 .jpg) Bubbledogs' Kitchen Table in Fitzrovia, LondonRating: 92. Last summer James Knappett (head chef) and Sandia Chang (restaurant manager/sommelier) opened their restaurant Bubbledogs on Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London. Bubbledogs has a concept that is unique in London: gourmet hotdogs served with grower champagnes. The dogs and champagne combo was an instant hit and long queues can be seen outside the restaurant on many nights. At the back of Bubbledogs... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 17-05-2013READ MORE  Kaspar's Seafood Bar and Grill at The Savoy Hotel in LondonRating: 85. The Savoy. Let me start by saying that I love everything Savoy. The grand entrance with head doorman Tony Cortegaca, the lavishly decorated Thames foyer, the iconic American bar, the glamorous and extravagant Beaufort bar, the tea, the chocolates, the blue lift, the red lift, the hotel's illustrious history. No, there is nothing I dislike about the Savoy. Well, there was one thing ac... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 15-05-2013READ MORE  Hibiscus (Claude Bosi) in Mayfair, London - 2 Michelin starsRating: 95. Since October 2007, Hibiscus in Maddox Street in Mayfair has been the London restaurant of the Lyon-born, Michelin-starred chef Claude (b. 1972) and Claire Bosi. Claude Bosi started his training at the famous brasserie Léon de Lyon and then went on to work for a number of famous French chefs, among whom Michel Rostang, Alain Passard and Alain Ducasse. In 1997 he mov... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 13-05-2013READ MORE  Follow that chef! - a list of all British and Irish Michelin starred chefs and restaurants on Twitter
This is a list (4th edition) of all British and Irish Michelin starred chefs/restaurants currently on Twitter, based on the 2013 Michelin guide for Great Britain and Ireland, which features 162 Michelin starred restaurants. In no other country chefs have embraced Twitter as much as in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first edition of this list was published in November 2011 at a time when ... Category: Michelin, - 16 comments - 07-05-2013READ MORE  Vendôme (Joachim Wissler) - 3 Michelin starsRating: 93. When you look at German two and three-star restaurants, it's safe to say that the majority of them are housed in hotels. Vendôme restaurant is located in the very grand and stately Schloss Bensberg in Bergisch-Gladbach. The Schloss was originally built as a 'Rhenish Versailles' for Elector Palatine Johann Wihelm II's second wife, Anna Maria Luisa de'Medici. Unfortuna... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: Germany, 3 stars - 25-04-2013READ MORE  Ron Gastrobar in AmsterdamRating: 89. At the end of March 2013, two-star chef Ron Blaauw took the Dutch culinary world by surprise, when he announced he would be closing his two-star restaurant in the Dutch capital for a small refurbishment and relaunch it as Ron Gastrobar. The aim is to give diners a more relaxed, informal and affordable dining experience. Within a couple of days the restaurant was transformed and on Thursday 4 ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 23-04-2013READ MORE  Amarone in Rotterdam - 1 Michelin starRating: 85. Amarone restaurant is located in a bustling Rotterdam high street called De Meent. Head chef and owner of the restaurant is Gert Blom. Before opening his restaurant in 2006, Gert Blom trained in the kitchens of well-known Dutch (Michelin starred) restaurants, such as La Rive at the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam (during the two-star reign of chef Robert Kranenborg), Huis ter Duin in Noordwijk, De Zweth... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 22-04-2013READ MORE  Gourmet restaurant Lerbach (Nils Henkel) - 2 Michelin starsRating: 97. The history of the gourmet restaurant at Schlosshotel Lerbach in Bergisch-Gladbach is closely linked to the history of the hotel itself. There has been a country house at this location since the middle ages, that has served as a residence for many wealthy German families among which the legendary Siemens family. In 1992 the country house was converted into a luxury hotel that is now being run by t... Category: Restaurants, - Subcategory Germany - 20-04-2013READ MORE  De Treeswijkhoeve - 2 Michelin stars near EindhovenRating: 92. In spite of the economic difficulties the country (and all of Europe) is experiencing, the Netherlands continue to do well with Michelin. The two three-star restaurants (De Librije and Oud Sluis) are well worthy of their accolade and the number of two-starred restaurants (18) is impressive, when you consider that Belgium (where, unlike in the Netherlands, fine dining is an essential part... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 3 comments - 14-04-2013READ MORE  Victor's Gourmet-Restaurant Schloss Berg - 3 Michelin starsRating: 99.
