One of the last five contestants standing in the sixth season of Top Chef, Eli Kirshtein recently made his first trip to Singapore for a guest stint at Krish. He talks to epicure about the highs and lows of reality TV and how he became known as ‘the chef that saved Spidey’.

The Griffins’ Steakhouse in Stockholm blurs the line between fact and fiction by letting imaginary characters shape its design.

Widely regarded as a harbinger of spring in Europe, the prized white cousin of the green asparagus tantalises with its delicate taste and texture.

For this year’s World Gourmet Summit, the British celebrity chef will be slugging it out in Stellar’s kitchen with his former protégé Christopher Millar, group executive chef of the 1-Rochester Group. Only this time, the roles will be reversed.

From getting the unceremonious boot from Marco Pierre White and becoming a head chef at 24, Philip Howard has risen to become one of Britain’s top talents in French cuisine.