On October 26, the Baltschug Kempinski Moscow Hotel hosted the "Dessert Ball" - the official closing ceremony of the XI Moscow Gastronomic Festival, which became a real celebration of taste throughout October. More than 80 of the most interesting Moscow restaurants in terms of food offered their guests tasting sets, unique gastronomic business cards. The guests of the evening, among whom were the best chefs of the capital, journalists and trendsetters, watched the awards ceremony and tasted confectionery works of art created by the restaurants participating in the Festival especially for this evening.
The Grand Prix winners for the best tasting set of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival in 2015, according to the expert jury, are:
- Semifreddo Mulinazzo / Chef Antonio Salvatore / Brand Chef Nino Graziano
- "Cheese" / chef Mirko Dzago
- OliOli / chef Giuseppe Davi
- Christian / Chef Christian Lorenzini
- "Chinese Certificate" / Chef Zhang Xiancheng
- Pinch / Chef Luigi Magny
- Chicha / chef Vladimir Mukhin
- "Wonderful Society" / author of the set and owner of the restaurant Oleg Krymasov / chef Dmitry Buldygin
The results have been summed up, but the Moscow Gastronomic Festival continues until October 31, in 80 restaurants in the capital, guests can order festival sets for 1,500 rubles.
Dessert ball became a beautiful end to a gastronomic holiday filled with the explosive taste of sweet mousses and juicy treats. Many restaurants fantasized about the upcoming Halloween. Atrium of the hotel "Baltschug - Kempinski. Moscow "was filled with various pumpkins, ghosts and skulls. The Fine Society Restaurant presented a huge cheese platter, served with fresh herbs, fruits and truffle honey. In fact, the heads of cheese turned out to be an author's cheese cake, and the little skulls were fragrant white chocolate with bright raspberry jelly inside. The culinary experts and magicians Claudio Pirovano and Antonio Salvatore from the Semifreddo Group took us to the Sicilian vegetable garden. Marzipan lemons, three truffle stones, nougat, cannoli. All this is part of the edible garden, symbolizing the origins: life and quality products always begin with fertile land. Mikhail Gerashchenko from Lesartists also fantasized about the garden. Everything that was laid out in wooden trays on the chocolate ground could be eaten. The main heroine of Buono's composition is a pumpkin: pumpkin jam in small jars, pumpkin ice cream served in a large pumpkin, pumpkin pie and mini donuts. Christian Lorenzini roasted chestnuts and served chestnut pie and chestnut cream tartlets. The chef of the Japanese restaurant "Makoto" has prepared sweet versions of traditional Japanese dishes: sushi, rolls, gunkans. There was even nabe soup with sweet jelly broth and mussels, black eclairs with yuzu custard.
The team of pastry chefs from Chinese Gramota prepared the restaurant's hits for the ball: a traditional Chinese dessert, fried milk, was being prepared in real time on woks. «Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago ”presented the restaurant's desserts that have become hits. The legendary blueberry cake, the recipe of which is kept in the strictest confidence; pastry potatoes, pancakes with blueberries, Kiev cake, pies with lingonberries, caramel mousse and the most delicate bird's milk. The "Cheese" restaurant represented only one dessert, but which one. Mirko Dzago called his dessert very simply - "Orange". It has three main ingredients: persimmon, sea buckthorn and pumpkin. On the plate: sea buckthorn sauce, pumpkin puree with chili pepper for a piquant taste, airy persimmon mousse and pop that pops in your mouth. The dessert was served with sea buckthorn popcorn in liquid nitrogen. It can still be tasted at the Cheese restaurant until October 31 as part of the MGF tasting set.
The results of the VI Moscow Gastronomic Festival, held in the capital of Russia from November 8 to December 8, have been summed up. More than 50 restaurants took part in the festival, whose menus included special tasting sets designed to demonstrate everything that the restaurant is proud of and what its team can do. The winner of the Festival is the restaurant that created the most popular set and received the largest number positive assessments in the "Visa gourmet" rating among the guests of the festival.
