Events that are not regular happenings
No mystery here that one of my favourite chefs is Danilo Cortellini, head chef at the Italian Embassy in London, whom I have had the chance to meet on a few occasions and whom I admire not only for his cooking skills (I learned to make arancini from him!) but also for his drive and passion as an ambassador himself of our culinary heritage and ingredients. An evening with the Ambassador… The other night we had the pleasure and the…
Book event at Pulia Pulia London hosted the UK presentation of Italian marketing handbook Marketing del Gusto by food marketing experts Slawka G. Scarso and Luciana Squadrilli. While the book is in Italian, the topics covered are of interest to a wider, international audience and Pulia provided the perfect setting for a gathering of industry experts, bloggers, marketeers and food lovers. Marketing for the food industry Around 30 people gathered to hear from the authors on why using such a…
I was invited yet again to volunteer for Action Against Hunger at Taste London this year; initially I accepted but then I found out that MasterChef the Professional finalist and all around nice guy Danilo Cortellini was hosting cooking masterclasses with Grana Padano, which, in all honesty, was a much more attractive way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Before the masterclass (we had booked the afternoon session) myself and my friend Camilla browsed the festival, happy that the weather seemed…
You are being watched… A.I. is a little scary. I am addicted to US TV drama Person of Interest and while loving my iPhone and iPad I never got an iWatch and discarded my Fit Bit as soon as I reached my desired weight, bored of tracking every little morsel of food I ate and any steps I took. But it’s coming. And fast. Our lives are being integrated by tech more and more and Nespresso, a brand always on…
No secret I love South East Asian food, and no secret I am a fan of MasterChef. Thus a combination of these two makes up a perfect evening in my books. With my good friend Mondo Mulia I joined a Malaysian Master Class at Chi Kitchen with none other than Ping Coombes, the super friendly winner of Master Chef 2014. Chi Kitchen is a recently opened Pan Asia restaurant within Debenhams premises in Oxford Street, owned by the same group as…