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• 17Mar 2011

  Pierre Gagnaire and melt-in-your-mouth macaroons

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  Dubai; FooDiva’s first taste of the French culinary genius that is Pierre Gagnaire was five years ago at his London restaurant Sketch, when my date managed to secure us a table as walk-in guests. No he didn’t have ‘wasta’, but as an F&B (industry lingo for food & beverage) veteran, he knew very well that a restaurant always […]

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• 22Nov 2017

  

  Meet chef Thomas Keller

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  Chef Thomas Keller has no intention of bringing his three-Michelin starred US restaurants The French Laundry and Per Se, or his one-star Bouchon Bistro to the UAE due to lack of access to fresh ingredients...

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• 5Apr 2012

  

  It’s the finer things in life that count

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  A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked if I'd like to join him for a booze run to Barracuda in Umm Al Quwain. I immediately piped up, "forget the booze, I wanna go to Finer Things, the gourmet deli store next door."

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• 13Mar 2018

  

  10 best wine bars in Dubai

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  Traditionally you can identify a wine bar at twenty paces. Atmosphere? Check. Wooden surfaces and a cheese selection? Check and check. Lighting a quarter turn from pitch black? You got it. In Dubai though, it can be hard to find a place...

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• 21Nov 2019

  

  Online gourmet grocers and caterers in Dubai

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  With demand for at-home entertaining on the rise given the expense of dining out in Dubai, I am getting more and more requests for gourmet ‘grocers’ (read artisans) and bespoke caterers.

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• 2Apr 2014

  

  Does Rhodes 44 at St Regis Abu Dhabi live up to the name?

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  On entering Rhodes 44 at the St Regis Abu Dhabi, I was immediately transported back to my youth carving out a career as a chef. Gary and I...

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• 11Feb 2019

  

  A FooDiva dining bucket list: 26 top Dubai restaurants (2019)

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  For the last four years, I have shared an annual guide of my favourite restaurants in Dubai. I am doing so once again, but this time with the title of “FooDiva's top Dubai restaurants." These are not just my faves, but...

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• 30Aug 2018

  

  Where and what oysters to eat: restaurants, retailers and producers in Dubai

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  I’ve always eaten oysters, but my love affair started four years ago when I read best-selling author Mireille Guiliano’s book ‘Meet Paris Oyster’ which I fell for hook, line and sinker (excuse the pun...

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• 17Jan 2018

  

  FooDiva’s 28 favourite Dubai restaurants (2018)

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  For the third consecutive year, here is my annual FooDiva round-up of favourite restaurants in Dubai in response to the question I am always asked. I have favourites, firstly...

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