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City Life | Oct 2022
A group of talented chefs, risk-taking restaurateurs and sommeliers are cementing Athens’ status as a foodie capital. Michelin agrees by adding a slew of 27 fine food restaurants to its coveted star system. Here's our definitive guide to Athens' Michelin hot spots.
Restaurateurs in Athens are pushing the taste frontiers w...
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Food & Drink | Jul 2020
Chef Luca Piscazzi brings his impressive talent and appetite for experimentation to Four Seasons Athens this summer. Piscazzi’s presence in the hotel is set to not only raise the culinary bar in Four Seasons Athens; but it will undoubtedly make the gastronomic landscape in Greece a lot more exciting.
Four Seasons pulls off a c...
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Food & Drink | Mar 2020
Make the most of the lockdown and try and master a few classic Greek desserts. Private chef and culinary expert, Christina Vlahoulis, is spending quality quarantine time in her Athens kitchen, whipping up a storm of Greek delights such as the always classic baklava. It’s time to face your fears of phyllo and dive head first into this baki...
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Food & Drink | Feb 2020
Insider shares five top tables where you can enjoy sumptuous seafood feasts with a clean conscience.
Varoulko
After thirty years in the business, one would have expected Chef Lefteris Lazarou to hang his apron and let his reputation do the talking. Lazarou continues to surprise by producing a succession of visually st...
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People | Apr 2019
Acknowledged as the face of contemporary seafood cuisine in Greece, Lefteris Lazarou’s open-minded and informal approach to fine dining has made Varoulko a place of gastronomic pilgrimage.
“Food, should viscerally, instinctively, spiritually, transform you. It should, and has the power to inspire, astonish, shock, excite, deli...
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Food & Drink | Aug 2018
For an island experience within the city, with views to the Acropolis and of the Athenian Riviera decked out in night lights and Michelin chef Lefteris Lazarou’s delectable tapas, Bites and Wine at Mikrolimano is a gourmet destination sure to please your palate.
Why settle for anything else when you have all your exigent needs...
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Food & Drink | May 2018
Keeping up with Athens’ giddy gourmet revolution is almost a full-time gig these days. Every week, another exciting new dining destination seems to open somewhere in the capital, adding extra garnish to Athens’ already rich culinary arsenal. Introducing another batch of the city’s most eligible new dining addresses for you to discover.
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Food & Drink | Feb 2018
Etrusco - the celebrated Mediterranean eaterie run by the Italian-Corfiot Botrini family - has won Greece’s top gourmet gong at the 2018 “Toques d’Or” (Golden Caps) awards.
Held at the Hotel Grande Bretagne hotel this week, the Golden Caps are the country’s most prestigious and recognised Greek gastronomy awards and are grante...
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Food & Drink | Nov 2017
There's something about Lefteris Lazarou that sets him apart from other celebrity chefs. Perhaps it's his looks: that avuncular face, his mane of grey hair, the honest brow and the guileless smile that conspire to make him more accessible. Despite 30 + years of culinary experience under his toque, and a Michelin star for 15 consecutive ye...
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