Hotel Le Bristol Paris Receives Fourth Michelin Star

Hotel Le Bristol Paris has recently celebrated achieving its fourth Michelin star.
Following a third Michelin star, awarded to Hôtel Le Bristol Paris’ Epicure restaurant in 2009, Le 114 Faubourg – the hotel’s brasserie de luxe – has been honoured with its first star in the Michelin Guide.
The hotel is reportedly attributing the accolade to the [...]

Hilton Worldwide Celebrates Culinary Heroes

After an intense and lively competition, the winners of the prestigious Hilton Worldwide Middle East & Africa (MEA) F&B Masters were honoured at a glittering finalist event at Hilton Abu Dhabi, UAE. The competition included two prestigious awards; F&B Team of the Year and Mixologist of the Year.
After many delicious taste testers by the esteemed [...]

World’s 50 Best Restaurants for 2013

El Celler De Can Roca restaurant in Girona, Spain has been named the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine. Each year, the world’s top toques gather to hear the announcement of the World’s 50 Best list.
This is the first year the restaurant has held this title, though it has been on the list [...]

Industry Executives Appointed To FSTEC NexGen 2.13 Advisory Board

Scottsdale, Arizona — FSTEC NexGen announced the appointment of nearly 30 foodservice technology leaders to its Advisory Board. Advisory Board members represent a cross-section of industry experts and include an experienced mix of restaurant chain and foodservice management executives, educators and industry media professionals whose role is to shape the conference program and overall event [...]

2013 Food and Beverage Trends: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

The Food+Beverage team has a confession; we’re food geeks. We get excited when a new restaurant opens, new flavors are released or when a food blogger writes a book. But what really gets us jazzed is when next year’s food and beverage trends are released. And so, once again, the time has come to see [...]

Food and Beverage Trends for 2013

JWT, a marketing communications brand, has released its Things To Watch in 2013 Food & Beverage Report. This is part of its eighth annual forecast of key trends that will drive or significantly impact consumer mindset and behavior in the year to come.
Allergen-Free
With food allergies rising worldwide—a 2011 study found that as many as 1 [...]

Madurai-Tuticorin to Have Economic Zone and Cold Storage for Fruit and Veg

The extension of the Madurai-Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) industrial corridor and the establishment of new economic zones, proposed in the state Budget for 2012-13 which was presented by O Panneerselvam, finance minister, Government of Tamil Nadu, recently, could provide the agriculture sector a fillip, but there seemed to be little in store for the food processing sector.
S [...]

Vietnam Attends Paris Food and Beverage Fair

As many as 16 Vietnamese businesses in the food and beverage industry took the opportunity to showcase their latest products.

The fair, internationally known as SIAL Paris, is one of the biggest food and beverage exhibitions in the world. It is held every two years.
At the fair, which will runs until October 25, Vietnam’s [...]

A Restaurateur’s Guide to Successful Digital Marketing

Restaurant industry sales in 2013 will total more than $660.5 billion, a 3.8 percent increase from 2012 (National Restaurant Association). As restaurant-industry sales continue to climb yearly, it is crucial that a restaurant maintain an online presence in order to communicate with current diners, attract new customers, and build loyalty among patrons.
According to AIS Media, [...]

After Down Under, Noodles Invade the Mediterranean

The Jumeirah Group has signed license agreements in Lebanon, Cyprus and Egypt; these agreements will see the noodle house restaurant branches opening in all three nations over the next five years.
Inspired by the food and nightlife of exciting South East Asian cities such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangkok and Jakarta, the noodle house restaurants offer a [...]