The final act
After 16 years of helming his eponymous restaurant at l’Hôtel de Ville in Crissier, Philippe Rochat is ready to retire. Just before curtain falls, he gives his first and last culinary performance in Singapore.
Spotlight on: Ian Kittichai
Fate seemed to have other ideas for the man who had no intention of ever being a chef. The Golden Boy of Thai cuisine recounts his humble beginnings as a pushcart peddler in Bangkok, and his fast track up the culinary ladder.
Oui, oishii
Burgundy Michelin starred-chef Laurent Peugeot and Japanese chef Yoshida Tetsuya demonstrate the beauty of marrying French cuisine and Japanese flavours with the new LP + Tetsu that opens at Tanglin Mall this month.
Urban art movement
On a typical Friday night on Club Street, the bars are bustling with expatriates and locals alike celebrating the eve of the weekend with after-work drinks in hand.
Primed for success
David Blackmore’s fridge—in his farmhouse at Alexandra in Victoria, Australia—is a carnivore’s dream.
A cooke’s tour
It’s 5.30pm on a Saturday at The Atlantic at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex. The open kitchen is a blur of moving white figures. A faint smell of butter lingers lightly in the air. The staff are anticipating a full-house today in their 300-seat establishment, one of Melbourne’s newest tables. The food is modern European, focusing on seasonal seafood, especially fish.
Spotlight on: Michele Sorrentino
The Michelin-starred chef and owner of Antica Trattoria Botteganova, one of Tuscany’s top tables, tells epicure why he left his restaurant of 17 years to carve a new niche in a little corner of The Goodman Arts Centre here.
Flying the coop
It’s bye bye Melbourne and hello Singapore for Chris Donnellan who brings a touch of Gingerboy to Graze restaurant.
Zen & science
With his interest and respect for Asian cuisine and culture, his French roots and mounting fame, it is little wonder that Thierry Marx attracted the attention of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group who was looking for a chef to head the kitchen at Sur Mesure, within their newly-opened Paris hotel on Rue Saint Honoré.