Posts Tagged ‘Alexandra Forbes’

Chef Alex Atala works on book project with Phaidon and renovates restaurant

Posted on: Monday, January 23rd, 2012

  This new year has been busier than ever for Brazilian chef Alex Atala, whose restaurant D.O.M. is ranked #7 on The World’s 50…

Adrià pupil and friend José Andrés to open two restaurants in Las Vegas

Posted on: Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Chef José Andrés has achieved huge success in his adopted country – the United States, where he moved more than two decades ago –…

The World’s 50 Best 2010: photos of the awards ceremony

Posted on: Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Yes, I confess, I did something a tad extravagant and flew from Montreal to London only to attend… an awards ceremony and party. But…

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants: why not guess winners and losers?

Posted on: Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

So the big night is this Monday… oh, the suspense! Nobody dares say what restaurants will go up in the rankings and which will…

Top Brazilian chefs in Portugal: Alex Atala, Claude Troisgros, Bel Coelho, Mara Salles and Tsuyoshi Murakami featured in Peixe em Lisboa food event

Posted on: Monday, April 19th, 2010

Yes, yes, I know Claude Troisgros doesn’t exactly sound like the name of a Brazilian chef. But the Rio-based chef, of the legendary Roanne…

Cult chef David Chang opens a restaurant in New York’s Midtown

Posted on: Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

It’ll be very interesting to see how this turns out…. David Chang, chef-owner of the cult restaurant Momofuku Ko and king of New York’s…

Chef Thierry Marx leaves Bordeaux for the Paris Mandarin Oriental

Posted on: Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

The much anticipated Paris outpost of the Mandarin Oriental hotel chain isn’t quite ready yet, but they’ve already announced who will be the chef…

Chef Pierre Gagnaire opens restaurant at Tokyo’s Intercontinental

Posted on: Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Chef Pierre Gagnaire, like fellow countrymen Alain Ducasse and Joël Robuchon, has long bet on Tokyo as strategic in the expansion of his restaurant…

Reopening of Les Ambassadeurs in Paris postponed until April

Posted on: Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Chef Christopher Hache At this point, everyone knows that Jean-François Piège is no longer at Les Ambassadeurs, the beautiful restaurant at Hotel de Crillon…

Tecnoemotional cuisine inspires new Abafado Molecular wine from Luis Pato

Posted on: Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Winemaker Luis Pato is a legend in his native Portugal and eight-time winner of the Winemaker of the Year award from Wine & Spirits…