Food & drink takeaways – 13 September
A curated taster menu of every day’s food & drink associations
The businessman who built a chocolate empire, the writer who invented a chocolate factory and one of the most decorated Michelin star chefs who has set the highest bar for, yes, chocolate bars.
Just some of the sweet delights for which we have to thank 13 September.
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Food birthdays
1755
American millwright and inventor, designed the first corn mill
1857
American manufacturer and confectioner, founder of one of the world's leading chocolate brands The Hershey Chocolate Company His birthday is marked by International Chocolate Day
1916
Welsh-born author, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and cookbook writer, Roald Dahl Cookbook, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes, Roald Dahl’s Even More Revolting Recipes
1947
American chef, White House Executive Chef from 1989 to 1994
1950
French chef, helped to create fusion cuisine in the 1980s
1956
French Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur, The Dorchester. In fact, Ducasse holds the second highest number of Michelin stars – 21 – in the culinary world.
“He has built a business empire that spans the globe from Las Vegas to Tokyo, at over 72 locations, of which 36 are restaurants. In 2005, Ducasse also became the first chef to own three restaurants with three Michelin stars in three different cities at the same time.”
“The chef’s first Manufacture de Chocolat opened in 2013 on Rue de la Roquette in Paris under the expert eye of head chocolatier Quentin Francis-Gaigneux, who works closely with Ducasse to create exceptional chocolate, pralinés and ganaches. The brand has now launched its third chocolate production site in the world, and the first ever in the UK based in Borough Yards, London. It operates alongside the 38 other Alain Ducasse chocolate shops around the world – in France, Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom.”
1986
Danish chef
Cocktail of the day
The Difford's Guide cocktail of the day is Chocolate Stinger – chocolate spirit and crème de menthe – to celebrate the birth of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Roald Dahl on this day in 1916.
