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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.

CHEF:IN Awards debut in Hamburg with seven categories
Germany's first all-women fine-dining awards hold their opening ceremony tonight at Foodlab Hamburg, naming 2026 winners across seven categories from the kitchen to the bar.

Panama hosts the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Latin America final
Fifteen cooks from across the region, including four from Colombia, two from Peru and one from Chile, compete in Panama City from September 27 for a place in Milan's 2027 grand finale.

Michael Wignall cookbook collects 70 dishes from The Angel
The Yorkshire Dales chef's 420-page debut, priced at £65, separates plating photography from working methods in a format aimed at fellow cooks.

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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