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A Moscow night club hosted a food competition with Russian specific. The organizer was inspired by the speed eating contests of the world, so he turned his attention to caviar. $70,000 were spent on devouring fish eggs. Meant to be enjoyed and savoured, the half kilogram black caviar was finished in just one minute … Read more
Chef René Redzepi is exporting his acclaimed restaurant Noma to London Luxury hotel Claridge’s, the iconic London establishment, recruited chef René Redzepi to open a temporary outpost of his famous Noma restaurant, called the best restaurant in the world. Noma has topped the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for two years running (2010 and … Read more
Thomas Keller – The S.Pellegrino Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2012 Thomas Keller has picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award ahead of The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, taking place on the 30th of April at the London’s Guildhall. The American chef, who runs the French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, California and Per Se in New … Read more
France to promote its gastronomy in New York and Tokyo through “Terroirs : création et tradition” festival France’s gastronomy, part of the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, is a major export product the country wants to promote worldwide via a festival named “Fête de la Gastronomie“. Created by the France’s Ministry of Economy, Finance and … Read more
Cointreau awarded with “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” label The Excellence of French Know-How French brand Cointreau has been awared with the label “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant”. The Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (Living Heritage Company, or EPV) is a mark of recognition of the French Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment, put in place to … Read more
10th Anniversary of Glenturret Distillery The Famous Grouse, the no. 1 whisky in Scotland, no. 6 blended whisky worldwide and the best selling whisky in Scotland since 1980, is celebrating the 10th birthday of its Famous Grouse Experience, Scotland’s oldest working distillery – Glenturret. To mark this milestone the distillery is launching a new Celebration … Read more