Perl-Nennig is not close to anywhere. Some might say it is close to Trier, Luxembourg or even Strasbourg but in reality it is not. The village of Perl is located on the German bank of the Luxembourg Moselle and it has very little to say for itself. Perl-Nennig boasts the customary remains of a Roman villa with floor mosaics and the ruins of some or other Schloss (strictly for rubble-lovers... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, Germany - 1 comment - 27-03-2013READ MORE  Trishna in Marylebone - one Michelin starRating: 88. In October 2012 Trishna in Marylebone, London was awarded a Michelin star. The restaurant, opened in 2008, is the sister restaurant of the world-renowned Trishna in Mumbai. Trishna is run by brother and sister team Karam (head chef) and Sunaina (front of house/sommelier) Sethi. Karam Sethi started his career at the Maurya Sheraton School of Hotel Management in New Delhi and has sinc... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 26-03-2013READ MORE  Waldhotel Sonnora in Wittlich - 3 Michelin starsRating: 95. Germany currently has no fewer than 10 restaurants with three Michelin stars. Recently there's been much talk about "the rise of German cuisine" but those who are in this conversation seem to forget that German gastronomy has been world-class for decades and that Germany is a foodie destination that has been overlooked for many years. With 27 three-star restaurants, France is cl... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: Germany, 3 stars - 22-03-2013READ MORE .jpg) Michelin guide Main Cities of Europe 2013
This week Michelin released the 32nd edition of their Main Cities of Europe guide. This guide is highly anticipated in those European countries that don't have a Michelin guide of their own. With the rise of New Nordic Cuisine, it seems to attract particular interest in Scandinavia.
Geranium in Copenhagen has gained a second Michelin star. Chef and co-owner of Geranium is Rasmus Kofoed... Category: Michelin - 16-03-2013READ MORE  SushiSamba at the Heron Tower in LondonRating: 89. SushiSamba is the brainchild of Shimon Bokovza, Danielle Billera and Matthew Johnson, founders of Samba Brands Management (SBM). In 1999 they introduced the SushiSamba concept in New York City and since then they have openened SushiSamba restaurants in Miami, Chicago, Las Vegas and a second restaurant in New York City. The latter became world-famous when it featured in a Sex and City episode. Reme... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 09-03-2013READ MORE  De Librije - 3 Michelin stars (2013 review)Rating: 100. In 2013 husband and wife team Jonnie and Thérèse Boer celebrate their 20 years at De Librije restaurant in Zwolle. These 20 years have been quite a journey, a journey that has taken them to the very pinnacle of haute cuisine in the Netherlands and arguably in Europe. The year after Jonnie and Thérèse Boer had taken over De Librije, the restaurant was... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, The Netherlands - 3 comments - 04-03-2013READ MORE  The Ledbury - 2 Michelin stars (2013 review)Rating: 94. Even though he keeps a low profile, Brett Graham has become one of London's most celebrated chefs and The Ledbury keeps making waves in the international dining scene. The Michelin guide, often criticised for being 'dated' or 'out of touch' was among the first to recognise Brett Graham's talent and awarded him a Michelin star within a year afte... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 22-02-2013READ MORE  Michelin guide France 2013Last week Le Point reported that France has a new three-star restaurant in their exclusive about the France 2013 Michelin guide. More results of the French guide were made public in other French media during last week, well before the scheduled release of the guide today. At 11am this morning, Michelin officially announced the results of the 2013 guide. The Michelin France guid... Category: Michelin - 18-02-2013READ MORE  Bo London - better the devil you know?Rating: 86. It needs no saying that European culture and in particular the luxury goods that Europe produces, hold significant interest for many people from the Orient. Even a fleeting visit to one of Chanel's stores in London will prove this point conclusively. The Japanese and (in particular) Chinese interest in the finest wines of Bordeaux has proved almost insatiable in recent years, driving... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 6 comments - 14-02-2013READ MORE  Dabbous in London - 1 Michelin starRating: 91. "London's hottest ticket" (Guardian), "One of the hardest reservations to land in the city" (New York Times), "London's hottest spot" (Wall Street Journal) and to top it off a Michelin star in October 2012, only months after the the January 2012 opening. Yes, Dabbous started off to much critical acclaim, in fact it was the most talked about restauran... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 2 comments - 08-02-2013READ MORE  The Hinds Head in BrayRating: 89. In October 2012 Heston Blumenthal's pub The Hinds Head was awarded a Michelin star in the 2013 Great Britain & Ireland guide, taking the number of Michelin stars in the village of Bray to 7 (The Fat Duck and Michel Roux's The Waterside inn each have 3 Michelin stars). The village of Bray has around 4,600 inhabitants and with its 7 Michelin stars Bray has confirmed i... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 29-01-2013READ MORE  Matsalen by Mathias Dahlgren in Stockholm - 2 Michelin starsRating: 93. In 1997 Mathias Dahlgren won the gold medal in the Bocuse d'Or championship, making him the first Swedish chef to win this competition and the second Scandinavian chef to do so. At the time Mathias Dahlgren was head-chef and owner of the one-star Bon Lloc restaurant in Stockholm. In 2007, two years after he had closed Bon Lloc, Dahlgren opened two new restaurants in one of Stockholm's... Category: Restaurants, - Subcategory Other - 25-01-2013READ MORE  What's cooking in 2013 - a preview of 2013 book releasesThis time of year usually sees many "Best of" and "Worst of" lists. I'm not really a "Best Of" kind of person, but by by George has 2012 produced some amazing cookbooks! So much so, that I can't help mentioning some of my favourites. There were four books that really stood out for me this year and I would like to start with "Nathan Out... Category: Books - Subcategory Reviews - 27-12-2012READ MORE  The Fat Duck Christmas Lunch 2012
From the Fat Duck Christmas menu: The chefs prepared for me ..... 12 children chewing, 11 candles glowing, 10 eggs-a-scrambling, 9 grapes-a-baubling, 8 apples pressing, 7 partridges pearing, 6 turbot tanning, 5 gold, frankincense and myrrh, 4 snails porridging, 3 lollies licking, 2 pine cones poached ..... and a Heston on a Christmas tree.
