The famed chef says restaurants will be evermore responsible for the health of their patrons post-pandemic “If a guest is sitting at your table, then you are responsible for their health.” So says top chef Heinz Beck, who believes high-end restaurants must serve healthy food if they are to remain relevant in the future. This…
The moral argument about going vegan was, for decades, centred on the idea that we should not be killing sentient animals to eat. And it’s something we do on a staggeringly high industrial scale, with about 200 million animals killed for consumption every day, according to the Compassion in World Farming group. But now the…
As we find ourselves in the age of affordable luxury, we are, perhaps, reaching the peak of the artisanal food movement. Burgers, hot dogs, cupcakes and even doughnuts have been given a high-end makeover – simple small pleasures done exceptionally well. The traditional pizza, too, has been touched by the hand of haute cuisine over…
The world of fine dining is a moveable feast, constantly evolving and building on what has gone before. Few know this better than Anne-Sophie Pic. The 50-year-old French chef was only the fourth female to lead a restaurant to winning three Michelin stars, and in 2011, she was named the Best Female Chef by The…
Here’s a measure of how bad food wastage was getting in Dubai… the government was running out of landfill space in which to dispose of it. Tonnes of perfectly edible food was being buried in the ground. A report from the Dubai Industrial Park and The Economist Intelligence Unit earlier this year revealed that in…
Last October, Jollibee opened their 37th store in America. It was their second in New York State, but their debut in Manhattan. The first person arrived and started to queue 20 hours before its 8am opening. Despite the cold and persistent rain, a steady stream of people joined the queue throughout the night and into…
There’s not much that the culinary scene in Dubai is missing. Well, perhaps a little official recognition. And that could be just around the corner. Michael Ellis, international director of the Michelin Guide, has said it was “only a matter of time” before they started to cover Dubai, and the city’s top chefs believe it…
We start with a sad fact – Starbucks now makes more money from selling food than it does coffee, and along with all the others coffee chains, Prêt a Mangers and their like, the independent cafes are being pushed out and slowly vanishing from the streets of London. And with them goes not only fry…
For Pierre Gagnaire, this is his second act in Dubai. A reinvention upon his return to the city that once lauded and loved him. His previous restaurant, Reflets, ran from 2008 until it’s closure in 2016 and was the Gallic temple of fine-dining, regarded by many as the best restaurant in the city. But times…
There’s an idea of Italian food as the “food of the soul”, and it’s something that’s been lost in recent years. We lost it amid a rush to modernise and change. It was usurped by restaurants with “concepts” that need explaining to you, food being served on things other than plates, waiters in trainers addressing…
Matt Pomroy 