Reid's Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Madeira will host the fifth edition of its gastronomic festival dedicated to award-winning culinary talents: The Art of Flavours on 14-15 June 2024.
For this edition, José Diogo Costa, Creative Executive Chef of Reid’s Palace and its one Michelin-starred William Restaurant, will be joined by a selection of award-winning Chefs and emerging talent for an incredible culinary journey with panoramic views over Funchal Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and dining events featuring the very best of the local gastronomic scene.
Read MoreSaint Peter restaurant finds a new look and home within the historic surroundings of The Grand National Hotel, Paddington, Sydney - opening July 2024 - exact date to be confirmed. The restaurant's opening in July announces the first phase of the refurbished 14-bedroom boutique hotel, with the rooms opening later this year.
More than just a relocation, Saint Peter at The Grand National introduces a dining experience that recounts the eight-year journey of owners Josh and Julie Niland.
From opening a brave little fish eatery in 2016 on Oxford St, Paddington, the Nilands’ Saint Peter restaurant has impacted the global conversation around whole fish cooking, butchery, storing, and processing fish. In addition to the restaurant's success, Josh’s work as a chef and author has been applauded locally and internationally. Now, all of this learning to date will be realised at Saint Peter's new home in The Grand National Hotel, a space that is more than double the size of the original restaurant.
Read MoreCiccio Sultano is delighted to announce the arrival of chef Riccardo Canella to Duomo in Ragusa Ibla. Riccardo will be joining Ciccio, focusing on the development and research of the menus at the two Michelin-starred Restaurant
Read More28th March 2024 - Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, is proud to announce the arrival of Chef Vania Ghedini who will return to Italy to join the Michelin-starred Oro as Head Chef after a five-year hiatus with the Alajmo brothers at Sesamo in Marrakesh. She will be joined by internationally acclaimed visionary Chef Massimo Bottura as Culinary Creative Director.
Vania will relaunch Oro for the season 2024, introducing exciting new menus that celebrate all the local produce that the area surrounding the hotel and wider region has to offer. The two will work together on the development of the menu, mixing creativity and international influences with the traditions of the cuisine from the Venetian lagoon.
Read MoreMayfair’s Hamiltons Gallery owner Tim Jefferies and Chef Larry Jayasekara open The Cocochine, restoring, renovating and reimagining the historic property in Bruton Place. Located in a former mews house at 27 Bruton Place off London’s Berkeley Square, Tim and Larry have approached the property as custodians, preserving and enhancing the 4-story building to house their new restaurant, The Cocochine.
Read MoreThe Singapore EDITION introduces its signature restaurant FYSH at EDITION and the Lobby Bar by the multi-award-winning chef, restaurateur and author Josh Niland, his first venues outside Sydney, Australia.
More than just a fish restaurant, FYSH is chef Niland’s reimagining of the steakhouse, and his menu showcases a thoughtful balance of innovative fish, seafood, and meat dishes, much of it cooked over the charcoal Josper grill. Whilst the menu is fish-focused, land-based protein and vegetables are treated with equal reverence and respect.
Read MoreFlorence, Thursday 7th March: Chef Simone Caponnetto, executive chef of Locale Firenze, is set to welcome Chef Andoni Luis Aduriz and the team of Mugaritz ** for one exclusive evening, melding the finest Italian produce with vanguard techniques, creativity, art, gastronomy and science from two of Europe’s most experiential chefs.
Read MoreLe Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel, Oxfordshire has retained its two Michelin stars for 40 consecutive years in the 2024 edition of the prestigious Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland Awards, revealed last night at the Midland Hotel in Manchester.
Read More5 February 2024 - The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant in Crieff has been awarded a second Michelin star in the 2024 edition of the prestigious Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland during the award ceremony that took place at the Midland Hotel in Manchester.
Scottish Chef Mark Donald arrived at The Glenturret Lalique Restaurant in 2021, and the first Michelin star was awarded just seven months later. It was the first restaurant inside a distillery to achieve Michelin recognition. Other awards and recognition followed for Mark and his team, and now, with two Michelin stars, they join a small and celebrated selection of establishments in the UK and Ireland.
Read MoreJosh Niland took home Chef of the Year at The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2024 Awards last night, Monday, 23rd October 2023.
Read MoreThe annual gift season is almost upon us, and we have put together a hot list from our clients that the Lotus team would love to receive. We hope it gives you some inspiration, personally or professionally.
Read MoreKOL in London is set to host four British culinary stars for an exciting collaborative dinner to celebrate the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) 2023.
Read MoreChef Isaac McHale of two-Michelin star restaurant The Clove Club, London, will welcome Chef Daniel Berlin from restaurant Vyn, Skåne in Sweden for one exciting dining experience on Monday 18th September.
Read MoreSINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER 2023 - EDITION Hotels has partnered with one of the leading sustainable chefs in the world, acclaimed Australian restaurateur and multi-award-winning chef and author Josh Niland, to helm the signature restaurant at The Singapore EDITION. The ethically sourced seafood concept will be Niland’s first restaurant outside of Australia, an elegant home for what a sustainable, modern-age, seafood-focused steakhouse is today, with the edition of sensational meat and vegetable dishes.
Read MoreOctober welcomes the opening of The Cocochine, Bruton Place, Mayfair
Mayfair’s Hamiltons Gallery owner Tim Jefferies and Chef Larry Jayasekara open The Cocochine, restoring, renovating and reimagining the historic property in Bruton Place.
Located in a former mews house at 27 Bruton Place off London’s Berkeley Square, Tim and Larry have approached the property as custodians, preserving and enhancing the 4-story building to house their new restaurant, The Cocochine.
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The inaugural The World’s 50 Best Hotel Awards will be held in London on September 19th, and we would like to take this opportunity to introduce - or reintroduce - our UK-based clients to anyone visiting the city, the UK and to update those closer to home.
We look forward to hearing from you, discussing your forthcoming plans and collaborating on any features you are developing.
Thanks, and speak soon,
Team Lotus
Read MoreGALLADA AND TOPSIDE BAR OPENS IN ISTANBUL
The Peninsula Istanbul and Chef Fatih Tutak are delighted to announce the 7 July 2023 opening of GALLADA and Topside Bar, Istanbul’s new Turk-Asian dining and drinking experience. Located near the city’s landmark Galata Tower on the stunning rooftop of The Peninsula Istanbul, GALLADA and Topside Bar will lead guests on a contemporary gastronomic journey based on the historic tastes, flavours and traditions of the Silk Road’s Eurasian trade routes and their connection to this ancient city.
Read MoreThis summer and for the first time, Chef Andrew Wong welcomes Chef Albert Adrià to his restaurant for an exciting, creative collaboration exploring the culture, history and art of Chinese dim sum.
Spread over two exclusive evenings, the dinners will take place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th of July at two Michelin starred A.Wong in London’s Victoria.
Read MoreValencia, 20 June 2023 - Chef Santiago Lastra's London-based restaurant KOL has climbed 50 places to No 23 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2023 - the first time KOL has entered the top 50 and this marks the highest position on the international list of any UK restaurant.
Read MoreValencia, 20 June 2023 - London restaurant Ikoyi has been voted number 35 - a climb of 14 places - in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list at the annual ceremony which this year took place in Valencia, Spain.
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