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Fine Dining Lovers Coronavirus Survey for Professionals

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The Coronavirus Survey: The Expert View

Read the Fine Dining Lovers Coronavirus Survey and find out what restaurant industry experts really think about the crisis.

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The Coronavirus Survey: What Diners Think

For the lowdown on the lockdown and beyond, read the Fine Dining Lovers Coronavirus Survey, and find out how diners are dealing with the crisis.

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Amanda Cohen: We Need to Fix Our Restaurant Industry

In Fine Dining Lovers’ Turning The Tables, a series of talks by restaurant industry leaders, Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy speaks about how the coronavirus crisis heighted issues in the industry and how it needs to change.

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Danny Meyer Says his Restaurants Will Remain Closed for the Foreseeable Future

New York's leading hospitality expert says it's not in his interests to re-open his full-service restaurants until a vaccine is found for coronavirus.

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Tom Colicchio: "There’s Going to be a Whole Second Wave of Closures.”

Tom Colicchio speaks about the challenges facing the restaurant industry once it reopens for business and the threat of a second wave of closures.

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José Andrés Backed Bill Would Fund Restaurants 100% to Feed Needy

Jose Andres backed bill introduced that would allow governments to fund restaurants to feed vulnerable 100%.

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Andrew Talks to Chefs: Special Report #5 - Kat Kinsman

Andrew Friedman is joined by Kat Kinsman on his podcast Andrew Talks to Chefs.

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Andrew Talks to Chefs: Special Report #16 - Amanda Cohen

Andrew Talks to Chefs: Special Report #16 Amanda Cohen

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Andrew Talks to Chefs: Special Report #23 - Jeff Gordinier & Hugh Acheson

Andrew Talks to Chefs: Andrew Friedman continues his Special Report on the coronavirus pandemic podcast with Jeff Gordinier and Hugh Acheson

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Andrew Talks to Chefs: Special Report #30 Darren Underway and The Stay-Put Cookbook

Andrew Friedman speaks to Darren Underway in #30 of his Special Reports on Andrew Talks to Chefs podcast.

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Vaughn Tan: The Smart Thinking That Could Save Restaurants

Vaughn Tan shines a light on how restaurants can adapt to survive and sustain themselves in a new culinary landscape shaped by the coronavirus pandemic.

Massimo Bottura Food Delivery: Meal Kits

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Massimo Bottura Launches New Food Delivery Kits

The Italian chef is launching a food delivery service, offering diners the chance to cook up some of Franceschetta 58's most famous dishes. Bottura burger anyone?

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Will Guidara Serves Up Weekly Specials

Will Guidara is back with Weekly Specials, a healthy serving of inspirational stories from across the restaurant industry.

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Christophe Bacquié Pivots to Private Chef Service

The three Michelin starred French chef from Le Castellet is offering to cook a four-course menu in customer's homes while his restaurant is shut. Find out the menu.

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Shirel Berger: "The plant kingdom is the most fascinating"

The chef/owner of OPA in Tel Aviv is putting fruit and vegetables on the plate but she doesn't want to be labelled. Find out why.

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Cho Hee-Suk, the Godmother of Korean Cuisine, is Asia's Best Female Chef 2020

The Chef of the Chefs and mentor to the country's many celebrated chefs, Cho Hee-Suk of Hansikgonggan was awarded the prestigious award presented by Asia's 50 Best Restaurants.

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S.Pellegrino celebrates its 120 years in Taipei enhancing female talents

Discover more about the event at Regent Hotel where some succesful women from the food & beverage industry had the chance to tell their story.

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Garima Arora's Inspirational Dishes

Taste with your eyes some of the best creations of chef Arora from Gaa in Bangkok, the first Indian female chef in the world to be awarded a Michelin star.

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In search of exclusivity: Shoji Natsuko's six-seats restaurant

After five years of by-invitation-only, Été is moving and opening to online reserve: meet chef Natsuko, born as a pastry chef and now experimenting a new cuisine based on seasonal Japanese ingredients

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The sustainability of the chef: our survey on kitchen culture

A look at results from Fine Dining Lovers’ survey on kitchen culture and the sustainability of the chef, conducted at Food on The Edge in Ireland.

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Camilla Marcus is Fighting for the Survival of NYC's Independent Restaurants

Camilla Marcus is the owner of West~bourne in SoHo in NYC and founder of a NYC coalition lobbying the government for relief for independent restaurants as the coronavirus pandemic threatens their future.

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Daniel Humm: "Our industry now hangs on a thread"

Not even chef Daniel Humm is immune to the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Here he reflects on what the future holds for fine dining and society.

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Brazil's Chefs Unite to Defend Their Industry

United they stand, divided they will fall: in a coordinated action, the likes of which has never been seen before in Brazil, the country’s chefs and restaurant owners have come together to succesfully pressure their government to provide emergency aid to the hospitality industry.

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Down and Out in Paris, London and Elsewhere: Chinese Food Businesses During a Global Health Crisis

Chef Andrew Wong and Dr Mukta Das reflect on the history of misinformation and racialised views surrounding Chinese food and how the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating the problems.

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Chefs Answer: What's Going To Happen to My Favorite Restaurant?

What's Going To Happen to My Favorite Restaurant? Chef Massimo Bottura, Chef Amanda Cohen, Chef Kwame Onwuachi in Conversation with Esquire’s Jeff Gordinier

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Inspirational Dishes

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Inspirational Dishes

Inspirational dishes by the pastry chef Frank Haasnoot

Take a look at a selection of amazing food creations by chef Frank Haasnoot.

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Inspirational Dishes

Inspirational dishes by Laurent Petit's Clos des Sens

Laurent Petit takes three stars at Clos des Sens, in Michelin France 2019. Take a look at the iconic dishes that define this chef.

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Gourmet Food

Inspirational Dishes by Albert Adrià's elBulli

Albert Adrià, the former elBulli pastry chef who has gone on to rule Spain with elBarri, is one of Spain's culinary royal family.

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Inspirational dishes by Ana Roš's Hiša Franko

Ana Roš from restaurant Hiša Franko in Kobarid, Slovenia sources all her produce locally, but she doesn’t believe in signature dishes she says – nothing stay