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LUCA FANTIN

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LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 6, 2021
Tokyo's Den, Narisawa and Florilege make the cut at World's 50 Best Restaurants awards
After a year-long pandemic-induced delay, The World's 50 Best Restaurants returned to the live stage in Antwerp on Oct. 5 to announce this year's winners.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 5, 2019
Il Ristorante Luca Fantin: 10 years to perfect, 10 courses to celebrate
Since Luca Fantin first arrived 10 years ago at Bvlgari's then newly opened Ginza Tower, he has won and retained a Michelin star every year since 2011, and Il Ristorante is now making its way up the ladder of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. Reason to celebrate if there ever was one.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 27, 2019
Tokyo-based pastry chef named Asia's best
Patissier Fabrizio Fiorani was named Asia's Best Pastry Chef at the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony in Macau on March 26.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 11, 2018
Shocked to silence: Yasuhiro Fujio reflects on S. Pellegrino Young Chef title
The lights flashed, the music swelled and glittering confetti streamed down onto a stage filled with culinary luminaries. It was the moment of truth, the denouement of an intense, year-long and worldwide competition. And there in the spotlight, receiving the winner's trophy as S. Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 was Yasuhiro Fujio.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 31, 2018
A new generation of Japanese chefs comes to the fore at Asia's Best 50
Just as surely as spring brings blossom and fresh foliage, it also heralds the announcement of the annual Asia's 50 Best Restaurants rankings. And this year there was intense celebration by many of Japan's top chefs to match the festivities going on underneath the billowing sakura (cherry trees) back home.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 30, 2017
Slovenia's Ana Ros on Japanese cuisine and gender equality among chefs
Early one September morning, Ana Ros, Slovenia's most famous chef, is receiving a crash course in Japanese seafood at Tsukiji fish market.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 15, 2017
Preparation for S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 contest ramps up in Tokyo
The search is on for the next generation of aspiring culinary stars. Over the next year, up-and-coming chefs around the world will be sharpening their knives and their kitchen skills in the hope of making it to the Grand Finale of the Young Chef 2018 competition in Italy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 7, 2016
Luca Fantin: Italian creativity blooms in the heart of Ginza
Chef Luca Fantin's cooking is far from most people's idea of typical Italian fare. The softly spoken 37-year-old native of Treviso serves elaborate multicourse tasting menus that are as creative, contemporary and cutting edge as anywhere else in Tokyo. This has won him plaudits, a Michelin star — he's the only Italian chef in Japan to hold one — and a growing reputation around the world.

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