The culmination of the MGF 2010 was, according to tradition, the main gastronomic dinner of the year, the Golden Triangle, held on December 13 at the Baltschug Kempinski Hotel. For the first time, two legendary Italian chefs took part in its preparation at the same time: Massimo Battura and David Skabin... Russia at this dinner was represented by the chef of the restaurant "Varvara" Anatoly Komm.
“For the first time in Moscow, chefs of such a high level of skill and creativity worked in the same kitchen. The synthesis of Italian and Russian gastronomic culture, as a fusion of the warm Mediterranean and frosty Russia, made it possible for dinner guests to experience the strongest gustatory emotions ", - is talking Igor Gubernsky, President of the MGF.
The metropolitan gourmets were served a five-course dinner: "Evolution of the Beet" by Anatoly Komm, Massimo Bottura prepared "ice cream foie gras with Piedmont nuts and old balsamic from Modena", "truffle cake from leeks, shallots from Romagna" , and David Skabin became the author of "Raviolo with Burrata and Tomatoes" and "Ice Fruit Dessert". Wine accompaniment for the dinner was provided by a participant of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival - restaurant GrandCru on the recommendation of the Vice President of the Russian Sommelier Association Anatoly Korneeva.
The final event of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival was the Dessert Ball, which took place on December 14 at the Vremena Goda Gallery in a fashionable space, where the most exquisite and most sophisticated items from world designers are presented. The best chefs and pastry chefs of Moscow showed their sweet masterpieces to numerous guests of the final event of the Festival.
The name of the winner of the IHF 2010 was also announced there: the Accenti restaurant became it. In addition to him, the top three included the Soho Rooms restaurant and the Dissident restaurant. The award for the best chef of this year from Visa - the general partner of the VI MGF - was a weekend in Paris, the capital of Haute gastronomy. LivingChef Accenti Igor Shurupov will be in the heart of the great city - at the Fouquet "s Barriere. “Paris is a special city for every professional of the restaurant business, visiting it is a kind of“ return to the roots ”. In addition, the winner deserved at least a little rest and the opportunity to replenish his baggage of gastronomic ideas. It is quite possible to do it in Paris ",- considers Oksana Berezina, Marketing Director for Visa in Russia.
In the special category "For the most creative tasting set -" Grand Set By Garnd Marnier ", the restaurant Buono, which was chosen by the professional expert jury of the Festival. The partner of the Grand Marnier festival - a unique orange liqueur based on French cognac, which presented its popular Grand'O cocktail to the guests of the festival, presented a prize to the winner of the nomination - a trip to the Grand Marnier homeland in the province of Cognac (France) to get acquainted with the great traditions and values of the Great House of Grand Marnier ...
Among those who attended the final events of the VI Moscow Gastronomic Festival were: Andrei Malakhov, Sati Spivakova, Nikolai Baskov, Olga Slutsker, Kirill Serebryannikov, Mark Tishman, Yulia Pashuta and others.
Participants of the sixth Moscow gastronomic festival were the best restaurants in Moscow that presented tasting sets to their guests for a month: Beefbar, Bistrot, BlackBerry, Bon, Buono, CarreBlanc, Cipollino, Chicago Prime, Chichibio, GrandCru, La Petite Maison, Nabi, Olivetta, Osteria Montiroli, Piccolino , Ragout, Scandinavia, Soho Rooms, The Most, Vanil, Zafferano, Golden, Achenti, Balcony, Balchug, Baba Marta, Bagel, Vertinsky, Dissident, John Joli, Italian, Capri, Casta Diva, Curabier, Courchevel, Manon, Market, Misato, Pavilion, Polo Club, Pushkin, Riviera, Semifreddo, Cheese, Tverbul, Tinatin, Turandot, H.L.A.M., Khachapuri, TsDL, Chaika, Elardzhi, Anchor and Globus Gourmet grocery stores.
