Editorial, Author at The Pro Chef Middle East

Dubai chefs! Perfect your pastry and baking skills with Richemont Masterbaker

Looking to enhance your knowledge and skills in pastry and baking? Richemont Masterbaker - the region’s first specialised bakery and pastry institution located in Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, provides a modern, comprehensive bakery and pastry education programme to all aspiring chefs in the region. Through the school’s specialised programmes, chefs can upgrade

Taste New Zealand Chef of the Year 2017

Take a look at the Taste New Zealand Chef of the Year competition which was held throughout 2017. In total, 30 Chefs competed across the four heats with James Knight-Pacheco from Vida Hotels & Resorts being crowned the winner at The Pro Chef Middle East Awards this November. The prize

Taste New Zealand – Chef of the Year 2017 – Meat Heat

The Taste New Zealand Chef of the Year Competition is an opportunity for UAE-based professional chefs to create dishes using a range of fresh New Zealand ingredients. Professional UAE chefs are invited to prepare dishes using New Zealand ingredients at three heats in 2017. Two winners will be selected from

Taste New Zealand – Chef of the Year 2017 – Poultry Heat

The Taste New Zealand Chef of the Year Competition is an opportunity for UAE-based professional chefs to create dishes using a range of fresh New Zealand ingredients. Professional UAE chefs are invited to prepare dishes using New Zealand ingredients at three heats in 2017. Two winners will be selected from

Taste New Zealand – Chef of the Year 2017 – Seafood Heat

The Taste New Zealand Chef of the Year Competition is an opportunity for UAE-based professional chefs to create dishes using a range of fresh New Zealand ingredients. Professional UAE chefs are invited to prepare dishes using New Zealand ingredients at three heats in 2017. Two winners will be selected from

Taste New Zealand Chef of the Year Competition 2016

This annual professional chefs' competition is an opportunity for UAE-based chefs to create dishes using a range of fresh New Zealand ingredients.

Top of the world

Not normally thought of as a food destination, the distinctive cuisine of Nepal comes as a pleasant surprise to many drawn to the country for either its spectacular scenery or Buddhist heritage. Similar in many ways to North Indian dishes, Nepalese cuisine is different enough to intrigue and delight. Nepal's cultural

Check in and dine in

With airline food so universally poor, unless you're sitting in First Class, an increasing number of international airports are not looking at celebrity and high profile chefs to provide excellent food airside - by mid-June, for example, Heathrow will have three from Ramsay, Blumenthal and a quartet of female chefs.

A CUT above

With a food empire that spans much more than 20 fine dining restaurants, you'd think chef/restauranteur and Wolfgang Puck might think about slowing down a bit as he approaches 65. No, he says, as more books, catering contracts, casual restaurants, licensed products and more continue to flow from the man

A family affair

Heading the newly opened Don Alfonso restaurant located in Shangri La Hotel on Sheikh Zayed road, we chat to Head Chef Christian de Nadai about his recent arrival to Dubai and his plans to differentiate his Italian, from others. With an interest in cooking dating back to his traditional Italian upbringing,