It's impossible to talk about this week without mentioning the Royal Wedding. An estimated 2-billion people tuned in to watch the event on television and live streams around the world.
And FDL were admittedly no different as we also caught Royal fever. So to mark the biggest regal event since Princess Dianna and Charles married in 1981- FDL took a closer look at the official Royal Wedding cake and the women charged with making it.
Fiona Cairns, from Leicester, was the official baker for the Royal Wedding and was the brains behind a cake over 5-feet tall, expected to feed around 600 people.
Just like when enjoying any great meal, we're moving from dessert to a healthy serving of Cheese. This week FDL traveled to the Italian region of Abruzzo to meet a shepherd who produces pecorino and ricotta cheese that's so good, President Barack Obama buys it.
Nunzio Marcelli is an economics graduate and a jet setter who while traveling learned a very special cheese production technique in Afghanistan. Now he's a man who churns a very traditional kind of pecorino and ricotta on his farm in Abruzzo.
A true Italian food master - FDL went to Nunzio's and film him at work, finding out the secrets behind why his cheese sells all around the world and just what it is that makes it taste so good.
Food spotting
On top of cheese and cake - FDL went food spotting with a new mobile application that's changing the way people find places to eat.
Foodspotting, one of the best food app for Iphone and other mobile devices, allows users to search for dining destinations by being dish specific. This unique idea allows to now locate a restaurant by the dish they fancy eating. So if it's the perfect plate plate of spaghetti in Rome or the best cheese cake in New York - food spotting is sure to revolutionise the way people eat out.
There was also a look into some sites on the web that help people make money from writing about food, some digital maps that may change the way you find new restaurants and an explanation as to why strange looking bar-codes or 'Quick Responses' are now appearing on food products throughout the world.
Coming up
Next week is again packed with wonderful treats - but of particular interest is a rather thought provoking start to the week with:Food For Future. Four food experts will be give their vision of what food will be like in 2050. You'll also be able to have your say and let us know what you think the future of food looks, and most importantly, tastes like. All that and more next week on Fine Dining Lovers...
The Michelin Guide has announced a return in the US, with 2021 editions for Washington D.C., New York and Chicago to be released over the next three weeks in a virtual event called 'Still Serving'.
Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford has teamed up with Michelin-star chef Tom Kerridge for a cooking video series called Full Time. Find out more.
You've probably tasted Japanese sake, but what about its spirit-relative, shochu? Read on to discover just what shochu is, how to drink it and what to eat with it. Take a look.
These are tough times for chefs and restaurant professionals around the world, but there has never been a better time to seek advice and help around a number of topics affecting hospitality workers. Here's a round-up of some of the most useful resources for chefs.