Category: culinary

A Las Vegas Foodie Adventure

A tribute to Paris hotel: Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. Photo credit: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

Las Vegas is an urban adventure destination known worldwide for its casinos, entertainment, hotels and restaurants.

If you’re traveling to Las Vegas, after you find Las Vegas flights and hotels, make reservations for some of the hottest shows and restaurants.

This spring, the celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay will open Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, his first Las Vegas restaurant.

“Vegas is such a vibrant city, and I’m excited to open my first Las Vegas restaurant in a Caesars Entertainment resort,” says Chef Gordon Ramsay.

“The space is really bold and innovative, and we’ve put together a great team and created a contemporary, quality menu. I can’t wait to open and start welcoming guests!”

Set within the Paris-themed casino, the Gordon Ramsay Steak restaurant design will reflect Chef Gordon Ramsay and his British heritage.

The Michelin Star Chef is also known for his hit TV programs Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef and Kitchen Nightmares.

Ramsay’s contemporary steakhouse will offer 274 seats including a large bar area, chef’s table and private dining room. The restaurant’s menu items will range from traditional steakhouse fare to Ramsay’s signature fish and chips and Shepard’s Pie.

The restaurant will allow guests to learn about the beef aging program created under the direction of Chef Gordon Ramsay and his culinary team.

For more info, visit the Paris Las Vegas site.

Kids + Food + Adventure

Arriba! Avocado and Lime Ice Cream. Photo credit: Scott Dunn.

Luxury family travel company Scott Dunn has launched global foodie adventures at its children’s clubs across the Mediterranean.

For its Scott Dunn Explorers children’s clubs, the travel company is joining forces with children’s food expert Fiona Faulkner, author of the 25 Foods Kids Hate (and How to Get Them Eating 24).

Called “the Harry Potter of Vegetables“, Faulkner has created a global foodie adventure menu featuring recipes including Slumdog Soup (above), Arriba! Avocado and Lime Ice Cream (above) and Popeye’s Pesto (below). The global foodie menu can be adapted to cater for children’s allergies and dietary requirements.

Slumdog Soup. Photo credit: Scott Dunn.

Says Andrew Dunn, Scott Dunn’s founder:

” Scott Dunn Explorers aren’t just places to leave your children, but environments where they can make new friends, learn new skills and explore their imaginations, as they become inventors, adventurers, artists and chefs. Who knows, perhaps this might also inspire our next generation of Hestons and Delias!”

Popeye’s Pesto with olive oil. Photo credit: Scott Dunn.

On these Scott Dunn holidays, children can learn new cookery skills from Faulkner’s Toddler Chef and Taste Buddies workshops and how to make their own bread, cakes, cookies and treats. They will also discover foods indigenous to their holiday destinations.

Designed for children aged 4 months to 13 years old, the Scott Dunn Explorers children’s clubs are available at Daios Cove in Crete; Pine Cliffs in the Algarve; Aphrodite Hills in Cyprus; and Verdura in Sicily.

For more info, visit the Scott Dunn site.

A Chocolate Tour

Fine chocolate. Photo credit: Seventy%.

Fancy a chocolate adventure in Europe? Chocolate expert Seventy% has launched Connoisseur Chocolate Tours of France and Italy in collaboration with Arena Travel.

Martin Christy, Seventy%’s founder and editor, will lead the chocolate tour which will include visits to some of Europe’s top chocolate makers and chocolatiers.

As a chocolate bean-to-bar expert, Christy will help the group learn about chocolate, giving a welcome talk that includes chocolate samples and tasting notes.

The five-day Chocolate Masters of the Lower Rhône tour will include visits to France’s oldest and established chocolate producers:

The original Bonnat shop in Voiron;
Chocolaterie A. Morin in Donzère;
Pralus in Roanne;
Artisan chocolate house Bernachon, Lyon and
A chocolate dinner at a local restaurant.

The five-day Chocolatiers of Florence and Tuscany tour will include visits to chocolatiers from Florence and the Tuscan Chocolate Valley:

Andrea Bianchini, aka ‘King of Chocolate’;
Rivoire;
Vestri;
Luca Mannori in Prato;
Roberto Catinari in Agliana;
Slitti in Monsummano Terme;
De Bondt, Visignano-Navacchio and
A private chocolate tasting led by local expert Monica Meschini.

For more info on the chocolate tours in France and Italy, visit the Seventy% site.