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Michelin Guide Italy 2027 to crown its stars in Piacenza
Inspectors will reveal the new selection on 12 November at the Teatro Municipale, the third year running the ceremony has landed in Emilia-Romagna after Modena and Parma.

Hans im Glück wins gold for partner satisfaction
An independent survey of the German burger chain's franchise network finds partners more satisfied than the sector average, Munich-based Hans im Glück says.

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.

Grand Prix du Vin Suisse 2026 crowns Domaine Claudy Clavien
A six-hectare family estate in Miège is Swiss winery of the year after wins in Syrah and white blends, while Valais takes ten of the sixteen categories in Bern.

Great American Beer Festival 2026 crowns its top breweries
Fieldwork and Morgan Territory, two California breweries, took the festival's top honors in Denver, as 243 operations split 336 medals across dozens of categories.

South Africa crowns its Top 10 olive oils for 2026
The Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards named its 2026 winners in Cape Farms, days after De Rustica became the first South African producer to top an International Olive Council category.

World Culinary Awards 2026 crown The Cullinan Dubai
The seventh edition, held in Jamaica, also named the United States the top culinary destination. The titles are decided by online votes, not by inspectors.

Yamazaki 25 wins another Japanese whisky award
Suntory's flagship single malt took the International Spirits Challenge's Japanese whisky trophy for a fourth straight year, as Glenmorangie claimed the competition's top overall prize.

Marqués de Cáceres collects Spain's best white wine award
Los Altares 2016, the Cenicero winery's first white Gran Reserva, came through a shortlist drawn from Bacchus 2026 and received its prize at Madrid's Teatro Real.

Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2026: 13 cooks win the title in Lille
Forty-two finalists had five hours for red mullet, mallard and a Roquefort-stuffed pear. Alain Ducasse's jury passed thirteen, two of them women. More than 400 had entered.

Jaume Subirós wins Spain's lifetime National Gastronomy Award
The Real Academia de Gastronomía gives its 2026 "Toda una Vida" prize to the man who entered the Motel Empordà in Figueres as a bellboy in 1961 and has run it since 1979.

Best Of Wine Tourism 2027: Rioja names its seven winners
Seven winners out of 31 candidates were announced in Laguardia on 8 October. It is one regional heat of eleven: the global result comes in New Zealand between 18 and 22 October.
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