Cheese conveyor belt take over | Pick & Cheese invites heavyweights of cheese

7-11-2019

  • Belt takeover at Pick & Cheese by heavyweights of cheese
  • Belt takeover at Pick & Cheese by heavyweights of cheese
  • Belt takeover at Pick & Cheese by heavyweights of cheese

Pick & Cheese, the world’s only cheese conveyor belt at Seven Dials Market, will play host to some of the biggest and best names in cheese with ‘Heavyweights of Cheese’, their new series of one-off belt takeovers. Kicking off on Wednesday 27th November with Paxton & Whitfield, the UK’s oldest cheesemonger, the series will see each guest cheesemonger take over the belt for one night only, showcasing their signature cheeses with unique condiments, hot dishes, desserts and a selection of drink pairings.

Heavyweights of Cheese will be a non-ticketed event, available on a first-come first-served basis running from 6pm till 10pm. The belt take over will be by: 27th November: Paxton & Whitfield; 29th January: La Fromagerie; 26th February: Neal’s Yard Dairy and 25th March: Mons Cheesemongers. Great collaboration!

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BYOC | Duebest sustainable, Fair-Trade reusable cutlery

5-11-2019

  • BYOC - Duebest wants you to Bring Your Own Cutlery - sustainable & Fair-Trade
  • BYOC - Duebest wants you to Bring Your Own Cutlery - sustainable & Fair-Trade
  • BYOC - Duebest wants you to Bring Your Own Cutlery - sustainable & Fair-Trade
  • BYOC - Duebest wants you to Bring Your Own Cutlery - sustainable & Fair-Trade
  • BYOC - Duebest wants you to Bring Your Own Cutlery - sustainable & Fair-Trade

Bring Your Own Cutlery (BYOC), an idea by Duebest, a brand on a mission to end single-use plastic utensils starting with Fair-Trade reusable cutlery to launch on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter. Duebest is a new Brooklyn-based brand that starts their sustainable initiative by selling their sleekly designed fork, knife, spoon, and chopstick sets. All made from sustainably sourced teak wood and hand-crafted by Fair Trade artisans in Bali. The set comes in a compact fabric case and retails for $35. Exclusive glass straw upgrades are available for $5 more.

With a couple of days to go, you could still back their Kickstarter goal!

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Limited edition pumpkin buns at Bun House in London for Halloween

29-10-2019

  • Limited edition pumpkin buns at Bun house in London for Halloween
  • Limited edition pumpkin buns at Bun house in London for Halloween

This autumn Bun House, the Cantonese-style steamed bun specialist, will celebrate Halloween with its new limited edition pumpkin buns. For one week only from Thursday 24th October, the spooky buns will be available at Bun House’s Chinatown home and Wembley’s Box Park.

They simply look marvelous these pumpkin buns for Halloween. Inspiration for other restaurants or bakeries!

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Neo Fruit | A collection of artificially designed fruits made with 4D printers

25-10-2019

  • Neo Fruit - Designed by Meydan Levy - credits Bogdan Sokol & Shay Maman
  • Neo Fruit - Designed by Meydan Levy - credits Bogdan Sokol & Shay Maman
  • Neo Fruit - Designed by Meydan Levy - credits Bogdan Sokol & Shay Maman
  • Neo Fruit - Designed by Meydan Levy - credits Bogdan Sokol & Shay Maman
  • Neo Fruit - Designed by Meydan Levy - credits Bogdan Sokol & Shay Maman

Fruit can provoke emotions and desires, have a perfect natural packaging, use colours to indicate which minerals and vitamins they contain, what their flavour is, and how ripe or rotten they are. A whole world of visual, sensual, nutritional and practical experience bundled together in each fruit. The creator of Neo Fruit finds this full sensual eating experience is missing in food supplements produced nowadays. He created ‘Neo Fruits’, artificial fruit, produced with 4D printers technology, using cellulose, an organic material. Neo Fruits intends to offer a food of the future that considers shape and content as critical factor for the eating experience.

Designed by Meydan Levy, an industrial designer from Israel. And we spotted it through the event for Biodesign, the future of materials, manufacturing, architecture & fashion: #BiodesignHereNow by Open Cell. Would we be eating fruit this way in the future? Or take our food supplements? It most certainly looks more appealing than a powder or capsules!

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New, healthy and sustainable restaurant concept for IKEA launched in Amsterdam

21-10-2019

  • Gezond en duurzaam restaurant concept van IKEA in Amsterdam
  • Gezond en duurzaam restaurant concept van IKEA in Amsterdam
  • Gezond en duurzaam restaurant concept van IKEA in Amsterdam
  • Gezond en duurzaam restaurant concept van IKEA in Amsterdam
  • Gezond en duurzaam restaurant concept van IKEA in Amsterdam
  • Gezond en duurzaam restaurant concept van IKEA in Amsterdam

IKEA Amsterdam has opened its completely renovated restaurant last week. It is the first IKEA store in the world to implement the new concept: a different set-up and new dishes should inspire customers even more to eat healthier and more sustainable food. For example, there are now various stations with, among other dishes, fresh smoothies and sandwiches. IKEA also serves dishes such as a salad with vegetarian balls. In the new format there is more room for contact between customers and employees of the IKEA restaurants as the dishes are prepared on the spot.

