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IGNIV Bangkok names Dominik Falk as its new head chef
The 30-year-old Swiss cook leaves the sous-chef post at Andreas Caminada's three-star Schloss Schauenstein for his first head-chef job, at a one-star restaurant opened in 2020.

Michelin-starred Korean chef opens Paris restaurant
Mingoo Kang, the only three-Michelin-star chef in South Korea, brings fermented jang sauces and a makgeolli bar to a landmark Paris hotel dining room designed by Hugo Toro.

Adam Nevin reopens Glovers Alley in Dublin
The Michelin-starred dining room at The Fitzwilliam Hotel returned on September 9 under a chef who started as a 15-year-old kitchen porter in Maynooth.

Leon Mazairac leaves Karel 5 to take over De Hoefslag
The chef who won Karel 5 its Michelin star in 2023 will run De Hoefslag with Zara Kooke from November, splitting the historic house into a brasserie and a gastronomic restaurant.

Brendan Pratt opens Wayfinder's dining room in Margaret River
The former Vasse Felix head chef is back in a winery kitchen, cooking lunch from a one-acre organic market garden beside an off-grid winery built into an old dam.

Brasserie De Hofsmid in Buren hands its kitchen to a 22-year-old
Cas Vieleers leaves his sous chef post at De Engel in Dodewaard to run the charcoal grill at an all-day brasserie backed by Edwin Muns of Brasserie Poelzicht.

Glovers Alley reopens under Adam Nevin with a €155 menu
The Fitzwilliam Hotel dining room on St Stephen's Green served its first dinner under a new chef on 9 September, with five courses at €155 and seven at €190.

Tom Sellers to run five restaurants at Stoke Park
The chef patron of Restaurant Story takes on the whole food and drink offer of a 300-acre Buckinghamshire estate, opening in October with a 48-cover flagship.

Sidney Schutte opens The Gym in Amsterdam in November
The former gymnasium next to The College Hotel becomes an a la carte dining room, two months later than the date given when the project was announced in May.

Matthias Marc leaves Paris for a lakeside house in the Jura
La Maison des Cimes opened on 29 August at Malbuisson with nine rooms, a gastronomic table over Lake Saint-Point and a wood-fired bistro still to come in November.

Taillevent hands its kitchen to Philip Chronopoulos
The Franco-Greek chef takes over on rue Lamennais this month, replacing Giuliano Sperandio, who is leaving the two-star dining room for a project in South America.
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