Last month, The Fat Duck in Bray announed that for th... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: UK, 3 stars - 8 comments - 19-12-2012READ MORE  Chrysan in LondonRating: 89. In 2012, the Hakkasan Group expanded their empire with new restaurant openings in Europe, the US and the Middle East. The group opened three new Hakkasan restaurants in Qatar, San Francisco and New York, the latter already being awarded a Michelin star in the 2013 Michelin New York City guide. This autumn, London saw the opening of two new restaurants in London City, HKK (Cantonese cuisine) and Ch... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 13-12-2012READ MORE  La Réunion des ChefsIn November 2012 Pierre Koffmann celebrated the 35th anniversary of the opening of his legendary three-star restaurant La Tante Claire in London. Pierre Koffmann was the third chef in the UK to be awarded three Michelin stars. To celebrate this and three and half decades of culinary legacy, Pierre Koffmann had organised two special 'Le Réunion des Chefs' dinners at his cur... Category: Food, - Subcategory General - 10-12-2012READ MORE  Moments at the Mandarin Oriental in Barcelona (2 Michelin stars)Rating: 88. In the past decade, the Mandarin Oriental hotel group has become well-known for building alliances with a number of great chefs around the globe, such as Heston Blumenthal (Dinner in London), Thierry Marx (Sur Mesure in Paris), Richard Ekkebus (Amber in Hong Kong) and Daniel Boulud (Bar Boulud in London). In 2009 the Mandarin Oriental group opened restaurant Moments in their hotel in Bar... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory Other - 08-12-2012READ MORE  Medlar in Chelsea, London (one Michelin star)Rating: 90. In October 2012, Michelin awarded 8 London restaurants the coveted Michelin star in their 2013 Great Britain & Ireland guide. The winners were Dabbous, Hedone, Tom Aikens, Launceston Place, Alyn Williams, Trishna, St John and Medlar. Medlar is the brainchild of head chef Joe Mercer Nairne and his business partner and restaurant manager David O'Connor. Before opening their Chelsea rest... Category: Restaurants, - Subcategory London - 08-12-2012READ MORE  Restaurant Frantzén - two Michelin stars in StockholmRating: 97. Note: In May 2013 restaurant Frantzén/Lindeberg was renamed to Restaurant Frantzén
One of the most popular videos on my website is the 'Three Dishes' video about three new Frantzén/Lindeberg dishes, created after the refurbishment of the restaurant in the summer of 2012. Scandinavian food is hot and restaurant Frantzén/Lindeberg in Stockholm is even... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory Other - 05-12-2012READ MORE  Lasarte, two Michelin stars in BarcelonaRating: 90.
Lasarte is the two-star Catalunya outpost of the renowned Basque chef Martin Berasategui at the Condes Hotel in Barcelona. The restaurant is named after the Basque town near San Sebastian where Berasategui's three-star restaurant is located. Lasarte opened its doors in January 2006 and that same year the restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star. A second star followed in 2009. Head ch... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory Other - 29-11-2012READ MORE  Ivy (*) in Rotterdam - revisitedRating: 93.
