WLC Eats: Pasta Evangelists at Harrods
After a long hiatus, WLC’s resident foodie, Lucy Shaw, heads to the new Pasta Evangelists restaurant at Harrods for sublime lobster spaghetti and a charming Italian Chardonnay.
Table Talk: Daniel Boulud
The legendary Lyon-born chef on picking mushrooms with his grandma as a child, eating ant larvae in Mexico City, and why Paul Bocuse is his culinary hero.
Table Talk: Rohit Ghai
The chef patron at Kutir in Chelsea on how his mum’s cornmeal flatbreads inspired him to become a chef, eating chocolate pizza in Mauritius and why Jacquart Champagne make a perfect pairing for fried chicken.
Top New York sommelier charged with arson
Award-winning New York sommelier Caleb Ganzer has been charged with arson after allegedly being caught on CCTV setting fire to a dining shelter in Manhattan.
Batali pays US$600,000 to settle sexual harassment investigation
Celebrity chef Mario Batali and restaurateur Joe Bastianich have agreed to pay US$600,000 to settle a four-year sexual harassment investigation by New York’s attorney general’s office.
Table Talk: Nathan Cornwell
The head chef at The Barn at Moor Hall in Lancashire on working with summer’s bounty in the Moor Hall gardens and a memorable magnum of Paul Jaboulet Le Petite Chappelle at Frantzen in Stockholm.
The Savoy appoints its first American bartender to run the American Bar
New Mexico native Shannon Tebay has become the first American to head up the American Bar at The Savoy in London, and the second woman since Ada Coleman.
Jeff Bezos donates US$100m to José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has donated US$100 million to chef José Andrés’ World Central Kitchen, which provides food to those hit by natural disasters.
Table Talk: Pierre Koffmann
The legendary French chef on sucking sugar cubes dipped in Armagnac as a boy, why he’s proud of his stuffed pig’s trotters, and eating hedgehog in China.
José Pizarro to open two restaurants at the Royal Academy
Spanish chef José Pizarro is to open a pair of restaurants at the Royal Academy next month, allowing culture vultures to get their food and art fix in one go.
