The ConnaughtBar is widely celebrated as one of the capital’s foremost bars and, over the last decade-and-a-half, has helped shape the DNA of what a luxury London cocktail spot should be. This year, to mark their 15th birthday, it is launching a new menu, Synergia, which is said to encapsulate the ethos which has driven the bar’s […]

Ivan Francisco Escobar from the nonprofit World Central Kitchen is preparing 25,000 meals daily in Antakya along with a team of six Turkish volunteers. Less than a week after two earthquakes devastated southern Türkiye, Ivan Francisco Escobar made a nearly three-hour road journey from Adana through one of the worst-hit regions. The 43-year-old chef had […]

Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park is showing support to the victims of the terrible earthquake and the people of Turkey and Syria, by hosting the Hand in Hand Earthquake Relief Gala Dinner. The dinner will be on March 5, 2023. On February 6, 2023, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck several cities in Turkey and Syria, […]

As families slept in the early hours of February 6, a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook communities across Türkiye and Syria. Just six hours later, another massive, 7.5-magnitude quake rocked the same region. The two intense earthquakes and continual aftershocks leveled cities, killing more than 40,000 people and leaving tens of thousands more injured and at […]

Karla Hoyos planned on a busy February. The chef had been working to open her first restaurant, Tacotomia, at the upcoming Julia & Henry’s seven-story dining and entertainment complex and to participate in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s (SOBEWFF) Our Sunday Table: Jazz Brunch with the Grey and Mashama Bailey on Sunday, February […]

On February 6, magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes struck southeast Turkey and neighbouring Syria, leaving an estimated one million people homeless, with the death toll at 47,000 and counting. Nations quickly rallied to help. Hong Kong sent a rescue team of 59 people, comprising 49 members from the Fire Services Department, two doctors and two […]