In February 2009, former sous-chef of The Fat Duck François Geurds opened his own restaurant in Rotterdam. He called it Ivy. Nine months later a Michelin star was born. François Geurds has trained in some of the top Michelin starred kitchens in Netherlands and before his sojourn at the Fat Duck, François also did a brief stint at Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road. Ivy has a... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 27-11-2012READ MORE  Massana (*) in Girona, CatalunyaRating: 92. It's a holiday. It's the Costa Brava. Lloret de Mar, Blanes, L'Estartit. The annual anaesthesia of twelve days of clubbing, drinking, sunshine and other pleasures which I will not deal with in detail. Girona Costa Brava Airport is where you land before you are whisked off by bus to the beaches and the dreary tower flats that double as hotels. A certain carrier seemingly charges little bu... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory Other - 3 comments - 20-11-2012READ MORE  El Celler de Can Roca - 3 Michelin starsRating: 98. Is there life without a water bath? For most modern top chefs, the answer would probably be a resounding "No". Sous vide cooking has become totally "de rigueur" in the last decade and in the hands of a competent chef the results of cooking food in the Roner (the state-of-the-art water bath with moving water and exact temperature control) are usually quite wonderful. The Ro... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, Other - 3 comments - 08-11-2012READ MORE  "Too Many Chiefs Only One Indian" by Sat Bains"Too many chiefs, only one Indian" is Sat Bains' first cookbook. Sat Bains is the chef-patron of Restaurant Sat Bains, a two Michelin-starred restaurant in Nottingham. "Too many chiefs" is a beautifully presented, linen-covered book that comes in a protective slipcase. The stunning design and its (almost) folio size might almost make you think that it is a coffee-tabl... Category: Books, - Subcategory Reviews - 1 comment - 22-10-2012READ MORE  Bord'eau restaurant at Hotel de l'Europe in AmsterdamRating: 91. As we all know, Alfred Hitchcock was renowned for his cameo appearances in the films he directed. In his 1940 film "Foreign Correspondent", the Hotel de l'Europe in Amsterdam was used as a location and early on in the movie Hitchcock can be seen walking past the hotel, reading a newspaper. In a(nother) famous scene in the film, the (partially defective) lights on ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 20-10-2012READ MORE  Bolenius in Amsterdam - a culinary roller coasterRating: 86. In 2010 Luc Kusters (head chef) and Xavier Giessen (maitre d'hotel and sommelier) opened Bolenius restaurant in Amsterdam. The restaurant is located in the business district called "Zuidas". They have their own vegetable garden which is literally situated among the office buildings. These days it's certainly not uncommon for a restaurant to be located in a business di... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 14-10-2012READ MORE  Inter Scaldes, a Manoir with two Michelin stars in Zeeland, the NetherlandsRating: 94.
Inter Scaldes in Kruiningen is one of the grandest and most renowned Michelin-starred restaurants in the Netherlands. The restaurant is housed in a stunning thatched country house, set in beautiful grounds. Also on the grounds is the 'Manoir', with its 12 elegant bedrooms and suites. The village of Kruiningen is situated on the Zuid-Beveland peninsula in the low-lying province of Z... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 13-10-2012READ MORE  Auberge de l'Ill, three Michelin stars in IllhaeusernRating: 96. Some Michelin-starred restaurants in France are true family businesses. Auberge de l'Il in the charming village of Illhaeusern is one of them. It is a 4th generation restaurant that has been run by the Haeberlin family for 130 years. The restaurant was established as a country inn called l'Arbre Vert in 1882 by the current patron Marc Haeberlin's great-grandparents. The original i... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, France - 3 comments - 08-10-2012READ MORE  What's eating A.A. Gill?Every year after the release of the first Michelin guide of the season, the same inevitable discussion starts. Is it Francophile? Is it just about butter and cream? Is it any good at all? Is it old-hat? Yesterday good old A.A. Gill answered some of these questions in the November 2012 issue of Vanity Fair. This is the letter I chose not to send to Mr Gill in reply.
"Dear Mr Gill
I have ... Category: Michelin - 11 comments - 04-10-2012READ MORE  Duck & Waffle; Fortieth Floor FabulousityRating: 87. When it comes to restaurant openings, London is a tough place to keep up with. Just like every year dozens of new restaurants have opened or will open their doors in London this year, making the London dining scene probably the most dynamic in the world. Two restaurant openings that caught my eye in August were SushiSamba and Duck & Waffle, located at both the top floors of... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 19-09-2012READ MORE  &samhoud places in AmsterdamRating: 94.
