gastronomic world on Monday 30 April at the 2012 World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna. The industry is holding its breath to see whether René Redzepi and his team from Noma in Denmark can make it 3 years in a row at … Read more
Thomas Keller – The S.Pellegrino Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2012
With a presence in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants since the inaugural list 10 years ago, Thomas Keller is a true colossus of the gastronomic world. His iconic restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, effectively revolutionised American cooking, combining classical French techniques with distinctive, locally sourced quality ingredients years before such an approach became … Read more
Master Chef: Thomas Keller UnCorked
Here’s a preview of a documentary that goes behind the scenes with celebrity chef Thomas Keller. ‘Thomas Keller: Uncorked’ provides glimpses of the man’s perfectionism and a closer look at how a 14-year-old boy working the line grew to become the Michelin-starred chef of The French Laundry. In the 30-minute documentary “Master Chef: Thomas Keller … Read more
San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2011
Yesterday S. Pellegrino released their fairly well-regarded annual list of the “World’s 50 Best Restaurants,” and for the second year in a row, René Redzepi’s Noma is on top. Two new restaurants made the top ten: Alex Attala’s D.O.M. in Sao Paolo, Brazil and Iñaki Azpitarte’s Le Chateaubriand is Paris. Making way for the newcomers in the top ten are Daniel Boulud’s New … Read more
60 Chefs to Honor French Cuisine at Versailles
60 world class chefs will travel to the Château de Versailles where they will cook a sensational meal in homage to French cuisine. The brainchild of Jaume Tàpies, Chairman of the Board of Relais & Châteaux, and Marc Haeberlin, President of Grandes Tables du Monde; Le Dîner des Grands Chefs will take place at the … Read more
Noma’s René Redzepi and the Link Between Nature and the Plate
René Redzepi and his Copenhagen restaurant Noma have been catapulted into fame since being voted the World’s Best Restaurant in last year’s San Pellegrino awards. Known for using foraging techniques to find his produce, the chef is considered to be the founder of the Nordic Cuisine movement. The name of his restaurant is a … Read more
Thomas Keller sold out six months in advance for the $835 (11-course) dinner
U.S.-based chef Thomas Keller is in Hong Kong this week to prepare six dinners over four days. The 415 seats were all snapped up six months in advance for the $835, 11-course dinner, which takes place at the Mandarin Grill inside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Hong Kong. It’s the first time Mr. Keller, who owns eight … Read more