Partners of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival:
Visa
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Grand marnier
Grand Marnier is an unusual combination of cognac with the taste of wild green oranges with Caribbean islands... The original bottle with a satin red ribbon and wax seal has remained unchanged for 130 years, reflecting the rich history of the drink, tradition and attention to detail of the creators of the House of Grand Marnier, the creator of Louis-Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle, who embodied an incredible idea, combining the noble taste of cognac with the best French lands with the tartness of wild green oranges from the Caribbean. The combination of time-tested classics with exoticism gives the character of Grand Marnier strength, courage and sensuality and defies stereotypes.
Cocktail Grand'O: a new sound of Grand Marnier mixed with fresh orange juice and soda. Orange juice is a classic cocktail ingredient, but when combined with Grand Marnier, it maximizes the aroma and tartness of wild green oranges from the Caribbean. French cognac adds depth, complexity and duration to the drink. Soda refreshes and brightens.
S. Pellegrino
S.Pellegrino - the water of haute cuisine, has been present on the best tables in 120 countries for 110 years. This success is based on high quality, a unique style and the embodiment of Italian elegance. It is these values that have united S.Pellegrino with the famous Italian textile brand Missoni, and have led to the creation of a joint project - an exclusive limited edition bottles "S.Pellegrino meets Missoni". Missoni interpreted the characteristics of water and dressed the S.Pellegrino bottle in a sophisticated outfit with the famous Missoni zigzag.
S.Pellegrino and Missoni invite you to meet Missoni's recognizable style at best restaurants New York, London, Paris, and, of course, Moscow, only in the fall of 2010.
Live in Italian! Live and enjoy life the Italian way!
Grocery stores "Globus Gourmet"
Globus Gourmet deli is the first premium grocery chain to feature a carefully selected range of products and delicacies from around the world. In addition, an important distinguishing feature of Globus Gourmet grocery stores is the presence of restaurant-level cuisine, 1,500 items - self-produced dishes that are prepared according to "proprietary" recipes. Jorge Sevilla.
Therefore, for the sixth year in a row, Globus Gourmet (along with the leading restaurants in Moscow) is the constant and only partner of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival among grocery retailers.
General information partner of the Moscow gastronomic festival radio station Business FM- the first business radio, a unique Russian radio station for unique people who know the real value of their time and timely information.
Partner of the Closing Ceremony of the IYF2010 "Dessert Ball":
The Vremena Goda gallery, located at 48 Kutuzovsky Prospect, presents the most exquisite and most sophisticated items from world designers. True style and taste in detail is collected for visitors at all six levels of the Galleries. The contrasting combination of the most popular restaurant concepts fills every visit to the Vremena Goda Gallery with new impressions.
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Andoni Anduriz, Oksana Berezina (VISA), Anatoly Komm (Varvara)
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October 30, 2017 at the hotel Four seasons Moscow hosted the "Dessert Ball" - the official closing ceremony of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival, which throughout October became a real celebration of taste. More than 100 of the most interesting Moscow restaurants offered tasting menus to their guests. The authors of these sets, the best chefs of the city, restaurateurs, journalists and trendsetters became guests of the “Dessert Ball” - a beautiful end to the gastronomic holiday.
Eclairs with chocolate malachite, biscuit airships on sugar clouds, truffles with chicken liver, cakes in the form of forbidden sausages and cheeses, sweet sashimi and rolls, desert cake, for which, according to guests, "you can give your soul", evaporated alcohol, sweet dumplings, they the same wagashi with strawberries - all this magical beauty of taste was created by restaurants: AVIATOR, BRO & N, Butler, Bolognetta Osteria & Pizzeria, I Like Bar, La Bottega Siciliana, Moregrill, Maritozzo, LevelDva, Jamie's Italian, White Rabbit Family, Balcony, Hungry - Evil "," On Mosfilmovskaya "," Chaika "," Swallow "," Rappoport restaurants "," Makoto "," Cheese ", Confectionery of the Metropol Hotel," Panaehi "," Ptifur "," Eclair Claire ".
