New ice hotel emerges in Sweden
The 25th Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland, has opened its doors and the establishment has released a video showing the building of the bar. Titled “Booom!”, the ice bar features a central block of crystal designed to look like it has created splashes of snow on the walls. Designed by Italian sculptor Maurizio Perron, Bulgarian architect Viktor Tsarsk and Dutch designer Wouter Biegelaar, the bar forms the centerpiece of the hotel. This year’s ICE HOTEL displays hand-carved rooms by 42 artists, in addition to an ice church, the bar and a majestic Aurora hall theater. The 5,500-square-meter hotel is constructed every year from 1,000 tonnes of Torne River ice and […]
Michelin’s ‘Cook of the Year’
French chef and sauce specialist Yannick Alleno on Wednesday scooped the title “cook of the year” in recognition of his highly individual and experimental take on traditional haute cuisine. The annual award, organised by the Gault Millau restaurant guide, praised Alleno as a “great French cook”. Alleno, who was awarded three Michelin stars in 2007, is famed for his re-imagining of modern French sauces. The chef cooks vegetables with the sous-vide technique to intensify their flavour before extracting sauces from them. Since July, Alleno has been in charge at Ledoyen on the Champs-Elysees, one of Paris’s oldest restaurants, following 10 years at Le Meurice. “It’s great encouragement to carry on […]