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...tuck into a plate of salmon ravioli at the Premier restaurant, which has a view over bustling Oxford Street. At Harrods, the clientele in the Georgian Restaurant is nibbling terrine of foie gras with cèpes, fillet of red mullet and wild game pudding whipped up by a chef who used to work at London's The Ivy. Even the most discerning Parisian diners have been reserving tables at Le Chênevert, Galeries Lafayette's chic venue that opened last September to rave reviews...
That's the business; how's the food? For the most part, both ambitious and good. But restaurant critics have pretty much ignored this in-store phenomenon - Le Chênevert, which has been awarded high marks by reviewers, and Harvey Nichols' Fifth Floor being the exceptions. Harrods chef Chris Allen, who learned his trade in some of London's most prestigious eateries, can't get anyone to review his Georgian Restaurant. "We're doing an incredibly high level of food," he says, as he gently stirs a lobster sauce for a salmon en croute dish. "Critics just...
Still, for Harrods executive chef Stephen Wheeler, who oversees a culinary team of 155 from the basement kitchens and prepares 4,000 meals each day, it can be frustrating not to be better-known in the world of cuisine. He is resigned: "What is most important is that we know we are preparing the highest quality of food." And making a certain fashion statement at the same time...
...Swiss Chef Nestlé, the world's largest food company, has taken another bite out of the U.S. market. The Swiss giant acquired frozen-snack maker Chef America for $2.6 billion...
...would not be much to see. About four weeks were continuously spent being very angry with my computer, which crashed incessantly. Another week or so was spent being quite frustrated with the scanner, which made Julia look more like a grayish blob with curly hair than a pioneering television chef. But now that the design phase of the exhibition is complete (and my computer is officially dead, blinking disk and all, for the second time this summer), as an exhibition design intern, my work has dwindled. As such, I have resorted to doing odd jobs—the definition...