In January 2012 (Israel born) Dutch two-star chef Moshik Roth and entrepreneur Salem Samhoud announced that they would be opening a new restaurant with an up-scale dining concept called '&samhoud places' in the newly developed 'Oosterdokseiland' in Amsterdam later this year. After seven months and a € 700,000 investment &samhoud places has recently opened its doors.... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 18-09-2012READ MORE  Hedone in Chiswick, London - Hautes IngredientsRating: 92. In many ways, Swedish-born Mikael Jonsson (45 years old) is not your average chef and Hedone in Chiswick, London, is not your average restaurant. Jonsson had been obsessed with food and ingredients since his youth and did some basic training as a chef before food allergies caused him to change careers and become a lawyer. His passion (he calls it an obsession) for produce and p... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 12-09-2012READ MORE  Memories of Gascony by Pierre KoffmannFor me September always signifies the start of what I call "The Cookbook Season". In 2012 lots of great new titles have already been released but somehow it seems that the best ones are saved for autumn. Pierre Koffmann's 'Memories of Gascony' isn't exactly a new book however. Memories of Gascony was first published in 1990 and a first edition of this classic is a prized possession of ma... Category: Books - Subcategory Reviews - 1 comment - 10-09-2012READ MORE  Jason Atherton's Pollen Street Social - 1 Michelin starRating: 91.
Later this month Jason Atherton will open a new venture in Singapore called Snaxs, a restaurant/snack bar serving gourmet junk (sic) food. This is already his third business in Singapore, the other two being a tapas bar called Esquina and Pollen, a restaurant serving Mediterranean cuisine. Jason Atherton also has a restaurant in Shanghai called Table No 1. Fortunately his fi... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 1 comment - 04-09-2012READ MORE  Michel Roux jr's Le Gavroche - two Michelin starsRating: 92.
In the British fine-dining scene restaurant Le Gavroche is not just any other Michelin-starred restaurant. Albert and Michel Roux sr. opened Le Gavroche in Lower Sloane Street in Chelsea in 1967. They were not the first Frenchmen to run a restaurant in London of course. Auguste Escoffier for example presided over the kitchens at the Savoy from 1890 until 1898 and from 1932 until 1976 ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 4 comments - 03-09-2012READ MORE  Scott's of Mayfair - 20 Mount Street W1K 2HERating: 88. The first time I read about Scott's of Mayfair was in 2007 in Olive Magazine. The restaurant had just re-opened after an extensive refurbishment. In the 'What the Critics said' item in the March 2007 issue, Fay Maschler (Evening Standard), Marina O'Loughlin (Metro) and Terry Durack (The Independent) were all raving about the place. Later that month I had lunch at Scot... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 1 comment - 30-08-2012READ MORE  Maison Pic, three Michelin stars in ValenceRating: 96. Just like the iconic three-star restaurants Georges Blanc, Maison Troisgros and Paul Bocuse do in their respective communes, Maison Pic prominently takes its time-honoured place in the town of Valence. Maison Pic is a family run hotel and restaurant and Anne-Sophie Pic is already the fourth generation of this family to be the executive chef at the restaurant. Anne-Sophie's great-gran... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, France - 29-08-2012READ MORE  Ron Blaauw in Amsterdam: relocated and revisitedRating: 94.
My last visit to Ron Blaauw restaurant had been on 21 February 2011. The lunch I had there was the last service at the old venue in Ouderkerk a/d Amstel (a delightful little village just a stone's throw from Amsterdam) before the restaurant moved to Amsterdam proper. It was in Ouderkerk a/d Amstel that Ron Blaauw was awarded its first Michelin star in 2003 (2004 guide) and a secon... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 22-08-2012READ MORE  Alimentum in CambridgeRating: 88. Until January of this year, London used to have this wonderful place where young and talented chefs could present themselves to the discerning palates of the capital: Nuno Mendes' The Loft Project. If I understand correctly however, The Loft Project is only temporarily out of business. The venue (the loft) has been sold and the people behind the The Loft Project are in negotiations for a new v... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 16-08-2012READ MORE  Tuddenham Mill in SuffolkRating: 90. After extensive restoration and refurbishment, Tuddenham Mill in Tuddenham re-opened in 2007 and was immediately picked-up by travel magazines and guides and rightfully so; Suffolk was in desperate need of a rural retreat. Tuddenham Mill is a converted water mill that dates back to the 12th century, located between the market towns of Newmarket and Bury-St Edmunds. The boutique hotel has fifteen l... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 1 comment - 15-08-2012READ MORE  Midsummer House in Cambridge - two Michelin starsRating: 93. For most of us, 2012 is perhaps above all the year of the London Olympics which were such a great success for team GB. And then there are Epke Zonderland, Ranomi Kromowidjojo and the Dutch women's hockey team! But 2012 is turning into quite a successful year for Daniel Clifford too, the chef/patron of Midsummer House in Cambridge. Earlier this year Daniel competed on Great British Me... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 1 comment - 13-08-2012READ MORE  The Sportsman in SeasalterRating: 90. What a wonderful idea, a pub where you can have really good food. How nice to have a place where you can have a fine meal without having to dress-up like a million dollar trooper (super duper). You just walk up to the bar, order your food and drink and repair to your table for a wonderful relaxed lunch or dinner. In the early nineties they invented a name for such a place - the Gastropub - and the... