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Daniel Calvert: ‘Tokyo is the Champions League of restaurants’

The English chef on swapping Hong Kong for Tokyo and why you won’t find him cooking back in the UK anytime soon.

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Inspiring tips from successful female food entrepreneurs

Restaurateurs, chefs and producers who’ve reached the top share their tips for budding female entrepreneurs in the restaurant industry.

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In Ghana chef Binta sows the seeds of change

Chef Fatmata Binta, the winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize 2022, works with rural communities to help change how we think about food and to promote the use of fonio, Africa’s oldest cultivated grain.

The winners of the MENA 50 Best Restaurants 2023 individual awards.

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MENA 50 Best Restaurants One to Watch, Icon and Female Chef Awards announced

Middle East Middle East and North Africa’s 50 Best Restaurants 2023 has announced three special awards ahead of the unveiling of the list on 30 January.

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The Producers: Krautwerk - Rediscovering Forgotten Vegetables in Austria

At Krautwerk farm, in Austria, Robert Brodnjak and Claudia Detz focus on forgotten heirloom vegetables in many varieties, supplying them to Michelin-star restaurants. Kaja Sajovic went to meet them.

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Freshly Squeezed: The Extraordinary Life of Jacques Pépin

Listen to this podcast with chef Jacques Pepin, as he recounts his extraordinary life for Fine Dining Lovers' Freshly Squeezed series.

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Game, Gun Dogs and Goujons: 24-Hours in the Life of a Head Gamekeeper

Scott Patterson is the head gamekeeper at the Forest of Bowland estate, where he manages the wild habitat, land and keepered shoots. Find out what a day in his life looks like.

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E6: Bill Buford - Bread and Friendship in Lyon

When author, journalist and food writer Bill Buford uprooted his young family from New York to the French city of Lyon, he got more than he barga...

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E17: The Extraordinary Life of Chef Jacques Pepin

One of the most widely known and loved figures in American food media, Frenchman Jacque Pepin is a chef, author, television host, philanthropist,...

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E15: "Hungry for Laughs" Dan Ahdoot

You might know Dan Ahdoot as a comedian and actor in shows such as Cobra Kai. But he is also a committed food explorer, restaurant investor and h...

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E14: "The Sioux Chef” Sean Sherman

Sean Sherman is a chef and founder of The Sioux Chef, a group of indigenous American ethnobotanists, food preservationists, adventurers and forag...

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In Ghana chef Binta sows the seeds of change

Chef Fatmata Binta, the winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize 2022, works with rural communities to help change how we think about food and to promote the use of fonio, Africa’s oldest cultivated grain.

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The Royal Family's Italian Chef, and the Lemon Cream that Won Over Charles III

Discover the memories of Enrico Derflingher, the only Italian chef to have served at the court of the English crown, and his recipe for lemon cream that won over King Charles III.

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Chefs Pay Tribute to The Queen

Chefs have paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, following her death at Balmoral.

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Brock Is Back

With new restaurants and a new ethos, chef Sean Brock, credited with helping to revive Southern American cuisine, is back to his best.

Young Chefs

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S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy

The Future is Bright for Chefs Morales and Wang Despite Missing Grand Finale

Catching up with regional winners, chefs Jose Lorenzo Morales and Victor/Zhi Cheng Wang. Read the Q&As.

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S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy

Jerome Ianmark Calayag: "Everyone Should be Cooking and Eating more Vegetables"

The young chef representing the UK and Northern Europe won with a vegetarian dish, and he thinks that's the future. Find out more.

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S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy

Levente Koppány: “I’m Happy to be Back in London”

The S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy finalist has just taken the reins of a new fine-dining project in the UK capital, where he plans to plant a flag for Hungarian cuisine. Find out more.

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Young Chefs

In Kyiv, Chef Eleonora Baranova is Open to the World

Chef Eleonora Baranova assimilates global influences into local ingredients at her restaurant in Kyiv, Ukraine, creating a cuisine without limits.

The Grand Jury of S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2020

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S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy

The Grand Jury of S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2021 is Announced

The line-up of seven international chefs, known as The Seven Sages, who will decide the best young chef in the world at S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy 2021.

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Young Chefs

Young Scottish Chefs Encouraged to Apply to Andrew Fairlie Scholarship

Applications are open for the Andrew Fairlie Scholarship, looking for young aspiring chefs to follow in the footsteps of Scotland's best chef.

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Culinary Stops

Why Lima is hotter than ever

The consolidation of Peruvian cuisine shows that not only famous chefs are doing their thing: a new local scene is blooming with new concepts in Peru's liveliest city.

Levente Koppany | Central Europe winner SPYC 2019

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S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy

Meet the winners in the Central Europe final of S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2019/20

Levente Koppány, Krzysztof Konieczny, Jana Stöger and Łukasz Moneta were the four young talents highlighted in the Central Europe final: we catch up with them before they head to the Grand Finale in 2020.

Female Chefs

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Inspiring tips from successful female food entrepreneurs

Restaurateurs, chefs and producers who’ve reached the top share their tips for budding female entrepreneurs in the restaurant industry.

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Meet the Women Shaking Up the World's 50 Best Bars

Some of the best bartenders in the World's 50 Best Bars 2022 were women. South America academy chair Sorrel Moseley-Williams gives us the lowdown on some of the world's top female bartenders.

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Kamilla Seidler: "Cooking is a Language on its Own"

The globetrotting Danish chef on gastronomy's ability to transcend cultures and its capacity for good - core principles underpinning her debut restaurant in Copenhagen, Lola.