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Love.Life restaurant in Los Angeles | Hospitality as a pilar of new health and wellness awareness

5-5-2023

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Today is the grand opening of the new restaurant of Love.Life in Culver City, California. Located in Ivy Station at 8900 Venice Blvd. on the corner of Venice and National Blvd., the 100% plant-based restaurant is open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. It will be the first element of the Love.Life experience, which combines the power of nourishing food, holistic medical care and wellness therapies from around the world to make lasting health and vitality attainable. The medical and wellness offerings that complement the restaurant are slated to open in early 2024.

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Pizza Hut launches cheesesteak-inspired pizza and melt and Pizza Haute Dinner Series with Chain

2-5-2023

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Pizza Hut is introducing a new, craveable offering to its menu, Cheesesteak. The pizza destination is bringing grilled sirloin steak to a nationally available menu for the very first time, offering the recipe as both a pizza and a crispy handheld Melt. The two new menu items will be available at participating restaurants nationwide on May 2 for a limited time. To coincide with the launch, Pizza Hut is continuing its partnership with Chain, the Los Angeles pop-up phenomenon, to host Pizza Haute Dinner Series: a premium, exclusive dining extravaganza for pizza lovers.

We love the idea of the Pizza Haute Dinner Series! Inspiration for other pizzeria’s here in Europe? 

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Trends we spotted | Week 17

2-5-2023

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We select the most interesting ones to write about and we use the other trends in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

With this week links to articles about among others a second restaurant from the owners of the  restaurant LIMA NIKKEI in Antwerp: the street food concept WAYK’U located at the quays of Antwerp.

Corona Beer invites its customers to monitor Mexico’s coasts with beach pics of beer bottles. And could you imagine the espresso tonic (ET) to be your new warm weather beverage obsession? A mocktail recipe that is available at the website of Food & Wine.

Badiani has 9 ice cream shops in London and we spotted an Instagram post about their ‘Gelato Burger’. In 2024 the hospitality group OTG will introduce a farm-to-terminal dining concept and tech enhanced hospitality at Denver International Airport.

In the heart of the Bavaria area in Germany, opens Maritim Hotel Ingolstadt on June 1, soft opening starts May 15. And the design and name of the new Wynn hotel in the UAE has been revealed:  Wynn Al Marjan Island.  

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All-day breakfast diner by Jarmusch opened in Rotterdam-West

1-5-2023

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Opening – A sunny south-facing outdoor dining space. The best filter coffee in the area. Award-winning pancakes, vegan breakfast burritos, mimosas and eggs-any-way-you-like as far as the eye can see. There is good news for all breakfast lovers; the second location of by Jarmusch opened its doors today at 575 Nieuwe Binnenweg in Rotterdam.

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Steakholder Foods 3D bio-printed the world’s first cultivated fish fillet

28-4-2023

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Steakholder Foods 3D bio-printed the world’s first cultivated fish fillet: The Company has reached a significant milestone by successfully customizing bio-inks utilizing grouper cells provided by Umami Meats’ to print a cultivated grouper product – a significant step towards the commercialization of its 3D bioprinter.

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September tradition revives at Castle de Haar | Soirées Septembre on September 29th and 30th

28-4-2023

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On Friday, September 29th, and Saturday, September 30th, a rich, old tradition will revive at Castle de Haar; the September dinners of Baron and Baroness Van Zuylen van Nijevelt-de Rothschild will come back to life. For lovers of haute cuisine, impressive surroundings, and the noble grandeur of a century ago, this is a unique opportunity to dine exclusively and in style. The maître de maison provides his guests with an unforgettable experience by pampering them with culinary delights and entertaining them with visual and historical surprises.

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Self-sustaining restaurant De Dyck in Woubrugge receives Green Michelin Star

25-4-2023

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Self-sustaining restaurant de Dyck, located in Woubrugge, has been awarded a Green Michelin Star during the annual Michelin star awards ceremony at the DeLaMar theatre in Amsterdam. Since its opening in 2012, restaurant de Dyck has always chosen the most appropriate way, using common sense, Dutch pragmatism, and a healthy dose of stubbornness.

We already have 17 restaurants with green stars in the Netherlands and this year Hof aan Zee and restaurant Morille (both located in Kouderkerke), restaurant Rotonde (Rotterdam) and the above mentioned restaurant de Dyck received their green star. Congratulations to everyone, especially also to those who kept their green star. Keep reading to find out more about the background and green details of restaurant de Dyck.  

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The first Michelin star for restaurant LIZZ in Gouda

25-4-2023

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The team of restaurant LIZZ received their first Michelin star during the festive award ceremony. “The star feels like a confirmation that we are on the right track,” said Executive Chef Remco Kuijpers.

Since yesterday the Netherlands has 17 new 1-star restaurants and 1 one new 2-stars restaurant. The Dutch restaurant scene is getting redder and redder with 103 one Michelin stars, 20 two Michelin stars and 2 restaurants with three Michelin stars! We congratulate all restaurateurs and chefs on their new and retained Michelin stars. A background story on the first Michelin star for restaurant LIZZ at the Relais & Châteaux Weeshuis in Gouda.

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Trends we spotted | Week 16

24-4-2023

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At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

With this week links to articles about among others Brian Mackenzie, who as head concierge of NH Collection Amsterdam Barbizon Palace has been awarded the prestigious title: Second Vice President of Les Clefs d’Or.

Chefs from JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs will be cooking on Swan Hellenic ships, culinary delights on beautiful sea voyages!  For chocolate lovers, we spotted a ‘Bar à Mousse au Chocolat’ in Paris.

Barilla’s ‘Open Carbonara’ brings inclusivity to the table by reinventing a classic dish and making it suitable for Halal, vegan and Kosher. And in London, Energize Games opened, a new addition to the thriving activity bar scene.

The theme of the Prêt-à-Portea Afternoon Tea at The Berkeley for spring/summer 2023 is known: From Catwalk to Cakewalk. And the first permanent OREO café outside the US has opened at Doha International Airport.

Berlin-based GaeaStar aims to solve the problem of single-use plastic using an age-old Indian solution, cups and bowls made of clay. And Hyatt Hotels Corporation recently announced the official opening of the new boutique hotel The Pell, part of the JdV by Hyatt brand.

McDonald’s USA has been cooking up small but tasty improvements to the Big Mac® sandwich and other hamburgers. They’ve caught the attention of McDonald’s resident mischief-maker, the Hamburglar.

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FrietHoes ‘dishes out’ new service ware

18-4-2023

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For over 10 years, FrietHoes has been preaching the fresh fries revolution: honest and delicious fries without processing, additives or other frills, but with skin. FrietHoes fries are now on the menu nationwide in numerous restaurants, the better chip shops and are also widely present with food trucks at festivals. From now on, FrietHoes will literally ‘dish out’ a new way for serving fries with the presentation of its very own dish. This enamel serving dish, which shows FrietHoes at its best, features a series of specially made illustrations by Haarlem cartoonist Joost Swarte. The illustrations tell the story from potato to fries in an original way. The launch of the dish is the continuation of a year-long collaboration between Joost Swarte and FrietHoes.

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