• Cut to the chase

    Cut to the chase

    With more than 20 restaurants around the world, plus a host of books and TV appearances, Austrian-American chef to the stars, Wolfgang Puck is far from crossing the finish line. As he expands his empire further into this region with the recent opening of his Dubai restaurant, and more to come, he talks about why he is still excited by life.

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  • To Hell('s kitchen) and Back

    To Hell('s kitchen) and Back

    The charming French chef, Jean Christophe Novelli, tells us about his meteoric rise to the top, subsequent fall, and eventual recovery, to find out what lessons he’s learnt from the journey.

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  • Food lessons

    Food lessons

    With obesity and health issues on the rise, it’s important to instill good eating habits in children from a young age – not just at home, but in school too. With a new Dubai school launching a campaign to promote good food habits in their students, in partnership with celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, we take a look at what needs to be done to educate children on eating well.

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  • Interpreter of recipes

    Interpreter of recipes

    Australian celebrity chef and now Dubai restaurateur Greg Malouf tells us how he went from not even being able to spell ‘chef’ to becoming a world renowned ambassador of Middle Eastern cuisine, reinterpreting the traditional for modern palates.

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  • Are you intolerant?

    Are you intolerant?

    No we’re not talking patience levels here! Food intolerances are becoming an increasingly prevalent condition around the world. We find out more.

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  • Qbara, Wafi

    Qbara, Wafi

    What it’s like: Dubai foodies have long complained about not having a good, high-end Arabic restaurant to go to here. Qbara singlehandedly changed all that since it opened to rave reviews late last year. As you walk in from the…

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  • Safety first!

    Safety first!

    With the rising summer temperatures, keeping food safe from spoiling becomes that much more of a challenge. Nicola Monteath asks the experts to share their advice on how to make food safety a priority at home.

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  • Table9 by Darren Velvick, Hilton Dubai Creek

    Table9 by Darren Velvick, Hilton Dubai Creek

    What’s it like: The restaurant, previously headed by Nick and Scott, has always been highly lauded. So when Gordon Ramsay’s protégé Darren Velvick stepped in as chef patron, he knew he had big shoes to fill. Luckily, we can vouch…

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