Every year, The National Restaurant Association releases its annual survey of 700 professional chefs – members of the American Culinary Federation – of their food and beverage trends at restaurants in the coming year. The annual “What’s Hot”…
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The anatomy of a Foodie
What is a foodie? Someone who simply loves food or likes to share images of it on their social media? According to the Food and Health Survey, a foodie is someone who sacrifices convenience and cost in search…
Pink-coloured chocolate for Valentine’s Day?
80 years after the launch of White chocolate as the third type after Dark and Milk, Barry Callebaut, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, revealed the fourth type in chocolate ‘Ruby,’…
Can North Africa unite over couscous?
Could a plate of couscous warm up relations between wary North African nations? A drive to win coveted UNESCO status for the dish could at least get them talking around the same table. The hearty…
Chef Bongkoch ‘Bee’ Satongun awarded Asia’s Best Female Chef 2018
Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018 kicks-off with Thai chef, Bee Satongun, being revealed as elit® Vodka Asia’s Best Female Chef. Chef Satongun of Paste in Bangkok, hopes to elevate Thai cuisine to a higher level. In…
Homeless Lebanese dishwasher becomes Michelin-starred chef
When Lebanese chef Alan Geaam first arrived in Paris two decades ago he found himself sleeping on the streets, lost and penniless with hardly a word of French. This week Geaam, who began his career…
Why do women chefs keep missing out on Michelin stars?
Women may do the lion’s share of cooking all over the world, but when it comes to haute cuisine they are still almost invisible. Only one woman, Anne-Sophie Pic, holds the maximum three Michelin stars…
Calling all Chefs: Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in world-famous kitchens
Launched in 2018, the 50 Best BBVA Scholarship is a new scheme that provides unique opportunities for aspiring chefs to gain experience in some of the best restaurants in the world. This exciting initiative in…
Black South African winemaker shakes up industry
With a history dating back over three centuries, South Africa’s world-renowned wine industry has long been the domain of generations of just a few elite white families. But the emergence of a crop of new…
#Tastemakers: Curing the mundane with Hendrick’s Gin Global Ambassador Ally Martin
“I’ve had some of the best Flora Dora’s in the world in Kenya!” Ally Martin, Hendrick’s Gin Global Ambassador, shared while raising his glass to a packed house of some of Nairobi’s most influential opinion…