Chef-restaurateur Nuno Mendes will open his last Portuguese restaurant, Lisboeta, in London’s Fitzrovia in spring 2022. Known for his role as executive chef at the Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone, Mendes is also creative director of food and beverage at the Bairro Alto hotel in Lisbon and oversees the menu at Rose in Deal, Kent. Lisboeta […]

French chef Daniel Boulud, who has lived in New York for nearly 40 years, was named the world’s best restaurateur for his restaurant “Daniel” by Les Grandes Tables du Monde on Monday. The association of the 184 best restaurants worldwide said the Lyon chef, who moved to New York in 1982, “represents French gastronomy to […]

Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021: Latin America’s restaurant industry is reunited with the announcement of the Pasado y Futuro list. Sponsored by S. Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, the Central restaurant of chef Virgilio Martínez and Pía León from Lima, Peru was named the greatest in Latin America. Joining the Central are Maido, Lima and […]

Award-winning Chantelle Nicholson, known as the chef owner of the now closed Tredwells in Covent Garden, has revealed details of her new restaurant. Opening on Mayfair’s Duke Street in March next year, Apricity will continue Nicholson’s approach to vegetable-centric cooking with a strong focus on sustainability. Apricity will offer an “extremely seasonal” menu, as Nicholson […]

Matt Worswick has left Gordon Ramsay’s Savoy Grill at the Savoy hotel on London Strand, where he has served as head chef since fall 2020. Worswick announced his departure on social media with the following words: “My journey in Savoy is over. I would like to thank all the staff, past and present, for all […]

Umberto Bombana, the founding chef of the Michelin-starred 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Restaurant in Hong Kong, paid huge amounts for white truffle, one of the rarest mushroom species in the world. Bombana, who participated in the auction to buy this precious mushroom, bought about 2 kilograms of white truffles for 118,000 dollars. So, why […]