The coronavirus crisis has hit the hospitality industry hard, forcing many restaurants to close. But others, such as former 108 chef Kristian Baumann, have taken the opportunity to open new and innovative concepts in the middle of the pandemic.
The director of Mirazur and wife of Mauro Colagreco reflects on how lockdown changed their thinking, and how it should change consumer thinking globally.
The RESTAURANTS Act has passed the House, and if passed by the Senate it could provide a lifeline to the hospitality industry with $120 billion in funding.
Check out the incredible line-up of international chefs and experts taking part in this inspiring free online session on 13 October, as they talk recovery in a post-pandemic world.
Eight New York City restaurants will be swapping delicious signature dishes with eight Los Angeles restaurants for one month, beginning October 15. Find out more about this East coast West coast culinary adventure.
With all the financial uncertainty surrounding Covid-19, people who still want to eat good food are looking to low-cost, ethically-sourced and sustainable sources. Are backyard chickens the answer?
Under the #JobsSaveLives hastag, chefs in South Africa are protesting against anti-Covid-19 measures imposed by their government, which they say are harming the restaurant business.
The Covid-19 crisis has disrupted everything, not least gastro-tourism, leading to empty tables in restaurants great and small. But now chefs are turning to local customers to get their businesses back on track post-lockdwn.
Pappas Sweet Shop in Raton New Mexico has been open since 1923, now owner Ann Marie is determined to weather the storm of cornavirus and make it to 100 years in biusiness.
Makeaways - the restaurant food kits you make at home - are taking off, and a group of UK chefs have launched a nationwide delivery service to make them available to all.
Meet Michelle Williams, from Brooklyn caterer Good IV the Soul, cooking comfort food from the heart at the Maison Yaki pop up series from 5 to 16 August.
Chef Tommy Banks of the Michelin-starred Black Swan in Yorkshire, England, has come up with a novel plan to save his restaurant - nationwide food box deliveries.
In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, Omi's Coffee Shop in Maine, USA, is supporting a local network of suppliers, vendors and customers with the help of the James Beard Foundation Relief Fund.
Megan and Colby Garrelts of Bluestem in Kansas City used a grant from the James Beard Foundation's Restaurant Relief Fund to pay for staff healthcare insurance when their restaurants were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A London restaurant commits to ending service charges as part of the new ‘normal’ in the post-lockdown world in a bid to improve the security of staff wages.
The World's 50 Best Restaurants launches its Bid For Recovery, an online auction of unique gastronomic experiences donated by some of the world's best restaurants, in aid of the hospitality industry.
The South African relief fund supports restaurants feeding those most in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Find out some of the inspiring stories coming out of the initiative.
As part of the 50 Best Recovery Programme, the 'Bid for Recovery' is an online auction of gastronomic experiences in some of the world's best restaurants in aid of restaurants.
The streets could be the safest place for restaurants to reconnect with their customers post coronavirus. It could also create a boom in street food culture.
If lockdown has been good for anything, it has reconnected us with our food, says food writer and historian Bee Wilson, and the more people cook at home, the more they discover the true value of food.
Watch the Turning The Tables talks in full for measured insight, shared knowledge and practical solutions from some of the sharpest minds in global gastronomy.
Mitsuharu Tsumura from the Maido restaurant in Peru, Lima, talks about his newest plans to open more local, community and democratic models of dinning in his
The great Italian chef, Massimo Bottura, offers up advice to a young chef asking about transitioning from a learning role to a leading role, making the jump
Introspection isn’t common in the restaurant industry, but many have found time to reflect on their relationships, both professional and personal, whether it
During the period of lockdowns, closures and reopenings, the one thing that has remained evident across the world is the strength of the restaurant community
Mitch Lienhard had it all, top job at one of the best restaurants in the U.S, accolades, he was the winner of the San Pellegrino Young Chef competition and h
This time of pause has given us all time to reconnect, to reconnect with nature, with family and as Lara Gilmore says in this inspirational collection of loc
The industry has moved, shifted, evolved and as Brian Canlis says in this inspirational collection of lockdown lessons: they learned to break the box and bui
When it comes to uncertainty, Professor Vaughn Tan has written the book. Now he is imploring restaurants to get creative and turn the opportunities arising from the coronavirus crisis into success.
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.
As the coronavirus lockdown continues to hit the food and restaurant industries hard, The Kitchen Farming Project is Blue Hill chef Dan Barber's latest initiative to keep the farm-to-table movement alive and kicking.
The organisation behind the prestigious restaurant list has today launched a three-pronged approach to support, inform and connect the restaurant industry around the globe in the coming months, including offering financial relief.
Chef René Redzepi has secured the funding to secure the future of his Noma restaurant, at least for the year 2020 and has some leftover to help former employees.
The US chef from three Michelin starred Manresa is raising funds for a workers relief programme by charging a rental fee for his new documentary, A Chef’s Voyage.
Always wanted to eat at Noma but never managed to snag a table? With Noma's new prepayment vouchers you can secure a table for season ahead before reservations open to the general public. Find out how.
Humanitarian chef Jose Andres's relief efforts are gathering momentum in Spain, one of the countries currently hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, as more Spanish chefs join his cause.
The New York Hospitality Coalition is forming a community from the fractured service industry to try and chart a way out of the coronavirus crisis together.
Once again the humanitarian chef steps up with food relief for those who need it most, seconding his own restaurant in NYC and Washington DC. See the details.
Italian chefs and pizza makers launch a campaign to keep cooking alive in the city of Milan sharing video recipes online as their restaurants and pizzerias are forced to close during the coronavirus pandemic.
