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An Award Winning Taste of Brazil

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The exciting and talented young Brazilian chef, Bel Coelho, has made a quick visit to London, along with one of Brazil’s leading sommeliers, Arthur Azevedo.

Bel and Arthur were in the UK to showcase the onboard catering of TAM Airlines. Bel is responsible for having developed over 800 different options and combinations of dishes to be served across the airline’s international services during 2012. To Arthur falls the responsibility of selecting the wines to compliment the new menus.

Bel Coelho, Sue Faithfull (TAM UK), Arthur Azevedo

Bel is considered one the most exciting chefs of her generation in Brazil. Since cooking at home as a little girl, and then later working with major names from the global gastronomic scene, she has developed a special care for the ingredients she uses and for the visual presentation of the dishes. All of which has helped make her restaurant, Dui, one of São Paulo and South America’s very best and most sought after.

Bel says her menus offer passengers meals that are a well-balanced combination of functional, whole and organic ingredients, which are prepared to give nutrient-rich dishes with a feeling of lightness, well-being and satisfaction.

To match some of Bel’s more sophisticated dishes, Arthur has looked to source top-quality wines from different countries, focusing mainly on the most important wine making regions of Europe. The highlights include in First Class the white, Dr. Bürklin-Wolff Pechstein Grand Cru from Pfalz in Germany, and amongst the reds, La Croix Figeac (St. Émilion/Bordeaux/ France). For Business Class the selection includes the white wine Dr. Bürklin-Wolff Wachennheimer Altenburg Premier Cru and the red, Jean-Luc Thunevin Château Bel-Air-Ouÿ (St. Émilion/Bordeaux/France). Economy Class passengers have not been overlooked and the selection for long-haul flights includes two modern and affordable South American wines. The Callia Alta Malbec and the Callia Alta Chardonnay from San Juan in Argentina.

Arthur’s selection of wines has been picking up international awards for both him and TAM. Most recently Arthur and TAM won two of the top categories in Business Traveller’s prestigious “Cellars in the Sky” awards. The Brazilian airline received the award for best red wine served in First Class (Clos Canon 2008), and as the airline with the most improved First Class wine cellar.

World Class Dining

On the gastronomic front it has also been announced that Alex Atalal’s São Paulo restaurant, D.O.M., has been rated as the fourth best in the world and the top restaurant in South America by Restaurant Magazine’s list of the world’s top 50 eateries in 2012.

D.O.M. São Paulo

According to the magazine, D.O.M.’s principal aim is to champion produce from Brazil and the Amazonian region, from everyday palm hearts and cassava to obscure finds from the rainforest. More familiar European fine-dining fare gets a look-in, but often in a supporting role.

Other Brazilian’s restaurants to be rated in the world’s top 100, include Mani in São Paulo, whose chef, Helena Rizzzo, developed TAM’s menu back in 2010; and Roberta Sudbrack in Rio de Janeiro.

Twenty years on: Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development

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Twenty years on from the Rio Earth Summit of 1992 (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development), world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector, NGOs and other groups, will come together in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. The event, which takes place from from 20 to 22 June 2012, will discuss how we can reduce poverty, advance social equity and ensure environmental protection on an ever more crowded planet.

The official discussions will focus on two main themes: How to build a green economy to achieve sustainable development and lift people out of poverty, including support for developing countries that will allow them to find a green path for development; and how to improve international coordination for sustainable development.

The boy from Ipanema – Tom Jobim – heads to Cannes

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The music of Antonio Carlos Jobim will be heard in Cannes this years as the festival is giving a special screening to Nelson Pereira dos Santos’ new documentary A Música segundo Tom Jobim.

Performances shown in the film include GAL COSTA (Se todos fossem iguais a você), ELIZETH CARDOSO (Eu não existo sem você), DIZZY GILLESPIE (Chega de saudade), GARY BURTON (Chega de saudade ), ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM & GERRY MULLIGAN (Samba de uma nota só / One Note Samba), ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM  (Desafinado / Off Key), ELLA FITZGERALD (Desafinado / Off Key), SAMMY DAVIS JR (Desafinado / Off Key),  JUDY GARLAND (How Insensitive), ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM & VINICIUS DE MORAES  (Garota de Ipanema), ERROL GARNER (Garota de Ipanema), ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM & FRANK SINATRA ( Garota de Ipanema / The Girl from Ipanema / Corcovado / Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars), ELIS REGINA (Corcovado), ADRIANA CALCANHOTO (Ela é Carioca), NARA LEÃO (Dindi ), MAYSA (Por causa de você), NANA CAYMMI (Sem você), DIANA KRALL (Este seu olhar), OSCAR PETERSON (Wave), SARAH VAUGHAN (Wave), CYBELE & CYNARA  (Sabiá), ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM & ELIS REGINA (Águas de março), CARLINHOS BROWN (Luiza), JANE MONHEIT (Águas de março / Waters of March), STACEY KENT (Águas de março / Lex eaux de mars), MILTON NASCIMENTO (Matita Perê),  ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM & MIÚCHA (Samba do avião), ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM & BANDA NOVA (Two Kites), ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM, CHICO BUARQUE & BANDA NOVA  (Anos dourados), CAETANO VELOSO, MILTON NASCIMENTO, CHICO BUARQUE, GAL COSTA, GILBERTO GIL & PAULINHO DA VIOLA (Lamento no morro).

Frank Sinatra and Tom Jobim

Brazilian director, Walter Salles, will screen On The Road, a film based on the novel by Jack Kerouac, in competition in Cannes. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Sturridge Amy Adams, and Steve Buscemi.

Fan Fest locations confirmed for 2014 World Cup

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The twelve host cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will offer fans the chance to watch games in special locations known as FIFA Fan Fest.

“The FIFA Fan Fest symbolises the most exciting part of football and the FIFA World Cup: thousands of fans gathered to watch a match together and celebrate,” says ex-Brazilian legend Ronaldo, who is also a member of the Local Organising Committee Management Board. “The FIFA Fan Fest brings together people from all social backgrounds. As Brazilians, we have always had the custom of cheering for our national team in large popular festivals all over the country, therefore I’m sure that this will be the best FIFA Fan Fest of all time.”

Thierry Weil, FIFA’s Marketing Director, echoed Ronaldo’s words, saying “The FIFA Fan Fest provides FIFA and the LOC with a platform to strengthen the fan experience of the World Cup, taking the event to millions of fans outside of the stadiums.”

The FIFA Fan Fest first became part of the official World Cup programme in Germany in 2006, following the huge success of unofficial public viewing events in Korea during the 2002 cup. The success of the FIFA Fan Fest programme in Germany led to the concept being developed further for the 2010 World Cup, when not only the South African Host Cities but also six international venues hosted an event which welcomed over six million football fans over 31 days.

The locations of the FIFA Fan Fest in the twelve 2014 Host Cities are:

  1. Belo Horizonte – Praca da Estacaoo;
  2. Brasília – Esplanada dos Ministerios;
  3. Cuiaba – Parque de Exposicoes;
  4. Curitiba – Parque Barigui;
  5. Fortaleza – Praia de Iracema (Aterrao);
  6. Manaus – Memorial Encontro das Aguas;
  7. Natal – Praia do Forte;
  8. Porto Alegre – Praça Glenio Perez;
  9. Recife – Marco Zero;
  10. Rio de Janeiro – Praia de Copacabana;
  11. Salvador – Jardim de Alah;
  12. Sao Paulo – Vale do Anhagabau;