Bocuse d’Or Aotearoa team placed 15th in global culinary Olympics –
Denmark has won the Bocuse d’Or with Norway and Hungary coming second and third place respectively in the world’s most high profile cooking competition. Led by Chef William Mordido, the NZ team placed 15th in our first final participation in the biennial competition, which was held in Lyon, France at the SIRHA Lyon Trade Exhibition centre. Australia placed 18th. One of Denmark’s winning entries. Twenty-four teams consisting of some of the best chefs on the planet were gathered in Lyon at the Olympics of Food. Known to be the most prestigious and difficult culinary competition on Earth, the Bocuse d’Or…
Noma announces 2024 closure to enter food lab field –
Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant that helped define a genre of ultra high-end, locally foraged, and culinary groundbreaking cuisine, has announced that it will close its doors in 2024. After several announcements over the years that Noma was temporarily closing, opening up pop-up locations in Mexico, Japan, or Australia, becoming a pandemic-era burger joint or otherwise reinventing itself, the renowned restaurant has announced it is shutting down regular service. For good this time. Once the restaurant closes its doors, Noma will host occasional pop-ups and transform into a full-time food lab, which essentially means the newest player in the world of…
NZ WelTec student selected for Young Chef Olympiad –
Wellingtonian Michelle Burling-Claridge, a Level 5 Diploma in Hospitality Management student at Whitireia and WelTec (Te Pūkenga), has been selected to represent New Zealand at the IIHM Young Chef Olympiad 2023 on January 29. Following two years of hosting the International Institute of Hotel Management’s Young Chef Olympiad event online, the global culinary competition is now back to being judged in person in India. Michelle represents New Zealand in the section of Group E heat to be held in Hyderabad, with competitors from Jordan, Sweden, Namibia, Spain, USA, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Portugal. Young chefs from over 50 countries will…
Accor announces Orient Express Silenseas luxury adventure to its portfolio –
One hundred and forty years after the launch of its first luxury trains, the Orient Express legend continues with the unveiling of plans for the world’s largest sailing ship, Orient Express Silenseas. This revolution in maritime history is an ambitious undertaking that pushes the limits of what is possible. The result of a unique French partnership between world leader in hospitality Accor, and Chantiers de l’Atlantique, a leading shipbuilding company, this extraordinary sailing yacht of the future with spectacular interiors will set sail in 2026. “With Orient Express Silenseas, we are beginning a new chapter in our history, taking the…