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 09-08-2012READ MORE  Maison Troisgros in Roanne, 3 Michelin starsRating: 99. A few days before my visit to Maison Troisgros I read an interview with Giles Coren (the London Times' food critic) in the UK newspaper Metro. Coren was interviewed about his new book "How to Eat Out". One of the questions of the interviewer was: "What are three great myths about eating out?" Giles Coren answered as follows: "1. That the waiters spit in ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, France - 2 comments - 24-07-2012READ MORE  Georges Blanc in Vonnas - 3 Michelin starsRating: 95. Georges Blanc is a family restaurant in the pretty village of Vonnas, that has held three Michelin stars since 1981. The restaurant started out as an inn in 1872 and after three generations of female chefs, Georges Blanc is the first male chef to be at the helm of the Blancs' kitchens. Georges Blanc took over from his mother Paulette in 1968. Under the reign of Georges Blanc's legendary grandmothe... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, France - 1 comment - 22-07-2012READ MORE  Flocons de Sel - France's new three-star restaurantRating: 98. France currently has 26 three-star restaurants. The latest addition to the list (in the 2012 guide) was Emmanuel Renaut's Flocons de Sel in Mégève in the French Alps. Emmanuel Renaut has trained in some of the best kitchens in Europe. After some time at Le Crillon in Paris he started working for the world-famous three-star chef Marc Veyrat at his restaurant Auberge de l'Erida... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, France - 1 comment - 16-07-2012READ MORE  Pierre Gagnaire in Paris - 3 Michelin starsRating: 100. With restaurants in Paris, London, Dubai, Las Vegas, Tokyo, Moscow, Hong Kong and Seoel, Pierre Gagnaire's cuisine is present all around the world but obviously he's still most famous for his eponymous restaurant in Paris. His success story didn't start in Paris however. It was in Saint-Étienne that Pierre Gagnaire was awarded three Michelin stars in 1993. A few years ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, France - 3 comments - 14-07-2012READ MORE  La Tour d'Argent - 15 quai de la Tournelle, ParisRating: 90.
La Tour d'Argent is obviously most famous for its 'Caneton Tour d'Argent' or Pressed Duck. I don't know if it's on the '101 foods to try before you die' list but if it's not, it definitely should be. After the duck is roasted, the breasts and legs are removed and then the carcass is placed in a duck press to extract the juices and blood, which are then u... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory France - 05-07-2012READ MORE  Alain Ducasse at The Plaza Athenée - the Midas touchRating: 89. Alain Ducasse is a living legend. He is the only chef ever to have had three Michelin stars at three different restaurants in three different cities - at the same time. He achieved this unique accolade for the first time in 2005 when the then Alain Ducasse at the (Jumeirah) Essex House in New York was awarded three stars in the first Michelin guide for New York. After this restaurant had... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: France, 3 stars - 4 comments - 01-07-2012READ MORE  Epicure by Eric Frechon at Le Bristol - 3 Michelin starsRating: 98.
During his presidency, Nicolas Sarkozy counted Epicure restaurant (Epicure) at Hotel Le Bristol in Paris among his favourite haunts. Conveniently, the hotel is just a stone's throw away from the Elysee palace in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore in the 8th arrondisement. Le Bristol is part of the Oetker hotel collection and the hotel and restaurant have re-emerged not long ago after an ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: France, 3 stars - 1 comment - 28-06-2012READ MORE  Paul Bocuse - La Grande CuisineRating: 96. The Bocuses had been chefs in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or since 1765 when Georges Bocuse sent his son Paul to be apprenticed at Claude Maret's Restaurant de la Soierie in Lyon in 1942. After the war, Paul continued his training at La Mère Brazier (*** at the time since 1933), La Pyramide and Lucas Carton. In 1959 he took the reigns at the family's restaurant, then named l'Auberge du Pont de Collonge, a... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, France - 4 comments - 17-06-2012READ MORE  Tunes restaurant at the Conservatorium Hotel in AmsterdamRating: 88. In December 2011 a new luxury and trendy hotel opened its doors in Amsterdam: the Conservatorium Hotel. The hotel is located bang in the middle of Amsterdam's Museumplein and the stunning 19th century building that houses the hotel, designed by the Dutch architect Daniel Knuttel, originally served as a bank. In more recent years the building housed the Sweelinck music conservatory. After an extens... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 25-05-2012READ MORE  De Leest restaurant in Vaassen - 2 Michelin starsRating: 93. "De Leest" in Vaassen is a restaurant run by husband and wife team Jacob Jan Boerma and Kim Veldman. After having trained at several Dutch Michelin starred restaurants, the couple opened De Leest in 2002 and in that same year the restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star (2003 guide). A second star followed in 2006 (2007 guide). De Leest is located in Vaassen, a town on the fringes ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 24-05-2012READ MORE  One the menu by James Mackenzie
On the Menu by James Mackenzie is not just a cookbook; this is a book about the food, the pub, the people, seasonality and local produce.The book tells the story of James and Kate Mackenzie's East Yorkshire pub The Pipe and Glass Inn, a pub that was awarded a Michelin star in 2010. You get to know James and Kate, their suppliers, a thing or two about seasonality and obviously the food, all captu... Category: Books - Subcategory Reviews - 16-05-2012READ MORE .jpg) Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road - 3 Michelin starsRating: 96. Gordon Ramsay owns restaurants in the UK, Ireland, USA, Japan, France and Italy. Just this week the latest addition to his restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Steak, opened in Las Vegas and two new restaurants in Qatar are scheduled to open later this month. A new Los Angeles restaurant called The Fat Cow is set to open this summer.
