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Table Talk: Sameer Taneja
The executive chef of Benares on a mind-blowing meal at Pujol, eating fried grasshoppers in Mexico and why winter is his favourite season for food.
Gordon Ramsay launches his own brand of California wines
Gordon Ramsay is stepping into the wine industry with his own brand of California wines, with bottles to be served in his restaurants and online.
DeAille Tam named Asia’s Best Female Chef 2021
DeAille Tam, executive chef and co-founder of Obscura in Shanghai, has been named as Asia’s Best Female Chef 2021.
Table Talk: Claude Bosi
The Lyon-born executive chef of Bibendum on memories of homemade gnocchi, eating whale in Japan without realising, and why Comté and Jura is the perfect pairing.
Chef Alyn Williams wins wrongful dismissal case
Alyn Williams, previously chef patron of his Michelin-starred eponymous restaurant at The Westbury hotel in London, has won his wrongful dismissal case against his former employer.
Table Talk: Ben Murphy
The head chef of Launceston Place in Kensington on being inspired by Pierre Koffmann, pairing Vouvray with egg and soldiers, and why summer is his favourite season.
Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites
In restaurant news this week: New York restaurant workers are now eligible for the Covid vaccine, NASA says it will pay someone up to US$500,000 for ideas on how to feed astronauts on long space missions, and the ‘substantial meal’ requirement for English pubs looks set to be scrapped.
Table Talk: Tom Scade
The executive chef of The Vineyard at Stockcross on eating fermented herring in Sweden, a memorable magnum of Cristal 1996, and why John Williams of The Ritz is his culinary hero.
Table Talk: Gary Foulkes
The executive chef at Angler on a memorable meal at El Bulli fuelled by Krug, eating rat and water beetles in Southeast Asia, and why spring is his favourite season for produce.
New Julia Child TV series to be screened
HBO Max has commissioned a new television series on the life of acclaimed American cook and author Julia Child, starring Sarah Lancashire and David Hyde Pierce.