The Malaysian Insider :: Food
The Malaysian Insider :: Food |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:38 PM PST  Slow Food proponents will be conducting events on Dec 10. – AFP pic LOS ANGELES, Dec 10 – Next week Slow Food groups around the world will celebrate the movement with local events. Terra Madre Day or Slow Food anniversary December 10 Worldwide Slow Food groups around the world celebrate the tenets of the movement's philosophies by tucking into local, sustainable and seasonable meals. More than 1,000 events ranging from festivals, protests, workshops and excursions are scheduled worldwide to promote local food traditions around the world. 30th annual Sirha January 26-30 Lyon, France Billed as one of the world's largest food and gastronomy trade shows of the year, Sirha is expected to attract 165,000 professionals and 2,200 exhibitors over five days. Highlights of the event include the biennial Bocuse d'Or international cooking competition, known as the Olympics of the food world for its prestige; the World Cuisine Summit, a forum for international leaders to exchange ideas on how to improve food service; and the Coupe du Monde Patisserie Cup, which crowns the world's best pastry chef. Bocuse d'Or January 29-30 Lyon This year, chefs from 24 countries will be competing in the culinary equivalent of the Olympics at one of the most prestigious cooking competitions in the world. The chef to beat is Denmark's Rasmus Kofoed who took home the bragging rights at the last competition in 2011. Gourmand World Cookbook Fair February 22 – 24 Paris, France This year one of the most prestigious international cookbook fairs for trade professionals moves from the edges of the city to the Carrousel du Louvre. As the most international cookbook fair of its kind, this year cookery books from 171 countries will be competing to take home bragging rights and an award. New at the 2013 edition is the World Festival of Wine and Food Television, which will draw TV food producers, broadcasters and food TV celebrities to the show.Asia's 50 Best Restaurant Awards Singapore February 25 The inaugural edition of the Asian version of the World's 50 Best Restaurants from Restaurant magazine takes place in Singapore and will attempt to identify the best eateries across the continent. Given the growing influence the World's 50 Best Restaurant awards has exerted over its short 10-year existence, it's expected the food world will look at the results with great interest. James Beard Foundation Awards finalists announced March 18 Charleston, South Carolina Known as the Oscars of the food world in the US, the James Beard Foundation will announce the finalists for the 2013 awards in categories such as outstanding chef, outstanding restaurant, and the best in food journalism. – AFP-Relaxnews |
| Alpine restaurant to pop up with view on Mont Blanc Posted: 09 Dec 2012 04:35 PM PST  Accomodating 350 covers inside and 70 on its outside terrace, the establishment will be open until early April during lunch hours. – AFP pic PARIS, Dec 10 – Starting Dec 21, Alpine tourists in the French department of Haute-Savoie will be able to dine in a pop-up restaurant at the top of Mont d'Arbois, near the resorts of Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and Megève. Accomodating 350 covers inside and 70 on its outside terrace, the establishment will be open until early April during lunch hours, with several dinners scheduled for special occasions such as New Year's Eve. The prestigious Parisian photo studio Harcourt is also involved in the project, offering to take movie star-quality portraits of tourists on location from Dec 26 to 31. The pop-up restaurant project, dubbed "Untitled (Mont-Blanc)", takes place ahead of the construction of a luxury hotel, set to open in early 2014. The restaurant will close at the end of the 2012/13 ski season and will reopen for good the following season, ahead of the hotel's grand opening. – AFP-Relaxnews |
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