Author: Kristian Brask Thomsen

Chefs celebrating chefs for being creative and inspiring. Allow us to direct your attention towards The Best Chef and its annual awards. An event that in only four years has made its mark by nurturing and presenting the best of the world’s culinary scene; its current key players and the most interesting prospects of the new…

Two of Europe’s finest chefs team up and cook a dinner extraordinaire in an enchanting ensemble of a Roman villa and Renaissance château in the very heart of the border triangle where Germany, Luxembourg and France meet. _________________________ Christian Bau of 3*Michelin establishment Victor’s Fine Dining cooks with Eric Vildgaard from 2*Michelin Jordnær for one night exclusively.…

With a gastro world keeping its breath, San Sebastián Gastronomika runs with the culinary torch and keeps it burning. _________________________ SAN SEBASTIÁN The XXII edition of San Sebastián Gastronomika – Euskadi Basque Country right now takes place in a new format with presentations and live activities, and the attendance of the public through the new…

JORDNÆR; the trailblazing Copenhagen suburb restaurant that has taken the Nordics by storm over the past couple of years – with two Michelin stars gained within just three years, this Wednesday remarkably entered The Best Chef Awards Top 100 as a first entry ranked No. 40. Premiere: Jordnær just released a short film.Watch it here (Facebook) or here (Vimeo).…

NOOR, the illuminating restaurant hidden in the ancient heritage of Córdoba, Andalusia – once one of the brightest city lights of the modern world, entered The Best Chef Awards Top 100 as a first entry ranked No. 29. Want to see NOOR in visuals?Watch a film here (Facebook) or here (Vimeo) _________________________ C Ó R D O B…

Two of Europe’s finest chefs team up and cook a grand dinner extraordinaire in Copenhagen this September for the second edition of “Product is Star”. _________________________ Paolo Casagrande of 3*Michelin fine dining establishment Lasarte in Barcelona cooks with Eric Vildgaard at 2*Michelin Jordnær for one night exclusively. 20 servings tasting menu at 3000 DKK (excluding…

Bon Vivant has entered a business partnership with the two Michelin-starred, Copenhagen restaurant Jordnær, that has taken the culinary Nordics by storm within a short period of time. ____________________________ PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT I am very pleased to inform that Bon Vivant has entered a business partnership with 2*Michelin-starred Jordnær in Copenhagen. The alliance doesn’t change anything…

An all-in Italian dinner at The Ritz-Carlton in Moscow. ———————————————— On March 5th Francesco Gasbarro of 1*Michelin La Bottega in Geneva cooks and 8-course menu alongside Sergey Andreychenko, Chef of Sartoria Lamberti, the brand-new gastronomic fashion atelier created by Uilliam Lamberti. Both chefs merge food and fashion in their own way. Sartoria by having collaborations…

This weekend a favourite culinary gem of Central-Europe, Taubenkobel, opens its main restaurant for the season. ———————————————— “Taubenkobel?”, you might say while forcing your tongue to doing the right German pronunciation. But yes, Taubenkobel it is; a place made of dreams. Spending time with Barbara and Alain, the co-owners of the family-run boutique hotel and…

6 kids and now with a 2*Michelin restaurant in a humble 3*hotel in just 2 1/2 years without any investors. It’s pure talent and dedication. It’s a drama and a love story. It’s a fairytale. ____________________________ T R O N D H E I M Jordnær took everyone in the Nordics by surprise when Michelin awarded the…