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An anti-Putin Russian television chef who owned a restaurant in Soho has been found dead in Serbia during a tour to promote his new book about democracy. Alexei Zimin, 52, was considered a household ...

A Russian reality TV “bachelor” turned Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef has been unmasked as an alleged spy plotting to sabotage the Paris Olympic Games. Kirill Gryaznov, 40, was arrested on Sunday at his ...

A television cooking show in Russia featuring a prominent chef has reportedly been taken off the air because of his comments opposing the war in Ukraine. Former Russian MP and prominent opposition ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. Long before Soviet ...

A popular Russian celebrity chef has been charged and sentenced to nine years in prison for criticizing Vladimir Putin and raising money for the Ukrainian army, RadarOnline.com has learned. According ...

UKRAINE -- Thousands of people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its attack on Thursday, and Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, is already working to provide meals to refugees.

Today in bizarre chef crimes: a Russian chef named Alexei Kabanov launched a Facebook campaign amongst his 1500 friends to help him find his “missing” wife, journalist Irina Cherska. He kept his ...

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, claimed on Monday that Russia is interfering in U.S. elections. Prigozhin, who is nicknamed Putin's Chef, made the ...

Four staff were wounded in the attack that destroyed Chef José Andrés' World Central Kitchen Hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday Chef José Andrés' World Central Kitchen hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine, has ...

Vladimir Putin’s favorite mercenary group is attempting to up its game with a new St. Petersburg center to attract “inventors, designers, IT specialists,” and start-ups, the head of the PMC Wagner ...

Before the Soviet period, "Russian food had color," says Vladimir Mukhin of Moscow's world-famous White Rabbit restaurant. He aims to honor those... The Russian Chef Who Is Bringing Back His ...