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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.

Chez Calvert opens in Tokyo's Azabudai Hills on 1 October
Daniel Calvert, who took Sézanne to three Michelin stars and No. 1 in Asia, opens his own room with a John Pawson interior. Sézanne lost its stars after he left.

Selma Medellín: Álvaro Clavijo takes his bistro to El Poblado
The El Chato chef's shared-plates restaurant opens its first address outside Bogotá, in a boutique hotel, with a Young Chef finalist in the kitchen and fish that never sees a freezer.

Avani Singapore Hotel names Judd Rabbidge as GM
Minor Hotels names Judd Rabbidge general manager of Avani Singapore Hotel, its first Singapore property, ahead of a 2027 opening in Tanjong Pagar.

Hongson Rin opens Ansolence in Tokyo's Meguro
The chef opens his first restaurant under his own name five months after earning a Michelin star, betting on fermentation-driven French cooking in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood.

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.

Osoba Ni-Hachi: Shoushin's Jackie Lin bets on soba in Toronto
The chef behind Michelin-starred Shoushin turns to buckwheat: noodles made in Yamagata and shipped frozen, soba sets at lunch and an izakaya with omakase at night.

Gabriel Waterhouse opens Waterhouse off Columbia Road
The successor to The Water House Project seats 24 in a Victorian workshop off Columbia Road, with an 11-course Northumbrian menu at £125 and a new wine bar.

Élan Amsterdam: the Roux team takes over the old Maris Piper
Roos Bierhoff, Allon Niesen and chef Sebastiano Guglielmucci open a 120-seat à la carte restaurant on the Frans Halsstraat in early November, with mains at €25 to €30.

Chi Spacca Singapore takes Osteria Mozza's old room
Nancy Silverton's Los Angeles grill house opens at the end of October in the Hilton Singapore Orchard dining room Osteria Mozza vacated, on a residency that ends after twelve months.

Caja de Huevos Madrid opens with six broken-egg plates
Enrique Valentí follows the waiting lists of Caja de Cerillas with a bar at Pelayo 35 in Chueca built around six dishes of eggs and potatoes.

Côte Basque revives a 70-year Melbourne dining room
Andrew McConnell's Basque-inspired grill has opened inside the former Becco, keeping the terrazzo floor of a Crossley Street address that has held three restaurants since 1954.
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