The Westin Singapore has tied up with biodiesel maker Alpha Biofuels to convert its used cooking oil into biodiesel for its limousines. This is the latest effort on the part of a hotel to become more eco-friendly and conscious of...
The French haute-cuisine restaurant Guy Savoy located in the Marina Bay Sands is closing after undisclosed issues. The mutual decision between the management of MBS and Paris-based Chef Savoy will see the restaurant cease operations on 3rd February this year....
The new Asia Square Dining Enclave recently opened with eight new food and beverage outlets. The new outlets represent a diverse range of cuisines from places like Japan and Australia. Opening their first overseas outlets are Soup Stock Tokyo from...
Chef Iskander Latiff, the winner of Channel News Asia’s “The Perfect Meal” is now in charge of the recently opened Intrepid Gastro Bar, a restaurant inspired by the diversity of cuisines found in the Australian city of Melbourne. Chef Iskander...
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was so enamoured with the idea of large, open-air food market as can be found in hawker centres dotted around Singapore that he now wants to open one in urban Manhattan, New York City. He is...
At the recently concluded Fancy Food Show held in San Francisco from 19th January to 21st January, over 1,300 exhibitors showcased a wide variety of specialty food products from a total of 35 countries and regions. The show was a...
Sugar is something few people can resist. When looking for a snack, people usually subconsciously reach out for something sweet but do not know why. Scientists have recently found out that consuming sugar causes the release of dopamine in the...
The multinational food giant Nestlé has signed a research agreement with Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star). The agreement will aid its research and development in the areas of nutrition, packaging, data analytics and biotransformation, which is the...
Is one of your new year resolutions to lose weight or eat healthily? A team of researchers at US News comprising physicians and nutritionists have come together to produce a list of the best diets for 2014. Coming up with...
Makers of Canadian ice wine are set to go to war over who and what is ice wine. The fight between the makers of this wine in the Canadian states of Quebec and Ontario goes back to the manner of...
