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Sugar as 'Toxin'

... and other 2013 Food Culture Trends

Sugar as 'Toxin'

"Sugar’s vilification as "toxic" is one of the food-culture trends shaping up to have significant implications for food makers/marketers and retailers in 2013, according to a new report from The Hartman Group".

Noma Head Chef Matt Orlando

En Route to Open His Own Restaurant, Amass, in Copenhagen

Noma Head Chef Matt Orlando

After over two years serving as head chef at Noma, Matt Orlando will be leaving Rene Redzepi's restaurant to open Amass, his own venture.

Irish Beef is selected as a key ingredient

2013 Bocuse d'Or International Chef's Competition

Irish Beef is selected as a key ingredient

The event takes place at the upcoming Sirha Food Fair, Lyon, France, 29-30 January, 2013.

The international competition, named after legendary French Chef Paul Bocuse, seeks to identify the world’s top competitive chef using only the world's best food products.

The selection of Irish Beef followed a rigorous and lengthy process by the competition’s International Organisation Committee was based on its grass fed nature meaning the beef is of a high quality in terms of tenderness, taste and texture.

Securing this accolade is a valuable endorsement and recognition for Irish Beef.

5O Best Restaurants 2013

Congratulations to the Roca Brothers

5O Best Restaurants 2013

El Celler De Can Roca in Girona, Spain, has been crowned the World's Best Restaurant at The World's 50 Best Restaurants sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, ceremony for 2013.

The restaurant, which is managed by the three Roca brothers, Joan, Josep and Jordi, was second on the list in 2012. The new announcement sees Rene Redzepi's Noma restaurant fall from the number one spot, a position it had held for the past three years.

El Somni - The Dream of a 'GastrOpera'

A Culinary perspective concieved as an opera by the Roca Brothers

El Somni - The Dream of a 'GastrOpera'

The conception of a multisensory experience establishes innovation, a vanguarde arts and culinary art as the embrace and enhancement of creativity.

The Roca Brothers reveal a "Theatrical Theme", a Culinary Opera, constituted by several components, which harmoniously combined and structured, emerge, intending to evolve our point of view, refering to the dining procedure.