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Spanish Burger King Gets Its Own Whopper Wine

The Home of the Whopper is now the home of Whopper Wine – a flame-grilled vintage rouge said to go perfectly with their famous patties. Aged in wooden barrels after being broiled just like their meat, the...

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Swiss-trained Beer Sommeliers Take on the World

The surge in the popularity of boutique beers has given rise to a new breed of beer aficionado – the beer sommelier. Cyril Hubert, a Swiss-trained French beer sommelier hopes his passion will take him to the World Beer Sommeliers...

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Now You Can Rent a French Grandma As Your Own Personal Chef

Lou Papé, a new French food service, is renting out retirees with professional culinary experience as personal chefs. The service connects senior citizen chefs with busy people who desire home-cooked food. The company’s website provides a short...

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How to Make Your Own Steak Knives from Butter Knives

Learn how to transform classic, and even possibly vintage, butter knives into hardy and effective steak knives. Watch the video at https://goo.gl/W3WqZt to learn about the technical considerations when shaving down the blade and which parts are most important when...

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Beef Ravioli with Pistachio Nougatine

2 yellow beets, scrubbed clean 40g orange segments julienned ginger crisps, for garnishing Aged balsamic vinegar, for drizzling Pistachio Nougatine 100g goat cheeses 30g Sicilian pistachio, toasted 20g diced...

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Last Chance to Click Away for a Chance to Win a Riesling!

Our “Win a Riesling” contest is back in its last week! Get a chance to win for yourself a bottle of Von Buhl Riesling 2005 with every click you make. All you have to do is to click this newsletter’s...

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Food of the Future or a Culinary Disaster

Herve This discovered Note by Note cooking (NbN), where food is broken down to its basic compounds and made from this process. This’s goals are for NbN to be readily available and inexpensive for everyone. NbN allows chefs to create...

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Singapore Junior Chefs Club crowns Sherine Lim from Portico Singapore, Singapore Top Young Chef

On 19 September, Singapore Junior Chefs Club crowned their first Singapore Top Young Chef Grand Champion. Portico Singapore’s Sherine Lim, beating 5 other competitors, bagged the title and was appointed the position of team assistant for Singapore National Team. The...

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René Redzepi Plans to Close Noma and Reopen It as an Urban Farm

Taking the next stop in his culinary adventures, René Redzepi plans to close down Noma after New Year’s Eve 2016 and reopen in 2017 with a new location and new menu. The new location will include a farm and the new...

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Keeping the Menu Fresh

Chef Francis Quoh of Follia Italian Restaurant prides himself in keeping his menu fresh (almost everything is made in-house, including the pastas and bread!), mouth-wateringly beautiful and memorable. With a team mate like general manager and director, Fabio Matta, who...