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Giuseppe Arno, the Pramac chef feeding a MotoGP paddock
A French motorsport weekly profiles the Italian who runs Pramac Racing's travelling kitchen: about ten staff, up to 250 covers a day and a past in Formula 2 and rallying.
Banchet Awards 2027: Chicago names its chef of the year finalists
Jenner Tomaska, Zachary Engel, Zubair Mohajir and the John's Food & Wine pair compete for the top chef prize at the 25th edition, decided on 31 January.
Silvia Bernardocchi, wife of Giancarlo Perbellini, dies at 57
She managed the finances of the Perbellini restaurant group in Verona and was vice president of a Padua foundation for bile duct cancer research, which has now opened a fund in her name.
Grégoire Berger opens Solenn, his first Abu Dhabi restaurant
The former Ossiano chef has opened a Mediterranean dining room at Abu Dhabi's equestrian club, built around long lunches, and says he now sees himself as an entrepreneur first.
Gennaro Contaldo opens Bolo, a six-pasta trattoria in Soho
Jamie Oliver's mentor is running a London restaurant again for the first time since 2009, with 32 seats, a daily list of six pastas and bolognese at the centre.
World Gourmet Festival Bangkok opens with Julien Royer
Julien Royer, Álvaro Clavijo and Georgiana Viou lead six days of collaborative dinners at the Anantara Siam, where the headline chefs' solo nights are already sold out.
Smyth names Conor Dalton head chef in Chicago
Chicago's only three-Michelin-starred kitchen brings in a British chef from Manchester's Skof to work alongside John Shields.
Patatas bravas contest crowns Valderrama chef Mauro Barreiro
Eighteen chefs cooked in the seventh Una de Bravas final in Palencia. The Sotogrande golf-club chef takes €1,500, and his winning dish moves to a Gibraltar hotel in November.
Paul Stradner will open 1839 Malerhaus in Achern in 2027
The Austrian chef keeps his two-star kitchen at Villa René Lalique in Alsace and hands the daily running of a restored house from 1839 to the Swiss chef Julian Schmid.
José Carlos García moves back to his parents' Café de París
The Málaga chef leaves Muelle Uno after 15 years for the family restaurant where he won his first Michelin star, with a smaller room, an à la carte menu and a star still to be confirmed.
Virgilio Martínez says recognition was never the goal
In a new interview, the chef behind Lima's Central reflects on what winning the world's top restaurant ranking in 2023 changed, and what it never did.
Benoît Castel, world's best pastry chef, opens in Paris
Weeks after winning the UIBC's top pastry title in Singapore, the Breton chef opens his fourth Paris address, splitting the day between coffee, lunch and pastry.
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