Winners of the Grand Prix of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival in 2017 are:
- AQ Kitchen restaurant / chef Andrey Zhdanov, Brand chef Adrian Ketglas
- restaurant Butler / chef Giuseppe Davi
- Maritozzo restaurant / chef Andrea Impero
- Nofar restaurant / chef Alexander Zherebitsky, Brand chef William Lamberti
- restaurant Balcony / chef Ilya Cherkashin
- MoreGrill Restaurant / Chef Kobayashi Katsuhiko
- Beluga restaurant / chef Igor Kornev
- restaurant Hungry-Evil / chef Mikhail Gerashchenko, who received a personal bottle of Gray Goose Ducasse for the most daring approach to creating a tasting menu, signed by the legendary French chef Alain Ducasse /
- restaurant Geraldine / chef Igor Kotov / this restaurant has collected the largest number of positive feedback from the guests of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival It is doubly pleasant that the Grand Prix of the Festival to the restaurant "Geraldine" is supported by the choice of the people.
- White Rabbit restaurant / chef Vladimir Mukhin / Vladimir became the first three-time winner of the Grand Prix of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival in history!
The GRAY GOOSE bar served the MGF's flagship cocktail, Le Grand Fizz, all evening, proof that vodka and gastronomy are inextricably linked. Obtaining the standard of taste in a cocktail is an art, fine jewelry work. Mixology requires the same skill and dedication as a chef in the kitchen.
The organizers remained true to the spirit of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival and invited the guests of the Dessert Ball to continue experimenting with tastes. Christian De Naday of Four Seasons Moscow a special recipe for desserts, where he directly used coffee as an ingredient and coffee as a flavoring pair. The result is surprisingly harmonious combinations: Avocado with airy vanilla and Nespresso Lounge Origin Guatemala and Coffee ganache with ginger and coriander, accompanied by Nespresso Ristretto Origin India. The Nespresso Professional coffee bar treated guests to the perfect espresso, cappuccino and latte, while the gourmet desserts were accompanied by the Italian mineral water Acqua Panna and S. Pellegrino.
At the Dessert Ball, Rich Juice unveiled the innovative Rich Crystal bottle, co-authored with one of America's most renowned industrial designers, Karim Rashid. No more glasses needed for juice: the Rich Crystal and the bright straw are the perfect serving that enhances Rich's multifaceted flavor.
The festival is over and we all need to be patient and wait for the next Moscow Gastronomic Festival, for new amazing discoveries from the work of chefs and pastry chefs!
So many desserts in one place at once? It is impossible to resist, to try is unrealistic, and willpower refuses to work.
What "Dessert Ball"? This is the official closing ceremony of the XI Moscow Gastronomic Festival, which took place in Moscow, when you could go to restaurants, try tasting sets and give your own marks. And also the opportunity to try for affordable price « business card»The restaurant and make up your own idea of the cuisine and the restaurant.
At the "dessert ball" winners are announced, awards are presented, drink Nespresso coffee and cognac Martell, (even those who could not resist driving a small cocktail, just shhhh!). 
Imagine a lounge in the hotel's Atrium Baltschug Kempinski full of desserts and only desserts? Now remember that Halloween is coming and add some pumpkin-skeletal desserts. 
Who is the best? Who are our leaders? What restaurants?
Semifreddo Mulinazzo
Cheese
OliOli
Christian
Chinese diploma
Pinch chicha
Wonderful society
What do I personally remember from the desserts? Chestnut cream tartlets from Christian Lorenzini and desserts from the Banka restaurant.
I haven’t tasted even a tenth of all that was! But the next morning I had paradisaic delight in the form of "bird milk" from the "Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago ”, and I want to repeat it!
The authors of all photos in this publication are Alexander Murashkin and Artyom Ivanov (c)
