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Chef Damu clinches Lifetime Achievement Award by South India Culinary Association

Chef Damodaran K, who prefers to go by the name Chef Damu, was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at a culinary workshop held by the South India Culinary Association at GRT Grand, where he served as a judge alongside Rick...

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Death of an icon: The Cathay closes

Iconic restaurant, The Cathay, opened for the last time this Monday. Founded in 1940, it was considered to be one of the finest restaurants at the time. Read more at: http://goo.gl/Il7bwX ...

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Lavu POS system raises $15M in investments

Lavu, a startup that provides a digital, iPad-based point of sale system has received $ 15 million worth of funding from investors. Used in over 4000 restaurants in 86 countries, including Singapore, Lavu plans to use the money to intensifya...

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Paris’ luxury accommodation sector faces occupancy crisis

Disaster looms for luxury hotels in the French capital after a catastrophic first quarter. Partly to blame were the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks, which scared off foreign visitors, which traditionally make up almost all of these hotel’s clientele, and some...

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Weak Euro draws bargain-seeking Asian hospitality investors

The euro’s decline against every major Asia currency this year spelled good news for Asian hotel investors, as they rushed to snap up hotels and apartments. This year saw the most active start to a year, with Asian foreign property...

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The Local Mamma Mia Experience

Pastamania celebrates a milestone of the nation with the introduction of the SG50 Menu, available from now till August 2015. We know you would roll your eyes and exclaim ‘not another one!’. But hey, it’s not just another one! Pastamania...

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Julie’s: Its corporate responsibility and The Best Of You

Art is definitely not limited to the canvas and paper paradigm but also exists in food, as designer Catherine Leck has shown through her illustrations of a story on a plate. She has done food art masterpieces as part of...

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The New Cantonese Fine Dining In The Heart Of The City

The beauty of Singapore’s dining scene is the diversity of food cultures that encourage restauranteurs take a leap of faith and break past existing norms to present new standards. Along with this comes Mitzo, a contemporary Cantonese fine dining restaurant that...

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Decanter.com reveals winners of Decanter World Wine Awards 2015

2015’s Decanter World Wine Awards saw Spain increasing its profile as a rising force in wine by taking home the trophy for Red Bordeaux varietals over £15, further exemplifying the country’s growing reputations for quality. In Europe, Bordeaux also showed...

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140 year-old beer sells for $5,000

Brewed for an Artic expedition led by Sir George Nares in 1875, a 140 year-old bottle of the aptly-named Allsopp’s Arctic Ale has been sold for $5,131 USD to a private collector, after it was recently unearthed from a garage....