The Flemish Primitives are organising a one day gastronomy event in Bruges, Belgium, on 8th of February 2010. The event is an annual meeting place for cross fertilisation between the food and the beverage industry, gastronomy, the wine world, artists and scientists. Great primitives like BART DE POOTER from ** De Pastorale, SANG HOON DEGEIMBRE… Continue reading The Flemish Primitives – Sense For Taste 2010
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Very Good Food on Television
Friday night the Danish TV2 ran a feature on Danish food bloggers. Jacob Nielsen rang me up during the morning and asked if I wanted to be part of it. So, after work, I met with the reporter and the camera man at Restaurant Dim Sum in the centre of Copenhagen. The reporter asked me… Continue reading Very Good Food on Television
Video Recording from In de Wulf
This is the video recording by Cuisiner En Ligne from the kitchen of In de Wulf in Belgium where Kobe Desramaults, Alexandre Gauthier and Philip Claeys were cooking Monday evening September, 21st. Archive télé du 21/09/2009 22:27:08 sur Blog video
3 Chefs Cooking Event in Belgium – Live Broadcast
On next Monday September 21, I’m returning to the In de Wulf restaurant for the cooking event of three chefs focusing on the Flanders region. Alexandre Gauthier from France (La Grenouillère, 1*), Philip Claeys (De Jonkman, 1*) and Kobe Desramaults (In de Wulf, 1*) from Belgium are preparing a dinner with focus on product from their… Continue reading 3 Chefs Cooking Event in Belgium – Live Broadcast
Copenhagen Cooking This Week!
Check out the Copenhagen Cooking website if you are in Copenhagen this week. More than 65 different events all in relation to food and beverages as part of this Nordic food festival from 21st to 30th of August 2009. Yesterday, the Gericke food award was presented and the winners are: Starter: Mads Refslund, Restaurant MR,… Continue reading Copenhagen Cooking This Week!
MR Has Reopened as Seafood Restaurant!
NOTE: This restaurant has close down! Great news: Tuesday 30th of June Mads Refslund and Restaurant MR reopened with a new focus on seafood and vegetables and I am so delighted. The reason is that since Mads had closed the restaurant on the 1st of April this year, rumors have had it that he was… Continue reading MR Has Reopened as Seafood Restaurant!
Very Good Food in Danish
About a month ago I started blogging for one of the major Danish newspapers, Politiken. I write about food and everything in relation to it. But like Very Good Food I mainly post articles about restaurants and dining experiences. My new Danish blog is called Trine spiser which means Trine eats in English – inspired… Continue reading Very Good Food in Danish
Shock: Geranium has closed
It seems to be a sad but true fact that one of Copenhagen’s top restaurants, Geranium, is closed, according to AOK. This is very sad news. Read the autotranslated article. With the recession and the previous closings of Nouveau, Ensemble and MR, I know I really shouldn’t be too surprised that another restaurant has caved… Continue reading Shock: Geranium has closed
Report and Interviews from The World’s 50 Best Event
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO5eEPpUYFw[/youtube] There is a great interview with René Redzepi at the very end. Enjoy!
Geranium Ranked World 77th Best!
Denmark has not only one but TWO restaurants listed on Restaurant Magazine’s list of the world’s best restaurant. Geranium is listed as number 77th on this year’s S.Pellegrino World’s 100 Best Restaurants. Congratulations Rasmus, Søren, Mette and your great team. You definitely deserve it and I hope to see you within the top 50 next… Continue reading Geranium Ranked World 77th Best!
NOMA – The World’s Third Best Restaurant!!
This is amazing. Amazing but understandable for a huge fan like me. NOMA has just been awarded the world’s third best restaurant by British Restaurant Magazine and after El Bulli as #1 and Fat Duck as #2 of the 2009 list. NOMA was also awarded Chef’s Choice Award for best restaurant. What an achievement! Fantastic… Continue reading NOMA – The World’s Third Best Restaurant!!
Guide Michelin and Copenhagen 2009!
It’s official! The red Michelin Guide for the Main Cities of Europe 2009 sends 14 stars to Copenhagen restaurants in this year’s guide! Two stars: Noma ** One star: Ensemble * Era Ora * formel B * Geranium * Herman * (New) Kiin Kiin * Kokkeriet * (New) Kong Hans’ Kælder * MR * Paustian… Continue reading Guide Michelin and Copenhagen 2009!
Noma – Best Meal in 2008 by OA Guide
An assortment of chefs, food writers, restaurant owners and bloggers and more than 90 people from all over the world have replied to the question from Steve Plotnicki, Opinionated About Dining, “Name the best meal you had in 2008” and noma was on most people’s lips! Congratulations! WOW!
René Redzepi Rewarded Chef of the Year!
The Spanish 10th food congress lomejordelagastronomia.com was last week rewarding René Redzepi, noma, Chef of the Year on the international scene! The congress was held in San Sebastian, and after four days of demonstrations by the world’s famous chefs like Kobe Desramaults from In De Wulf, Pascal Barbot from Astrance, Quique Dacosta from El Poblet… Continue reading René Redzepi Rewarded Chef of the Year!
Noma – Best Restaurant of 2008 by Den Danske Spiseguide
Noma was awarded best restaurant of the Year 2008 by Bent Christensen’s Den Danske Spiseguide. Other awards for 2008 are: BEST RESTAURANT noma 🙂 BEST CHEF Thomas Herman, Herman BEST MAITRE d’/WAITER Christian Arø Mortensen, Premisse BEST SOMMELIER Thilde Jo Maarbjerg, Kong Hans Kælder BEST WINE LIST Søllerød Kro – again!! BEST DIGESTIVES Kiin-Kiin BEST… Continue reading Noma – Best Restaurant of 2008 by Den Danske Spiseguide
noma 1st and formel B 10th Best Restaurants in Europe!
Travelers from all over the world have voted on TripAdvisor for the best places to dine in Europe and rank noma the best above both Fat Duck and El Bulli! Furthermore, formel B has scored 10th best! WOW, it’s fantastic news for Copenhagen. Congratulations to noma and to formel B!
Noma – The World’s 10th Best Restaurant!
According to the The S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2008 noma is now number 10! Noma came in as the 15th best on that list last year. Happy Congratulations! This is amazing! Source: Berlingske Tidende
It’s Official! Copenhagen’s Michelin Stars 2008
It’s official! The red Michelin Guide for the Main Cities of Europe 2008 awards following Danish restaurants in this year’s guide. 12 stars in a rather small city like Copenhagen. I think that’s great!! Two stars: Noma ** One star: Ensemble * Era Ora * formel B * Geranium * (New) Kiin Kiin * (New)… Continue reading It’s Official! Copenhagen’s Michelin Stars 2008
formel B – Restaurant of the year 2007 by Den Danske Spiseguide!
Formel B is the award winning Restaurant of the Year 2007 by Bent Christensen’s Den Danske Spiseguide. This Danish guide is the most thorough and handy guide of what to eat and where when dining out in Denmark. The guide is also awarding the Best Lunch Place, Best Dessert, Best Eat & Sleep, Best Chef,… Continue reading formel B – Restaurant of the year 2007 by Den Danske Spiseguide!
How to find good food?
Not many international guides cover Copenhagen in their restaurant guides. Even less go outside the capital of Denmark. In fact by early 2007, I only knew of the Michelin Guide. Thanks to Luxeat I now know more (thanks, A.!). In a comment The “Gastronaut” questions lack of Michelin coverage of provincial Denmark and Scandinavia and… Continue reading How to find good food?