Chef of the Week: Jon Howe, Lumière, Gloucestershire
From the beginning, Lumière was built around a very personal idea: to create the kind of restaurant Jon Howe and his wife Helen would genuinely want to visit themselves. Since...
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Chef of the Week: Chef Mikael Svensson, Kontrast, Oslo
From the farmland of Skåne in southern Sweden to the kitchens of Oslo, Mikael Svensson has built a culinary philosophy around seasonality, sustainability, and making the most of every ingredient....
Chef of the Week: Cal Byerley, Pine Restaurant
Chef Cal Byerley has never been interested in chasing trends. At Restaurant Pine, the Michelin-starred and Michelin Green Star-awarded restaurant he co-founded with his wife Sian in the heart of...
Chef of the Week: Bomee Ki, Head Pastry Chef, Sollip, London, UK
Bomee Ki’s path to becoming one of London’s most exciting pastry chefs began almost by accident. What started as a home-baking hobby eventually led her to Le Cordon Bleu London,...
Chef of the Week: Chef Evan LeRoy, LeRoy and Lewis, Austin, TX
Texas barbecue has always been steeped in tradition, but few pitmasters have done more to redefine what it can be than Chef Evan LeRoy. As the chef, pitmaster, and co-founder...
Chef of the Week: Robert Potter, Executive Chef at Bybrook, The Manor House
Robert Potter has quietly established himself as one of Britain’s most accomplished chefs, earning a Michelin Star for Bybrook Restaurant within his first year as Executive Chef at just 33...
Chef of the Week: Chef Ali Clem, la Barbecue, Austin, TX
Austin is home to some of the world’s finest barbecue, and few restaurants have shaped the city’s reputation quite like la Barbecue. Led by James Beard-recognized chef, owner, and pitmaster...
Chef of the Week: Chef Victor Vasconcellos, Berimbau Brazilian Table, NYC
Brazilian cuisine is one of the world’s most diverse yet least understood culinary traditions. Far beyond the churrascarias and all-you-can-eat rodízios familiar to many diners, it is a vibrant tapestry...
Chef of the Week: Chef Andrés Torres, Casa Nova
Chef Andrés Torres has lived a life unlike almost anyone else in the culinary world. Before earning a Michelin Star and Michelin Green Star for his restaurant Casa Nova, he...
Chef of the Week: Executive Pastry Chef Shinas Shahida of Rosewood Munich
From the tropical flavors of Kerala to the refined precision of European fine dining, Executive Pastry Chef Shinas Shahida brings a globally inspired yet deeply personal approach to dessert. Now...
Chef of the Week: Chef Bart Stratfold of Timberyard and Montrose, Edinburgh
Few restaurants have helped define modern Scottish dining quite like Timberyard. Housed in a converted warehouse in Edinburgh’s Old Town, the Michelin-starred restaurant has built its reputation on seasonality, craftsmanship,...
Chef of the Week: Chef Mathew Leong of RE-NAA, Norway
At just 21 years old, Chef Mathew Leong left Singapore for Norway with a simple goal: to learn from some of the world’s best Michelin-starred kitchens. Eleven years later, he...
Restaurateur of the Week: Aji Akokomi of Akoko, London
Few restaurateurs have done more to reshape the global perception of West African cuisine than Aji Akokomi. Through Akoko, the Michelin-starred restaurant he founded in London, Akokomi has helped bring...
Chef of the Week: Chef Ben Wilkinson of The Pass, South Lodge
From the kitchens of London to the Lake District and now the South Downs, Ben Wilkinson has built a reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting modern British chefs....
Chef of the Week: Chef Simon Rogan of L’Enclume, Cumbria
Few chefs have shaped the modern farm-to-table movement as profoundly as Simon Rogan. As the visionary behind L’Enclume, one of the UK’s most celebrated restaurants, awarded three Michelin stars and...
Chef of the Week: Chef Jean-Philippe Blondet of Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
Few chefs embody the elegance and precision of modern French haute cuisine quite like Jean-Philippe Blondet. As Chef Patron of Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, one of London’s most celebrated...
Chef of the Week: Chef Roberta Hall-McCarron Edinburgh, UK
From Michelin-starred kitchens to running a three-restaurant group in Edinburgh, Chef Roberta Hall-McCarron’s career reflects both technical precision and entrepreneurial drive. As the chef-owner behind The Little Chartroom, Eleanore, and...
Chef of the Week: Chef Matthias Brenner of Brasserie Cuvilliés, Rosewood Munich
Recently promoted to Executive Chef at Rosewood Munich, Matthias Brenner is one of the key figures shaping the city’s evolving culinary identity. At the helm of Brasserie Cuvilliés, he brings...
Chef of the Week: Private Chef Montana (Yurii Kliemientiev), Huntsville, Alabama
From long shifts in professional kitchens across Europe to building a private dining business in Alabama from the ground up, Yurii “Chef Montana” Kliemientiev’s journey reflects resilience, discipline, and deep...
Chef of the Week: Chef Aaron Chang of Nōksu, New York
Stepping into the role of Executive Chef at Nōksu, Chef Aaron Chang brings with him the precision and discipline honed at some of New York’s most acclaimed fine dining institutions,...
Chef of the Week: Kostas Papathanasiou of Lita Merylebone, London
With a career shaped in some of the world’s most demanding kitchens, including The Fat Duck and Restaurant Frantzén, Chef Kostas Papathanasiou brings a refined and disciplined approach to modern...
Chef of the Week: Woongchul Park of Sollip, London
Chef Woongchul Park, co-founder of Sollip, is one of the most compelling voices in London’s modern fine dining scene. Together with his wife and pastry chef Bomee Ki, he has...
Chef of the Week: Chef Tyler King of Condita, Edinburgh
At Condita in Edinburgh, Chef Tyler King leads one of the UK’s most quietly ambitious kitchens — a restaurant built on precision, patience, and trust. Known for its surprise tasting...
Chef of the Week: Shin Chang-ho of Joo Ok, New York
Chef Shin Chang-ho built his reputation at the pinnacle of Seoul’s fine-dining scene, earning two Michelin stars for his refined and deeply personal interpretation of Korean cuisine at Joo Ok...