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Star chef Daniel Humm recruited by Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong

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Chef Daniel Humm of three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park in residence at Mandarin Grill + Bar Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong will be celebrating “50 Fantastic Years” throughout 2013 with a host of special tasting menus, exhibitions and promotions. In March, the hotel will welcome the first of their celebrity guest chefs to the Michelin-starred Mandarin Grill … Read more

Celebrating Lunar New Year stamp

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Year of the Snake stamp, the sixth issuance in the 12-year Celebrating Lunar New Year series Sometimes a snake in the grass is a good thing. Artist Kam Mak‘s design for the 2013 Year of the Snake U.S. stamp (the sixth stamp in the Celebrating Lunar Near Year series) includes the Chinese character for “snake” … Read more

Thai chef named the inaugural recipient of Asia’s Best Female Chef Award

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Thai chef named best female chef in Asia Thai chef Duangporn Songvisava has been named the inaugural recipient of Restaurant magazine’s Asia’s Best Female Chef Award. Asia’s Best Female Chef award celebrates the work of an exceptional female chef whose cooking excites the toughest of critics. In addition to running one of the hottest dining … Read more

First ever commercial art gallery in the air

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Virgin Atlantics Gallery in the Air featuring works by Ben Eine Virgin Atlantic takes fine art to the skies with the first ever commercial art gallery in the air. Virgin is offering Upper Class passengers flying between London and New York the opportunity to view, and purchase, a series of one-of-a-kind paintings by renowned British … Read more

New cultural philanthropy: Fendi for Fountains

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  The new Maecenas of our days are big fashion houses. After Salvatore Ferragamo, Tod’s, Diesel, and Gucci, now comes the news that Rome’s nearly 300-year-old Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 Million facelift with the help of Italian fashion house Fendi, which was founded in Rome in the 1920s and is now part of LVMH French … Read more