This lunch time on Monday 1 December 2015 was a very special day as it marked the Singapore launch of Champagne Philippe Gonet’s Grand Cru Cuvée Belemnita 2005 by Chantal Gonet, the Director of Marketing worldwide for this famed champagne...
It is likely to become the new must-have piece of kit for wine lovers. The iSommelier is a new generation carafe which operates with a smartphone app. Its decantation process, which only takes a few minutes, will aerate your wine,...
When it was announced that Sriracha powder was coming to the UK, Twitter was abuzz, imagining all the things that could be doused in this magical red dust. No one seemed to notice that chilli powder has been around for...
Did you know that depending on what type of potato dish you’re making, the potato might matter? There are factors like moisture content, starchiness/mealiness and waxiness to consider, which may affect just how compact or “held together” your potato dish...
US regulators have given the go-ahead to genetically modified salmon, making it the first GM animal destined for human consumption. The Food and Drug Administration said it had given approval on the grounds that "food from the fish is safe...
The National Environment Agency (NEA) is launching a campaign next week to encourage the public to decrease their food wastage. This comes on the back of a study by the NEA and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA)...
French culinary master Joël Robuchon, the chef with the most Michelin stars worldwide, has unveiled his plans for an international culinary school. It will be located on the site of a monastery-hospital, which is a French listed building, in Montmorillon,...
For months, 186 participants competed to reach the finals of the inaugural Global Sushi Challenge, with just 14 remaining for the final showdown in Tokyo. They were the winners of their respective country challenges held from May to October this...
In the breakout indie hit "Chef," starring Jon Favreau, the fed-up chef he plays turns renegade food truck entrepreneur. As he plies Cuban sandwiches out of a battered truck, it proves to be the spiritual antidote to the merciless, critic-driven...
It’s well known that Chinese cuisine in America is a world’s apart from the real thing. But it seems this adaptation of the Asian fare has warmed up to diners in Shanghai. The Fortune Cookie is the...
