The Belgian city of Bruges will host the 2019 congress of the Jeunes Restaurateurs Europe (JRE), the new president of the Belgian association Olivier Massart announced. This is the second time that the event is being organised in Belgium, the first congress was held in Brussels in 2005. Massart, the chef of O de Vie in Juprelle said the congress will focus on the theme the Gift of Good Food - never ending passion and is expected to attract over 300 chefs together with their partners from all over Europe. The association JRE groups chefs between the age of 23 and 49 and has around 30 members in Belgium. The new president said that he will be following in the footsteps of his predecessor Steven Dehaeze who carried out sterling work over the past years while introducing new activities and introducing new members to the association. “I would like to thank him for his work,” he said at a press conference organised at Le Coriandre, a Brussels restaurant that forms part of the … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2018
Two of the World’s best female chefs to cook in Berlin for first NEU dinner series
The brand new NEU dinner series will kick off on Tuesday February 27 bringing Ana Roš, the World's Best Female chef 2017 and Roman star-chef Cristina Bowerman to the German capital to cook a unique and collaborative multi-course dinner alongside Sebastian Frank, Berliner Meisterkoch 2017 and best European chef of the year 2018 as well as young chef-prodigy Lukas Mraz who featured in GELINAZ! last year. 60 diners will experience the collaborative work of these four chefs at the dinner hosted at legendary Anomalie Art Club in the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg. The first edition hinges around the the culinary cornerstones of the Amber Road - a historical trade route that started at the Baltic Sea and extended throughout Western Europe, tying all the common areas of the participating chefs’ kitchens together. Wines for the evening will be provided by partner Viniculture. By uniting cultures that for many centuries have been natural, geographical collaborators … [Read more...]
Nine top chefs to cook at Sven Elverfeld’s Aqua in Wolfsburg
Nine chefs of three Michelin star restaurants will be cooking in separate events at the restaurant of Sven Elverfeld, Aqua in Wolfsburg, Germany. The German chef of the the three Michelin star restaurant announced the events to celebrate 10 years of 3 Michelin stars on his Instagram page. The chefs are Jan Hartwig of Restaurant Atelier in Germany, Niko Romito of Reale in Italy, Andreas Caminada of Schauenstein in Furstenau, Switzerland, Rasmus Kofoed of Geranium in Denmark, Jonnie Boer of De Librije in the Netherlands, Norbert Niederkofler of Restaurant St Hubertus in Italy, Gert De Mangeleer of Hertog Jan in Belgoium, Paolo Casagrande of Restaurant Lasarte in Barcelona and Corey Lee of Restaurant Benu in the United States. "Unfortunately, we tried to get women from three Michelin star restaurants but we did not manage," he said with Maria Canabal, of Parabere Forum saying that unfortunately there are too few women at the helm of 3 Michelin star restaurants. "I hope there will … [Read more...]