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Teresa Cordero, cook at Valladolid's Puerto Chico, dies at 65
She took over the tapas bar on calle Nicasio Pérez in 2017 with Isabel González. Local trade bodies and restaurants paid tribute; the bar's future has not been announced.
Tom Booton to open Ralphie's, his first solo restaurant
The Dorchester Grill chef leaves the hotel for Pimlico Road, naming the Belgravia restaurant after his Maltipoo and cooking the dishes he grew up on.
John Karangis leaves Shake Shack for Sweetgreen
After eight years building Shake Shack's menu, the chef becomes Sweetgreen's executive chef and vice president of culinary, tasked with reviving sales.
Gary Caldwell named executive chef of One Flew South
The Chopped winner leaves Marcus Samuelsson's Marcus Bar & Grille to run the kitchen at Atlanta airport's James Beard-nominated restaurant, back with his former employer Jackmont Hospitality.
San Sebastian honors Berasategui's 50 years at the stove
Gastronomika's 28th edition marked fifty years of New Basque Cuisine with a tribute to the chef who turned Lasarte-Oria into a three-star address, plus two further awards.
Diego René's Málaga restaurant René enters the Michelin Guide
Less than eight months after opening on Calle Carretería, the chef's ninth Málaga project joins the guide's selection: recommended, tagged new, no star yet.
Christos Karagiannis wins two Michelin stars in Santorini
Michelin's newly expanded guide for Greece, now covering Santorini and Thessaloniki for the first time, placed Lycabettus straight into the two-star tier.
Cristiano Tomei Marvel debut: Lucca chef joins Iron Man
The chef of L'Imbuto appears under his own name, brigade included, in a Panini Comics anthology that previews at Lucca Comics & Games on 28 October.
James Beard Foundation names its 2026-2027 TasteTwenty
Twenty-six chefs across 19 US cities join the Foundation's annual list of talent, picked as much for sourcing and team-building as for plating.
Lee Tiernan returns to his old Black Axe Mangal site
The chef and his wife Kate reopen 156 Canonbury Road for a two-day pop-up this month, ten months after closing the cult kebab restaurant for good.
Sun Kim brings Meta's Korean menu to Bangkok
The two-Michelin-star chef behind Singapore's Meta cooks three nights of an eight-course Korean tasting menu at a Bangkok hotel this month, before the early-bird rate ends.
Garima Arora opens a modern Indian kitchen in Kuala Lumpur
The Bangkok-based chef is bringing a new restaurant to the Waldorf Astoria Kuala Lumpur, opening 30 October, alongside a second dining room from Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
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