Month: July 2020

Week 8: Denis Lovatel (Pizzeria Da Ezio) 8th July 2020 A New Language- Expressing Life and Culture Through Pizza Denis Lovatel left a lasting impression on those that attended Food on the Edge last October. Now during Covid-19, on hearing that he was to be the first of the ‘FOTE Speaks’ conversations in July, instantly… Read more »

Week 7: Gunnar Karl Gislason (Dill) 24th June 2020 Insights on Embracing Change During a Pandemic After a month’s break, the first ‘FOTE Speaks’ session in June was a conversation between JP and Gunnar Karl Gislason in Iceland. Prior to Covid-19, his restaurant, Dill was booked three months in advance with 80-90% of his clientele… Read more »

Week 6: Clare Smyth (Core) Call for Fairness and Respect in Order to Survive JP’s conversation with Clare Smyth this week was a frank reality check for chef patrons trying to decide on their next move! Her restaurant, Core is just two and a half years old and would usually have a three-month waiting list…. Read more »

Week 5: Josh Niland and Alberto Landgraf Self-reflection on Being a Chef While this week’s conversations linked in with Josh Niland and Alberto Landgraf in relation to their restaurants, interestingly the key points expressed by both, focused on their personal reflections on their life as a chef and care of their chef community. Josh Niland… Read more »