
Fiona Beckett
Fiona Beckett writes Decanter’s regular features on food and wine matching and runs the website matchingfoodandwine.com, which also includes pairings with beer, cocktails and other drinks. An award-winning journalist, Beckett has written regularly for many of the UK’s leading newspapers, including The Times, The Guardian and the Daily Mail. In 2002, she was nominated for The Food Journalist of The Year Award by the UK Guild of Food Writers. Beckett has written 15 books about food and wine, including How to Match Food and Wine, Cooking with Wine and Wine by Style.
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London’s new BBQ restaurants fired up by fine wine
Fiona Beckett finds top wine lists in unlikely places...
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Fäviken Magasinet restaurant review: Nordic dining in the wilderness
See Fiona Beckett's review of the remote and beautiful Faviken Magasinet restaurant, a two Michelin-starred restaurant in Sweden...
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Sexy Fish: Restaurant Review
Read award-winning food and wine writer Fiona Beckett's review of the notorious Sexy Fish restaurant...
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Cabotte: The best Burgundy wine list in London
Enjoy top Burgundy wines here, says Fiona Beckett...
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Blanc’s petits vins
Chef Raymond Blanc is in pursuit of the perfect wines to match his food, so what’s on his revamped wine list and why has he slashed the selection by half? Fiona Beckett meets him to find out
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Decanter Travel Guide: Cape Town Tourism winners
Fiona Beckett visits the Cape Winelands' winners of the Best of Wine Tourism awards and revels in the region's heavenly offerings of food, art, architecture and nature...
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Winter wine weekend: Paris
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Growing soon at a farm near you
Climate change means that non-native crops could thrive in the UK. But what will become of our traditional varieties, asks FIONA BECKETT
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Pride of Place
FIONA BECKETT meets the oyster-obsessed Wright Brothers and learns that, when it comes to this favourite delicacy, origin is the key
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The world of oilve oil, including two DOP oils from Colonna
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Brussel Sprouts – it’s that time of year!
Christmas comes once a year, and so do Brussels sprouts. Love them or hate them, what do you really know about them? FIONA BECKETT serves up 12 facts to impress the family over your festive lunch
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Making food more wine friendly?
A new seasoning agent aims to make food more wine-friendly. A sceptical FIONA BECKETT gives it a shake
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Turkey alternatives
…have goose instead. fiona beckett charts the renewed interest in this traditional festive bird, and explains why any old goose just won’t do
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The perfume of cheese
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Olive Oil: Liquid Gold
fiona beckett visits Tuscany to see how making olive oil compares to making wine – and to find out why the top end oils are so expensive…
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The Men and the Menus – the world’s new masterchefs
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Child’s Play In The Kitchen
Revered American chef Alice Waters is determined to get children involved in cooking real food. FIONA BECKETT meets a woman on a mission.
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Gault Millau promotes unknown as top chef
Gault Millau has rocked the French culinary establishment by nominating the practically unknown Jean-Luc Rabanel as chef of the year in its 2008 guide.
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New Ducasse restaurant to highlight wine
Multi-Michelin starred Chef Alain Ducasse is about to open a new wine-focused restaurant in New York City.
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London loses lustre in new Michelin Guide
London’s status as one of the world’s most vibrant and exciting dining out cities took a knock today with the publication of the 2008 Michelin Guide to Great Britain and Ireland.
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Matt Skinner takes on Shoreditch bar
Sommelier Matt Skinner has taken on a new role as wine director of a new Shoreditch-based club called The East Room.
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New French Michelin published
The 2008 Michelin Guide to France is about to be published – with new stars for Robuchon and the emergence of Toulouse as a new mecca for gourmets.
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Koffman attracts star sommeliers for ‘pop-up’ restaurant
It may only be open for three and a half weeks but Pierre Koffman’s ‘pop-up restaurant’ at the new London Restaurant Festival has attracted some of the capital’s most sought-after sommeliers.
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Restaurant review: Jaboulet by the glass at Galvin La Chapelle
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