We’re curious whether dishes from the ‘IKEA SPACE10 Lab’ will be on the menu! We wrote about this initiative at the beginning of 2018, in which they told that they also investigated the possibilities of alternative ingredients such as algae and insects.

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KFC says: ‘I do’ to brand new wedding planning service

15-10-2019

  • 'Put a wing on it' - KFC Weddings
  • KFC Weddings Vogue
  • KFC Weddings
  • KFC Weddings

KFC is giving Australia the chance to ‘put a wing on it’ as the first couple to get hitched under its brand-new wedding service. Now, KFC fans all over Australia can officially head to the website and lodge an application form telling them in 200 words or less why you want the ultimate KFC Wedding. For those loved up couples ready to take the plunge, the Colonel suggests you apply fast as there’s only six weddings available. Winners will be judged on their originality, creative merit and independent expression shared in the entry.

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Cacaofruit Experience | Barry Callebaut unleashes the full power of the cacaofruit in next-gen food & drink category

8-10-2019

  • Barry Callebaut - Cacaofruit Experience - WholeFruit Chocolate
  • Barry Callebaut - Cacaofruit Experience - WholeFruit Chocolate

Based on its unparalleled innovation power, Barry Callebaut AG, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, unveiled last week (September 28) at an exclusive event in San Francisco ‘Cacaofruit Experience’: an innovative range of products that celebrates the fresh, fruity taste and natural richness of the cacaofruit and marks the creation of a next-gen food & drink category. As part of ‘Cacaofruit Experience’, the company also presented the artisan world with the delicious WholeFruit chocolate, a fresh, fruity delight made from 100% pure cacaofruit.

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NUGGS | Vegan ‘chicken’ nuggets, development as a tech startup

30-9-2019

  • NUGGS
  • NUGGS
  • Oprichter Ben Pasternak van NUGGS

NUGGS, the world’s first vegan ‘chicken’ nugget startup, launched by the 19-year-old founder Ben Pasternak announced a $7M funding round led by McCain Foods in July 2019. Money he will use to create ‘the most advanced nugget on the planet’. Founded by 19-year-old tech wunderkind and entrepreneur Ben Pasternak. NUGGS is ready to disrupt the animal-based meat industry with its new nugget technology.

A great approach to food development: the founder Ben Pasternak does release new ‘updates‘ of his NUGGS. The formula is constantly improved, based on user feedback. Ben explains: “NUGGS is the intersection of food and the internet”. Check out their Instagram account where they recently announced their 1.4 release and the release notes. 

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Amber Garden | True Chinese Cuisine

24-9-2019

  • The team behind Amber Garden in Amstelveen
  • The interior of Amber Garden in Amstelveen
  • Restaurant Amber Garden in Amstelveen, True Chinese Cuisine
  • Restaurant Amber Garden in Amstelveen, True Chinese Cuisine
  • The interior of Amber Garden in Amstelveen
  • The exterior of Amber Garden in Amstelveen
  • Restaurant Amber Garden in Amstelveen, The Orchid and the Narcissus
  • Restaurant Amber Garden in Amstelveen, True Chinese Cuisine
  • Restaurant Amber Garden in Amstelveen, True Chinese Cuisine
  • Restaurant Amber Garden in Amstelveen, True Chinese Cuisine

Amber Garden, part of the international ‘Yisheng Group’, opened its doors in Amstelveen (near Amsterdam in the Netherlands) in a festive way on September 23th. Owner, Stark Li, third generation respected Chinese restaurant owner, together with Facility Manager, Ronald Ting, opened restaurant Amber Garden in the company of many corporate companies from the region, culinary enthusiasts and (Michelin) star chefs.

With the arrival of Amber Garden, the municipality of Amstelveen has added a beautiful, authentic fine dining Chinese restaurant at their list of restaurants. Lovers of the authentic Chinese cuisine can enjoy the ‘shared dining’ dishes here. During the opening we enjoyed dishes from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Xi’an. With the dishes you can enjoy wine pairing that are specially selected. For those who want to drink alcohol-free, they also serve delicious tea-based mocktails. True lovers of the Chinese cuisine must visit Amber Garden, if only for the delicious Dim Sum and their signature dish the ‘Amber roasted Beijing duck in the traditional way’. Like chef Shaun Song says: “You no longer need to go to China to be able to enjoy the best dishes China can offer”.

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A Circular Juice Bar | ‘Feel the Peel’

17-9-2019

  • Feel the Peel by CRA Carlo Ratti Associati for Eni - credits Nicola Giorgetti
  • Feel the Peel by CRA Carlo Ratti Associati for Eni - credits Nicola Giorgetti
  • Feel the Peel by CRA Carlo Ratti Associati for Eni - credits Nicola Giorgetti

‘Feel the Peel’ is a project by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for Eni, they developed an experimental orange squeezer which makes bioplastic out of orange peels and uses it to 3D print cups to drink the juice.

The “Feel the Peel” prototype strives to bring environmental circularity to everyday life. International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, in partnership with global energy company Eni, has developed an experimental Circular Juice Bar that uses oranges to make bioplastic, turns it into filament, and 3D prints disposable cups to drink the freshly-squeezed juice. Called “Feel the Peel”, the prototype is starting a tour of public places around Italy in the next few months as it strives to demonstrate a new approach to environmental circularity in daily life.

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