Category: Gourmet
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Caviar eating contest held in Russia
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…
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World’s best restaurant comes to London. A Taste of Noma at Claridge’s
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…
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Thomas Keller awarded with Lifetime Achievement Award at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Event
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…
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Fête de la Gastronomie to fly the flag for French cuisine in New York and Tokyo
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…
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Cointreau awarded with “Living Heritage Company” French label
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…
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World’s 50 Best Restaurants adds first ‘Slow Food Restaurant of the Year’ award
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, now in their tenth year, is organised and compiled by Restaurant magazine. The Awards has added a new category that will recognize the most outstanding sustainable restaurant. Highland Park single malt whisky, and Slow Food UK, introduced this innovative new award, the Slow Food Restaurant of the Year Award,…