French chefs stew over renowned restaurant’s loss of Michelin star

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Admin

Downgrading of Auberge du Pont de Collonges to two-star establishment prompts fury

The world of French fine dining has become embroiled in yet another ratings row due to the removal of the three-star Michelin ranking from renowned chef Paul Bocuse’s restaurant, almost two years after his death.

The Auberge du Pont de Collonges, situated near the gastronomic capital of Lyon in south-east France, was the oldest three-starred restaurant in the world, having held the ranking without interruption since 1965.

Forget celebrity chefs – we need celebrity waiters

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Admin

The waiting staff in a restaurant can make or break a meal just as much as the people in the kitchen. Yet they are rarely celebrated – and quite often traduced

Name a successful chef. That wasn’t hard, was it? Now name a successful maitre d’, or waiter, or anyone else who works front of house in a restaurant and isn’t Fred Sirieix of First Dates.

If you’re struggling, you’re not alone. For all our celebrity chefs and food fetishisation, most Brits still consider any restaurant job that involves dealing with customers as at best stop-gap, and at worst a last resort.

Cheddargate chef loses court battle over Michelin downgrade

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Admin

Business still booming at Marc Veyrat’s restaurant despite it losing one of its three stars

One of France’s leading chefs has lost his court case against the Michelin Guide after it downgraded his restaurant from three to two stars.

In a case that became known as Cheddargate, Marc Veyrat sued the respected guide claiming it had made a “profoundly offensive” suggestion that he had used the English cheese in one of his signature soufflé dishes.

Gary Rhodes died of head injury, family confirms

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Admin

TV celebrity chef collapsed in his residence in Dubai after day of filming new programme

The TV chef Gary Rhodes died from bleeding between the skull and the brain, according to a statement from his family.

They said they wanted to end “painful speculation” about his death, after he died in Dubai on Tuesday.

The 59-year-old had been working on a new TV series and was reported to be in a happy mood when he came home from filming. He later collapsed and was rushed to hospital.

McDonald’s get their scampi in a bunch over burger joint’s Effing Filet O’ Fish

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Admin

When the fast-food giant’s lawyers swooped on a small Canadian restaurant over its fish burger, the response was pithy

When Canadian chef Paul Shufelt decided to market a new burger at his Edmonton restaurant, he wanted to pay homage to the fast-food greats that have come before him – not find himself embroiled in a legal battle with a multinational corporation.

After creating a cod burger with coleslaw and red onions, Woodshed Burgers named their newest item the Effing Filet O’ Fish, a reference to both local company Effing Seafood, which provided the seafood, and the famous McDonald’s sandwich.

Grieving family’s call for allergy law gets cool response

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Admin

Restaurant industry says change would be ‘incredibly challenging’

A grieving family’s call for a law compelling restaurants to put full allergen information on menus has been coolly received by the body representing the industry because of the extra costs involved at a time when many businesses are struggling.

Owen Carey died from anaphylactic shock after eating a burger that had been marinaded in buttermilk. On Friday a coroner ruled he was misled into believing the burger was safe for him to eat because he had warned staff he was allergic to dairy products.

US fast-food workers demand better pay amid growing violence

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Admin

A bill making its way through the Senate would set the hourly wage at $15 nationwide, to be enacted over six years

Maria Torres followed eight sprinting co-workers into the kitchen’s walk-in fridge, screaming “Gun!” They locked the door against an armed intruder.

“He was threatening everyone with a gun,” the 58-year-old McDonald’s cook said, recalling that morning last December in the Princeton Park section of Chicago. “He came in very erratic. We couldn’t understand what he was saying.”

New York’s Four Seasons Restaurant to close less than a year after reopening

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Admin

Restaurant, which opened in in 1959 in the Seagram Building, will close the week of 10 June

The Four Seasons Restaurant in New York is to close, less than a year after it reopened away from the Seagram Building, the masterpiece of modern architecture which was its home for almost 60 years and which it came to complement as a high point of 20th-century art, style and design.

Gordon Ramsay defends new restaurant in cultural appropriation row

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Admin

Restaurateur’s response criticised as being dismissive of Asian critic’s Lucky Cat review

Gordon Ramsay has hit back against accusations of cultural appropriation at his new “authentic Asian” restaurant after an east Asian food writer described it as “a real life Ramsay kitchen nightmare”.

In a review of a preview event for Lucky Cat this week, the food writer Angela Hui said that she was “the only east Asian person in a room full of 30-40 journalists and chefs”.

Trump supporters find new appreciation for safe spaces

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Admin

New app helps people who feel they are the victims of anti-Maga sentiment to find restaurants they feel comfortable in

Last week, a man named Dion Cini was refused service at a bar in New York City. He claims he had done nothing wrong and was discriminated against.

A video of the incident confirms that Cini doesn’t appear overly inebriated or obviously violating any other rules of decorum at Jake’s Dilemma; instead he was kicked out for what he was wearing: a Maga hat.

Woman dies after eating at Michelin-starred restaurant

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Admin

Spanish authorities say 28 others suffered food poisoning after dining at Riff in Valencia

One woman has died and 28 people have suffered food poisoning after eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia.

The 46-year-old woman, who has not been named, became ill after having a meal at the Riff restaurant with her husband and son. She died in the early hours of Sunday. Her husband and son are recovering.

McDonald’s loses Big Mac trademark after legal battle with Irish chain

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Admin

Supermac strips US food giant of trademark across Europe after landmark EU ruling

Pat McDonagh earned the nickname Supermac as an Irish teenager after a barnstorming performance in a Gaelic football match in the late 1960s.

The centre half-back guided his school, Carmelite college of Moate, County Westmeath, to victory over St Gerald’s, a more fancied team.

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Category Archives: Restaurants

French chefs stew over renowned restaurant’s loss of Michelin star

Forget celebrity chefs – we need celebrity waiters

Cheddargate chef loses court battle over Michelin downgrade

Gary Rhodes died of head injury, family confirms

McDonald’s get their scampi in a bunch over burger joint’s Effing Filet O’ Fish

Grieving family’s call for allergy law gets cool response

US fast-food workers demand better pay amid growing violence

New York’s Four Seasons Restaurant to close less than a year after reopening

Gordon Ramsay defends new restaurant in cultural appropriation row

Trump supporters find new appreciation for safe spaces

Woman dies after eating at Michelin-starred restaurant

McDonald’s loses Big Mac trademark after legal battle with Irish chain