Masterchef
News about or related to the BBC T.V series, Masterchef.
Gregg's Table - the new restaurant from MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace, which has received a barrage of negative reviews since opening at the end of February - has appointed a new head chef. Spanish-born chef Jordi Vila, 34, has joined the restaurant in the four-AA-star, 80-bedroom Bermondsey Square hotel, London.
Posted: 23 April 2012 | 14:32
Ash Mair has been named the winner of Masterchef: the Professionals. Judges Michel Roux Jr and Gregg Wallace gave the title to Mair at the end of the final cook off, which saw the finalists prepare a three course menu of their own design.
Posted: 16 December 2011 | 10:37
British duck is back in favour, thanks in part to the thriving cottage industry in the Lancashire village of Goosnargh, where one producer has made the name famous for its lean, meaty ducklings. Allan Pickett at Plateau, in London's Canary Wharf, takes Michael Raffael through his recipe for duck breast with confit, foie gras and endive
Posted: 27 July 2011 | 10:57
Last year, Claire Lara became the first woman to win Masterchef: The Professionals. She spoke to Janie Stamford about how the BBC series has helped her career.
Posted: 11 May 2011 | 16:21
Claire Lara, the winner of Professional Masterchef 2010, will be opening a new 50-seat restaurant this summer. With a planned opening of 15 August, the restaurant will be called La Mouette and is part of the Royal Hillbre hotel and spa...
Posted: 08 April 2011 | 13:08
Twitter has united chefs and front of house professionals for a charity pop-up supperclub last night that saw more than £60,000 raised to support victims of the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand in February. The Kai We Care event (Kai is Māori for food) originated from...
Posted: 05 April 2011 | 22:29
Josh Emett, chef de cuisine at Gordon Ramsay Holding's (GRH) Maze and Maze Grill in Melbourne, has left his position, Caterersearch.com understands. The New Zealand-born chef, who has been overseeing GRH's first Australian venture at the Crown Metropol hotel since its opening last year...
Posted: 22 February 2011 | 11:40
John Benson-Smith, consultant executive chef to Manchester City Football Club, has teamed up with pie, pasty and sausage roll manufacturer Peter's Food Service in a bid to transform the culinary experience for sports fans on match days.
Posted: 21 February 2011 | 14:41
Pressure is mounting on operators to provide more nutritional detail on menus, both from consumers and the Government. But serious concerns remain over the practicalities of such a proposal. Janie Stamford reports
Posted: 17 February 2011 | 16:22
The 2009 BBC One MasterChef winner, Mat Follas, runs the Wild Garlic in Beaminster, Dorset, where he offers an inspired menu that balances innovation and tradition. Michael Raffael reports
Posted: 30 November 2010 | 13:20
Sydney is a long way away. So it's not surprising that we're more familiar with the emerging food scene in, say Scandinavia or Spain. But when two pre-eminent Sydney chefs visited the UK, they told Tom Vaughan about a city in contention to be a major culinary powerhouse of the future
Posted: 11 November 2010 | 17:10
New Zealander Mat Follas is the 2009 winner of the BBC's MasterChef series who now runs his own restaurant, Wild Garlic in Beaminster, Dorset. He tells Kerstin Kühn the trials of moving from IT geek to professional chef...
Posted: 07 October 2010 | 11:52
Gordon Ramsay's mini restaurant aboard the London Eye is still up for grabs as organisers of the London Restaurant Festival are struggling to sell the event. Gordon Ramsay is one of 11 top chefs who will, for one night, transform one of the capsules into a kitchen in a special event forming part of the annual festival, which runs from 4 to 18 October.
Posted: 23 September 2010 | 17:14
The winner and finalists from the BBC's MasterChef competition will cook at a pop-up restaurant hosted at D&D London's Meza next month, as part of the London Restaurant Festival. MasterChef winner Dhruv Baker will be joined by finalists Tim Kinnaird and Alex Rushmer at Soho's Meza during the festival.
Posted: 17 September 2010 | 14:10
Michel Roux Jnr is chef-patron of the two-Michelin-starred Le Gavroche restaurant in London, which his father Albert and uncle Michel founded in 1967.
Posted: 01 July 2010 | 00:01
Gary Rhodes is the Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur, TV celebrity and author who spearheaded the 1990s revival of traditional British cuisine. He currently operates eight restaurants: the Michelin-starred Rhodes 24 restaurant at London’s Tower 42; Rhodes W1 at Thistle’s Cumberland hotel in London, which also has a star; Rhodes D7 in Dublin; Rhodes South in Dorset; Rhodes Mezzanine in Dubai; Rhodes Restaurant at the ...
Posted: 01 July 2010 | 00:01
Dhruv Baker, a former board director of a media firm, is the winner of MasterChef 2010, the BBC's amateur cooking competition. He spoke to Kerstin Kühn about the series and where he thinks winning the title will take him.
Posted: 08 April 2010 | 17:52
A round-up of the latest restaurant reviews including: Golden Day, London W1; Fortnum & Mason in London W1; the Crab at Chieveley in Berkshire; the Harwood Arms, London SW6; and Colony, London W1.
Posted: 06 April 2010 | 12:34
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: London Town agrees pre-pack deal; US restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday to launch in UK; Chez Gerard owner faces second restructure; Wyndham Worldwide to buy Hoseasons and more…
Posted: 22 February 2010 | 10:31
Cooking has become a national pastime thanks to the plethora of cooking programmes. As another round of Celebrity MasterChef hits our TVs, members of the public are queuing up to appear on MasterChef Goes Large. John Kercher meets the judges
Posted: 14 June 2007 | 00:00
