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A FooDiva column: Where Restaurateurs Eat
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Remember the ‘Where Chefs Eat’ doorstopper tome? Well I’ve always wanted to apply a similar news angle here. So, inspired by this ingenious guidebook, I am launching...
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Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2024 guide
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I give you the ninth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai. A record number of 45 homegrown, locally developed concepts have made the cut...
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My Little Pink Lifestyle Book. A FooDiva Guide.
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I turned 50 in April. And I realised that I have lived in Dubai for just under half of my life, moving here nearly 24 years ago. 27th August 1999, to be precise. Thanks to dining out for a living...
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Best practice food sustainability
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What does the term food sustainability really mean? On the back of recent visits to a resort that fully champions sustainability across all areas of the operation, I decided to do some digging, and...
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Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2023 guide
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The eighth edition of the annual FooDiva guide to top restaurants in Dubai is here. 38 homegrown, independently operated, locally developed concepts have made the cut...
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PODCAST: an interview on the first Michelin Dubai guide
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The first Michelin Dubai guide revealed a flurry of surprises. So we interviewed the inspiring gent who brought Michelin to Dubai - the CEO of Dubai Corporation for Tourism...
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PODCAST: an interview with Michelin on the first Dubai guide
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Finally. Likely one of Dubai's worst kept 'secrets' since rumours first surfaced over five years ago. The Michelin guide is coming to Dubai. In June this year. I first wrote...
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Top Dubai restaurants: a FooDiva 2022 guide
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On the back of a bumper year for the Dubai restaurant industry where the good concepts have thrived with more business than ever, we have a bumper seventh edition...
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A FooDiva guide to under-the-radar restaurants in Dubai
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Dubai boasts a staggering 20,000 or so restaurants, but many go under the radar. This guide celebrates those gems, all homegrown concepts, that deserve more love from us. These...
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