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The people at the pass: who they are, where they came from and what they are cooking next.
Chef Marco Dipatrizi of The Boat House Ibiza has died
The restaurant in Cala de Sant Vicent announced the death of its executive chef, who according to its website spent three years cooking for the Pope.
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Italy's Tommaso Grollero wins World Chocolate Masters 2026
The Italian chocolatier took the title at the Grand Final in Antwerp, beating 14 other finalists in a competition marking its 20th anniversary this year.
Ryodo Kajiwara wins Gault&Millau Luxembourg again
The Ryôdô chef took Luxembourg's Chef of the Year title for a second time on 26 October, five years after his first win, as the guide lifted his score to 16.5/20.
Vito's Sydney hands its kitchen to Michael Fox
Michael Fox leaves Carbone in Hong Kong to run the pass at Vito's Sydney, the Italian-American restaurant that opened on Bridge Street on October 30.
Alon Shaya's Safta's Table wins a Michelin Bib Gourmand
The Israeli-American chef's seven-month-old New Orleans deli counter enters the Michelin Guide to the American South, as he publishes a new book of wartime family recipes.
Air France taps its Saulieu two-star chef for Business meals
Louis-Philippe Vigilant, head chef of the two-Michelin-starred Relais Bernard Loiseau in Burgundy, has designed twelve dishes for Business-cabin flights out of the French Caribbean.
Loch Ness chef wins Masters of the Menu 2026
Ammar Soeb Khumri, senior chef de partie at The Lovat Hotel, beat four finalists with a duck breast dish built around a Heinz Korean BBQ sauce.
Chef Damu, Cooku with Comali judge, dies in Chennai at 72
The Padma Shri recipient set the Guinness record for the longest individual cooking marathon in 2010 and judged Star Vijay’s Cooku with Comali from its first season.
Alain Montigny serves a blind menu at L'Or Bleu in Théoule
The MOF chef has cooked above the Esterel coast since 2020. His one-star dining room serves only surprise menus built on the day's catch, and the prices have climbed since 2024.
Bruno Verjus closes Table, calls fine dining dead
The two-Michelin-star chef will shut his Paris restaurant on 22 December after 13 years, saying its €480 tasting menu excludes too many diners.
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.
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.
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