chef moves
Stories tagged “chef moves”

Francesco Vacca becomes head chef at TOZI in Victoria
After nine years in the kitchen, Vacca takes over day-to-day cooking at the Victoria cicchetti restaurant alongside executive chef Maurilio Molteni.

Abbie Hendren leads the kitchen at Trindle Stores in Kew
The former Teal by Sally Abé head chef swaps Hackney for a two-year-old Kew grocery, cooking breakfast and lunch around a kitchen-garden menu.

Josh Hughes leaves Hide and Fox for Updown Farmhouse
Kent-born Josh Hughes swaps a two-Michelin-star kitchen in Saltwood for a farmhouse near Deal, after four years split between Hide and Fox and The Bridge Arms.

Orfali Bros rises to two Michelin stars in Dubai
The Syrian brothers' restaurant was promoted in the fifth Michelin Guide Dubai, two years after it won its first star.

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.

Benjamin Den Bosch hires Bart van Hemert from starred Alma
Sommelier Chiel Seuren's wine restaurant on the Kerkstraat hands its kitchen to the chef de cuisine of Wouter van Laarhoven's Michelin-starred Alma in Oisterwijk.

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.

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.

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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