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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Chef de Cuisine Nigel Lobo
The Eloquent Elephant’s Chef Nigel Lobo is a rising star in cuisine and brings his own creativity and twist into the menu. Having grown...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Mideast’s young culinary stars get a boost in global cooking competition
DUBAI: Not many competitions attempt this scale — finding the best young chef in the whole world, whittled down from thousands of...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Farmers Market Returns to Bay Avenue for 10th Season
Farmers Market returns to Bay Avenue, by Dubai Retail, this November bringing a new and exciting season of local and organic goodness...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
S. Pellegrino Young Chef Awards regional shortlists announced
The S. Pellegrino Young Chef Awards is a world-wide culinary competition which aims to identify and encourage the professional growth of...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Dubai to host Young Chef Award semi-final on October 16
In a first for the emirate, Dubai will host the Africa and Middle East semi-final for the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Award, one of most...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Winner of S.Pellegrino Young Chef Africa and Middle East announced
Chef Vusumuzi Ndlovu (pictured second left) has won S.Pellegrino Young Chef Africa and Middle East. The competition was held at ICCA...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
A trunk packed full of new dishes… as The Eloquent Elephant Launches Entertaining New Menu!
The Eloquent Elephant, the friendly and unique neighbourhood gastropub located at Taj Dubai, has launched a super creative seasonal...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
The Eloquent Elephant new menu
“We don’t over-complicate dishes and simply allow the ingredients to shine for themselves,” chef Nigel Lobo tells Time Out Dubai. Read...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Christmas 2017: UAE chefs list their best dishes
Nigel Lobo Head Chef, Eloquent Elephant, Taj Dubai Foie gras and beef cheek pâté en croûte “This is a very traditional festive dish...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Nigel J Lobo - dataonaplate.com
Nigel J Lobo is currently the Executive Chef and Group Culinary Administrator at the Royal Orchid Hospitality Group in Dubai. Prior to...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
From peeling potatoes and cracking eggs, this Dubai chef is now chasing Michelin stars
Nigel Lobo admits that the passion, energy and motivation that he had for becoming a chef almost evaporated the first day he was in the...
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Jul 18, 20191 min read
Nigel J Lobo
Nigel J Lobo works as the Executive Chef and Group Culinary Administrator at the Royal Orchid Hospitality Group in Dubai. Prior to this,...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
Chef’s Signature Dish: Honestly speaking, Chef de Cuisine, Nigel Lobo of The Eloquent Elephant, Taj
Who would want to watch Gordon Ramsay and say, “I want to be a chef just like him”? Chef Nigel Lobo thought chefs were like rockstars and...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
The Pitch: Nigel Lobo from The Eloquent Elephant
The “local” has long been a favoured meeting spot in the UK, Antipodes and beyond. Indeed, it’s the only meeting spot for many. A new era...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
CHEF TALK: FIRE IT UP! WITH CHEF NIGEL LOBO
Nigel referred to Bombay as Mumbai – so I knew instantly he belonged to a younger generation (the other give-away being that he does look...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
Christmas feast from 5 cultures in the UAE
My earliest Christmas food memory: “I remember standing on the window ledge peeping into my friend’s house waiting for him to come out...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
'The Sorcerer's Apprentices motivated me to take the path less travelled'
Name one underrated book, and why you'd recommend it. Life, on the Line by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas. Beyond television shows, there...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
Feature: Rising Stars
The three UAE semi-finalists of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Award speak to Catering News ahead of the regional final on 16 October, which...
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