The master of macarons, Pierre Hermé takes the title of Best Pastry Chef 2016

World-leading Chef Pâtissier Pierre Hermé Crowned Best Pastry Chef 2016. Macarons may be his speciality, but Hermé has mastered the rest of the pastry chef’s repertoire. Pierre Hermé (54), the man that Vogue called “the Picasso of Pastry”, won the title of Best Pastry Chef of the year, a trophy and title awarded by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. … Read more

Peruvian gastronomy meets haute cuisine – Lima restaurant named best in Latin America

  Chef Gaston Acurio’s Lima restaurant Astrid y Gaston was crowned the best in Latin America at the inaugural edition of the Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, a spin-off of Restaurant magazine’s World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. Gastón Acurio has been Peru’s best known celebrity chef for more than a decade, with a fine-dining … Read more