The Golden Halo: UNESCO Anoints Italian Cuisine, Reshaping the Luxury Landscape

The unanimous inscription of “Italian cooking, between sustainability and biocultural diversity” onto UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list is more than a diplomatic triumph; it is a seismic cultural and economic event. For the premium and luxury industry, this recognition is the conferral of a Golden Halo, transforming an already formidable culinary powerhouse into … Read more

Toronto becomes the first Canadian city to be featured in the Michelin Guide. Contemporary and Japanese cuisine rule the city

The MICHELIN Guide is a benchmark in gastronomy. Now it’s setting a new standard for hotels. MICHELIN Guide Revels Inaugural Toronto Selection. The first edition of the MICHELIN Guide Toronto is honoring 12 one-MICHELIN-Star restaurants and one two-MICHELIN-Star restaurant. The full MICHELIN Guide Toronto selection is available free of charge on the MICHELIN Guide website … Read more

Osteria Francescana: does the world’s best restaurant live up to the hype?

Tanya Gold goes very, very fine dining in Modena, Italy

San Francisco-based chef Mitch Lienhard secures global S.Pellegrino Young Chef title 2016

U.S. Chef Mitch Lienhard of Manresa restaurant in California is crowned S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016. The five “Golden Rules” of ingredients, skills, genius, beauty and message secured San Francisco-based chef Mitch Lienhard the global S.Pellegrino Young Chef title 2016. In order to compete in this extraordinary global event, the Young Chefs and their signature dishes … Read more

The Italian gourmet dining scene enriched with a new three-star restaurant

The 2014 MICHELIN guide Italy. The 2014 MICHELIN Guide Italy, the 59th in the series, presents an attractive panorama of the Italian culinary scene with the number of restaurants up 21% over the past five years. This year the selection features a new three-star restaurant, Reale, located in Castel Di Sangro, where the talented young … Read more