WOTM: Itsmakantime blog

Website of the Month: Its Makan Times Blog

Being a Chef isn't just pursuing cuisines that is eurocentric. A Singapore chef should also be knowledgeable of the local cuisine here. When abroad, he wouldn't feel apprehensive to share with other Chefs about the culture and food of where he is from.

Itsmakantime blog shares with you writeups from various newspaper sources all under one roof. You can find the Strait Times, Business Times and even Times UK food articles here. You need not have to flip the papers to read food articles anymore! You can find a wide range of articles varying from interviews with local and foreign established chefs, introduction to food blogs, reviews of the local restaurant scene, the latest food trend here and even the best wholesaler bargins. Although not all the articles are chef related, all are food related. Check out this infomative blog and you'll be immersed in the knowledge of food.

Website of the Month

Website of the Month: WACS Junior Chef Blog

Ever wonder if there’s more to our culinary family than SCA. Welcome to the family of WACS! The World Association of Chefs Societies, the global authority on food, is a global network of chefs associations with 72 chefs associations around the world under it. The organisation was founded in 1928 in Paris, with the venerable August Escoffier being its first Honorary President. More details on WACS can be found on http://www.wacs2000.org/

What I would really like to introduce to you today is the junior section of WACS. The WACS Junior Blog was set up to keep junior chefs, like you and me, informed of the latest happenings of junior chefs clubs around the world. Other news such as junior chefs competitions and scholarships can also be found on the blog. A MUST Bookmark website for all Junior Chefs… http://wacsjunior.blogspot.com/

Website of the Month: Alinea

Website of the Month: Alinea

This month we feature www.alinea-restaurant.com/ If you love beauty, this is definately a website you should catch. Not only does it contain many beautiful photos of creative dishes, its restaurant itself looks modern and sophisticated. Yes, its "Home" page does look a little dull though, but wait till you inch alittle further into its neatly catergorize subpages, will you find the hidden gems.

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Alinea Restaurant was opened in 2005 and has won many awards ever since. Among them are Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine (2006) and Jean Banchet Award - Best Fine Dining (2007). A scroll of its subpage "press" shows a never-ending list of reviews by press from around the world.

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What I love most about the website are the crystal clear high resolution pictures of the fine creative dishes. Scrolling the gallery reminisces looking through old camera films. I wonder if you call their creations avant-garde, but I believe they invest alot on technology, such as with the company PolyScience, and also on their unique tablewares.

Check out this website and you might find Beauty...

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Best Culinary Spirits

Jasper Jek

President

Singapore Junior Chefs Club

Website of the Month

This month we feature The-Best-Chefs.com . A fellow colleague of mine recently introduced me to this enriching gourmet portal. It gives you knowledge of a myriad of restaurants and chefs in Europe. Restaurants and chefs de cuisines are neatly categorized alphabetically or by countries, making searching hassle free. A click on a chef’s name brings you to his detailed portfolio, listing his nationality, apprenticeship/training background, career, philosophy, awards and interesting habits. The site also boast a “restaurant ranking” page which allows you to browse the T0p 50 restaurants in Europe. Should you like to dine at a particular restaurant, you may try searching for it under the “online-reservations” page and book a reservation. The website is still pretty new; hence there aren’t many posts on their forum page. The website is also available in German and French. These two versions have a larger community viewership, thus are better developed and have a larger forum. The site also offers the latest news in the European culinary scene.

Overall I find The-Best-Chefs.com a useful website and would recommend it to my friends.

P/S: Fellow members, if you have a website to recommend and share for Website of the Month (WOTM), please feel free to email us or "shout" on the tag board...

Best Culinary Spirits

Jasper Jek
President
Singapore Junior Chefs Club