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The Four Best Restaurants in Spain: Spanish Fine Dining …

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Spanish cuisine dishes out the best, starting with Chef Ferran Adria of El Bulli Restaurant in Catalonia which romped home for it’s fourth year in a row as one of the World’s Best Restaurants. The voting by 800 chefs, …

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Barber, Janice

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Janice BarberMontpelier Plantation Inn, Nevistaped at The White House Inn, St. Kittshttp://www.montpeliernevis.com After a career that involved everything but cooking — from dental nursing to medical sales — Janice Barber decided to change both her career and lifestyle. In 1988, she and her husband bought The White House, a derelict plantation house in St. Kitts. [...]

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Douglas, Thomas

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Thomas DouglasDahlia LoungeSeattle WAhttp://www.tomdouglas.com When you want to enjoy dinner in Seattle — or find a wonderful caterer, or go to a great bakery, or even rent space to hold a fabulous event — the chances are excellent you'll be crossing paths with Tom Douglas and his wife and partner Jackie Cross. The Dahlia Lounge, [...]

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Rostang, Michel

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Michel RostangRestaurant Michel RostangParis, Francehttp://www.michelrostang.com In fine cuisine, the bloodline often runs true: great chefs grow up in families of great chefs, or they are drawn into the orbit of great chefs and learn the art as it is passed along by their mentors. Michel Rostang draws on both. Michel Rostang’s family ran a hotel [...]

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Neichel, Jean-Louis

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Jean-Louis Neichel Neichel in Barcelona Barcelona, Spain http://www.relaischateaux.com/neichel Jean-Louis and Evelin Neichel welcome guests to their elegantly modern dining room, a setting which has won an award for its design. Located in the residential Pedralbes district, the restaurant looks out onto a garden. With Jean-Louis in the kitchen and Evelin making guests comfortable, Neichel offers [...]

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Pellicer, Xavier

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Xavier Pellicer Restaurant ABAC Barcelona, Spain http://www.restaurantabac.com When he was 13, Xavier Pellicer chose cooking – as his trade. Having grown up with excellent food (his father is Catalan; his mother is French), he wanted to prepare great food for others. Xavier graduated from the School of Hotel Management – and Tourism at Sant Pol [...]

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Werner, Matt

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Werner Matt La Scala, Hilton Vienna Plaza Vienna, Austria http://www.hilton.com Growing up in Kemanten in the Austrian Tyrol region, Werner Matt received postcards sent by his cousin, a cook working on a luxury cruise ship. Port after port, from all over the world, the postcards kindled an interest, then an ambition: Werner Matt would learn [...]

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Delouvrier, Christian

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Christian Delouvrier taped at Les Celebrites New York NY Taped for Great Chefs at Les Celebrites in New York´s Essex House, the North American flagship hotel for the Japanese Nikko chain, Christian Delouvrier featured not only fine cuisine, but a series of rotating art exhibits in his restaurant. In keeping with its name, Les Celebrites [...]

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Morisset, Christian

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Christian Morisset La Terrasse, Hotel Juana Juan-des-Pins, France http://www.hotel-juana.com The first thing you notice about Chef Christian Morisset is his most extraordinary moustache, nearly an impression of Salvador Dali´s most impressive moustache. And the next thing you notice is how much he loves his art. At the age of five Christian Morisset already knew he [...]

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Lidy, Christophe

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Christophe Lidy Garcia & Rodrigues Rio de Janeiro, Brazil http://www.garciaerodrigues.com.br When Christophe Lidy was born in Mulhouse, France, he was already on his way to an outstanding career in fine cuisine. His family had a strong cooking tradition, and the region in which he lived, German-influenced Alsace, is famous for its own regional cuisine. Wanting [...]

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