In 2007 and 2009 Gordon Ramsay was awarded no less than 12 Micheli... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: London, 3 stars - 14-05-2012READ MORE  Galvin La Chapelle - a French restaurant in the City of LondonRating: 92. What's a chefs' chef? It is someone whose food other chefs really like to eat and this year's AA Chefs' Chef of the Year (2011-2012) award went to Chris and Jeff Galvin. Over the past couple of years the Galvin brothers have built something of culinary empire in London. Both Chris and Jeff trained with some of the biggest names in the industry both in Britain and France. They ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 1 comment - 09-05-2012READ MORE  Perceel restaurant - 1 Michelin star in RotterdamRating: 91. Don't get me wrong: I love great restaurants and I love great chefs and I often find myself in awe at the history of long-established restaurants and the reputation and skill of legendary chefs. In fact I'm going on a culinary pilgrimage later this month to the likes of Ducasse, Gagnaire, Blanc, Troisgros, Bocuse and Haeberlin. However, nothing beats the excitement of going to new restaura... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 06-05-2012READ MORE  l'Arnsbourg, 3 Michelin starsRating: 96. Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey, that is Michelin's description of a three-star restaurant. Where some three-star restaurants are bang in the middle of a city, a lot of them aren't. In some cases a special journey is indeed required to take you to a location where you would never expect a such an establishment. Sometimes you even get to the point durin... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: France, 3 stars - 2 comments - 06-05-2012READ MORE  Hakkasan MayfairRating: 90. After opening their first restaurant (Hakkasan Hanway Place) in London in 2001, the Hakkasan restaurant group has opened restaurants all over the world: Miami, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Mumbai and the latest addition to their collection was a New York City restaurant earlier this month. Hakkasan's second restaurant in London, Hakkasan Mayfair opened its doors in November 2010.... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 24-04-2012READ MORE  Hawksmoor - Veni Vidi ViciRating: 89. "It was an inauspicious start. A few days after signing a twenty-year lease on a failing Turkish restaurant at the wrong end of a traffic-clogged street in East London, a bank loan we desperately needed fell through. On the same day we discovered that the site didn't actually have planning permission to be a restaurant". This is a quote from the cookbook Hawksmoor at Home, but there... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 1 comment - 24-04-2012READ MORE  Beluga restaurant (**) in Maastricht - a singular experience?Rating: 87.
