Chefluencer is a global food and travel magazine for enthusiasts and professionals alike. Explore how chefs, restaurants, trends and destinations are shaping contemporary gastronomy. It’s a place for readers who want sharp stories, reliable context, and a clear perspective on what’s worth discovering next.

News

Noma LA - Team Photo

After its Los Angeles residency, Noma is returning home with a new leadership structure, a monthly seasonal rhythm and Pablo Soto as Executive Head Chef.

Beata Śniechowska - Baba Wrocław - Michelin Guide Polska 2026

The 2026 Michelin Guide finally looked at Poland as a whole country: 196 restaurants, 4 new stars, 19 new Bib Gourmands and a national gala in Kraków. Wrocław’s rise, surprising omissions & the guide's struggle to read local nuance.

Jack & Issy Lury - Photo Georgina Cook

In Hastings, Jack Lury is building a ten-seat restaurant around one of Sri Lanka’s lesser-known food cultures, shaped by Portuguese, Dutch, British and Sri Lankan histories.

People

Easter Bunny - Lukullus, Warsaw, Poland

A Warsaw pastry house turns heritage into provocation — from post-war survival to a bold reworking of tradition through modern design, art, and Ćmielów-inspired chocolate figurines.

Matt Orlando - Esse, Copenhagen

Not all chefs follow the plan. Some make noise, others make change. Matt Orlando, the San Diego-born chef who left the world’s most famous kitchens, comes back to stir Copenhagen’s culinary scene, again. 

Willem Hiele

In a brutalist villa amid historic polders on the Flemish coast, Willem Hiele cooks in sync with the sea, the fire, and sky.
The sea is moody, the fire changes, the wind shifts - and the menu follows. This is a kitchen ruled by conditions and what survives them.

Events

Daniela Soto Innes - Rubra, Mexico

04 Sep. 2026 Lech

Daniela Soto-Innes, Karime López, Victoria Blamey, Elif Oskan and Zineb Hattab join Rote Wand for a September weekend defined by cooking, mountain hospitality, and an attractions line-up worth crossing borders for.

Maebashi, Gunma in Japan

19 Sep. 2026 Maebashi, Gunma

Over 80 days and across more than 20 venues, Japan’s newest Biennale brings 70 artists and creators to Gunma, with Martin Margiela, Rasmus Munk of Alchemist, and Yusuke Takada of La Cime among the reasons autumn 2026 suddenly points north of Tokyo.

Places

Dubai - Photo Mona Biedrzycka, Chefluencer Magazine

With visitors gone and locals thinking twice, Dubai’s restaurants are learning the difference between being famous and needed. A first-hand report from the city’s dining scene, with chefs Himanshu Saini, Solemann Haddad and Mohamad Orfali describing the pressure on fine dining, local diners and homegrown restaurants.

Luke Selby in Snowdonia

Luke Selby and his brothers are shifting the culinary centre of gravity to Snowdonia in Northern Wales. At Palé Hall, they are building a high-performance engine of flavour on the wilder frontiers.

Vaughan Mabee - Photo by Sam Stewart

The world’s most interesting chef might be working 33 hours from Europe, and has absolutely no intention of meeting anyone halfway.