Voice controlled culinary app
24-3-2011
The iCookbook iPad app is specially made for chefs at home. Normally you must use your food-covered fingers to scroll through the recipes, but this app is voice controlled. You will use voice commands to follow the recipes’ steps without touching the screen.
Google helps its employees to lose weight
24-3-2011
In the canteens of Google, the large plates are replaced by small plates. They will fill their plates less and therefore the employees will eat less. According to Google, this can lead to a 5 to 8 kilo loss in one year time.
Bols launches liqueur foam
23-3-2011
Lucas Bols launches the Bols Foam, which is according to the manufacturer’s, the first and only liqueur foam in the world, and is available from April. The purpose of the foam is to finish cocktails or mixed drinks, shots, wine, soft drinks, beer, coffee and desserts.
Webshop for wines served in restaurants with Michelinstars
22-3-2011
The Netherlands has a new wine website that offers only wines that are served in restaurants with Michelinstars. The best sommeliers of the Netherlands determine the assortment of the wine website: Sterwijnenthuis.nl. By each wine is mentioned at which restaurant the wine is served.
Pop-up designrestaurant The Cube
22-3-2011
The Cube, the pop-up restaurant of Electrolux offers a combination of design, star cuisine and special locations. The pop-up restaurant will serve its first meal in Brussels from March 25 to July 3 on top of the Arc de Triomph in Jubelpark. The restaurant, provided by the Belgian chefs Bart de Pooter or Sang-Hoon Degeimbre, has one large dining table that can accommodate only 18 guests. After Brussels the restaurant will go to Italy, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden.
The WalkIN app
21-3-2011
The WalkIN app is a wonderful feature to have on a smartphone when there is a long queue at the restaurant. This app lets people reserve a table by simply scanning the QR code at the doors. You don’t have to wait in line and you will be notified when a table is ready.
Pepsi unveils 100% plant-based bottle
21-3-2011
PepsiCo – the company behind Pepsi and Tropicana – has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first 100 % plant-based bottle. The pilot production of the new bottle is set to start in 2012, and upon successful completion Pepsi intends to move directly into full-scale production.
Coca-Cola light limited edition by Karl Lagerfeld
21-3-2011
Coca-Cola Light has a completely new and stylish collection, designed by international fashion genius Karl Lagerfeld. The new collection consists of 3 exclusive designs for the Coca-Cola light bottle. From May 14, the “Coca-Cola Light Limited Edition Collection by Karl Lagerfeld ‘ is available at the Bijenkorf in the Netherlands.
McDonald’s Hong Kong launches in-house wedding service
18-3-2011
A wedding can take years of planning and a lot of money to execute. McDonald’s Hong Kong have stepped up to offer its restaurant for wedding parties. This may seem undesirable for many people, but not for people in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong the average wedding costs USD 29,200 and the average monthly income is only USD 2,250. A reminder that the perfect day in one part of the world may be completely different in another.
First looping-restaurant in the world
18-3-2011
In the FoodLoop restaurant, orders are not served by waiters, but the dishes come through a roller coaster with a double loop, directly to your table. In Europa Park Germany.