Beluga in Maastricht is one of the Netherlands' 16 two-star restaurants. Patron-cuisinier of Beluga is Hans van Wolde. Hans van Wolde trained in a number of Dutch restaurants before opening Beluga in 1997. The restaurant was awarded its first star in 1998 and a second star followed in 2005. Beluga also has an outstanding 19.5 rating (equal to three-star De Librije and second only ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 18-04-2012READ MORE  Alyn Williams at the WestburyRating: 90. No other city has more new restaurant openings than London, but the one that recently caught my eye was Alyn Williams' at the Westbury. Alyn Williams is a chef with an excellent pedigree. Before opening his own restaurant in November 2011, Alyn Williams was the head chef at Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley and before that at Petrus (both two Michelin stars). Prior to his stin... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 16-04-2012READ MORE  Corrigan's MayfairRating: 89. The first time I heard of Richard Corrigan was during the first season of Great British Menu in 2006. Richard Corrigan was one of the Irish contestants and he was very successful: His smoked salmon with Irish soda bread starter was served at the Queen's 80th Birthday banquet. I wanted to find out about his food for myself and that same year I had dinner at Corrigan's Michelin starred ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 15-04-2012READ MORE  Tom Aikens in Chelsea - your guess is as good as mineRating: 85. I first visited Tom Aikens eponymous Chelsea restaurant in 2009. At the time Tom Aikens had been mentioned in the Michelin guide as a 'rising star' for two stars for two successive years. The restaurant had opened in 2003 and was awarded its first Michelin star in 2004. Before opening his own restaurant Tom Aikens had worked in many famous Michelin starred kitchens, suc... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 11-04-2012READ MORE  Oud Sluis - High Art in Zeeland FlandersRating: 100. Oud Sluis is a third generation restaurant in the market town of Sluis in Zeeland Flanders, which is located in the Netherlands very close to the border with Belgium. Sergio Herman took over the restaurant from his father Ronnie in 1991. Sergio Herman obviously trained in his father's kitchen but he also spent some time at the legendary Dutch restaurant De Swaen in Oisterwijk. E... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, The Netherlands - 2 comments - 18-03-2012READ MORE  Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem - three Michelin stars in BelgiumRating: 96. Peter Goossens, the patron-cuisinier at Hof van Cleve in Kruishoutem, is often referred to as one of the godfathers of modern Belgian cuisine and he is one of Belgium's most respected chefs. After his education at a Belgian catering college Peter Goossens spent several years in France were he trained in e.g. the Paris kitchens of Le Pré Catalan and Robuchon. When he ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, Other - 3 comments - 07-03-2012READ MORE  Nuance restaurant in Duffel (near Antwerp)Rating: 95. Flemish chef Thierry Theys has been taking Belgium by storm. After having trained at Ducasse in Monaco and at Hans van Wolde's two-star Beluga restaurant in Maastricht, Thierry and his partner Sofie Willemarck opened Nuance restaurant in Duffel (some 20 minutes from Antwerp) in 2008. The next year the restaurant was already awarded its first Michelin star and the second star fol... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory Other - 03-03-2012READ MORE  Restaurant De Zwethheul (**) in Schipluiden (near Rotterdam)Rating: 92. In the Netherlands there are three important restaurant guides. Obviously there's the Michelin guide, there's the Gault Millau guide and last but not least there's the 'Lekker' guide ('Lekker' is Dutch for delicious), a guide that I have been buying for over twenty years now (yes, I do buy other guides than Michelin...). The guide is always released in November and... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory The Netherlands - 2 comments - 13-02-2012READ MORE  Rocksalt in FolkestoneRating: 88. When I travel to UK by car I always use the Eurotunnel. It is by far the most efficient and quick way to get to the UK from the continent. Travelling by Eurotunnel also means arrival in and departure from Folkestone. And Folkestone happens to be the town were Mark Sargeant, former right-hand man of Gordon Ramsay, opened his own restaurant called Rocksalt last summer. ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 07-02-2012READ MORE  Restaurant Sat Bains in NottinghamRating: 92. Did you know Nottingham is only a good two hours away from London? Nottingham is also the place where British chef Sat Bains and his lovely wife Amanda run Sat Bains restaurant and rooms, a restaurant that was awarded its second Michelin star in 2011 and that has eight beautifully appointed rooms. After winning the Roux Scholarship in 1999, Sat Bains worked at the then three-starred Le Jardin des ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 2 comments - 28-01-2012READ MORE  Quo Vadis - service not included?Rating: 83. The first time I heard of Jeremy Lee was many years ago when a London friend of mine took me to the Blueprint Café for lunch. I visited that restaurant a number of times afterwards, but not in recent years. Jeremy Lee was the head-chef of the Blueprint Café from 1995 until 2011. The second time I heard of mr. Lee was in the 2007 Great British Menu series. Jeremy Lee represented Scotl... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory London - 4 comments - 24-01-2012READ MORE  The Royal Oak in Paley StreetRating: 90. The Royal Oak is a Michelin starred, 17th century pub in the hamlet of Paley Street in Berkshire, some 30 miles west of London. The name refers to the oak tree in Boscobel wood in which Charles II hid to escape Cromwell's troops after the battle of Worcester in 1651. The pub was opened in 2001 by Sir Michael Parkinson and his son Nick. In January 2007 Dominic Chapman became the head-... Category: Restaurants - Subcategory UK - 2 comments - 15-01-2012READ MORE  The Fat DuckRating: 100. Two people, two phones. Hubby and I were both calling the reservation line of The Fat Duck and that's how I got a reservation for the Fat Duck's last service of 2011 on Sunday December the 18th. Yes, even after all those years people still frantically call the Fat Duck on the day when reservation lines open for bookings two months in advance. I really wanted to book a table ... Category: Restaurants - Subcategories: 3 stars, UK - 10 comments - 13-01-2012READ MORE |
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