BEL Coffee Wine: Vietnam’s First Hybrid Coffee-Shop Wine Bar Based in Saigon

BEL Coffee Wine: Vietnam’s First Hybrid Coffee-Shop Wine Bar Based in Saigon

BEL Coffee Wine is Vietnam’s first hybrid coffee-shop wine bar. And, if the concept itself is not enough to intrigue you, perhaps its talented team of industry heavyweights including coffee experts Will Frith and Kel Normally and Michelin-trained certified wine sommelier Dan Sousanis, will.

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An Insight into Vietnam’s Food Delivery Market and its Role in the Country’s Road to Recovery

An Insight into Vietnam’s Food Delivery Market and its Role in the Country’s Road to Recovery

An interview about Vietnam’s food delivery market and the road to recovery for Vietnam’s F&B industry with Jason Chu, Head of Merchant Business Development at BAEMIN, a Delivery Hero subsidiary and one of Vietnam’s leading food delivery companies.

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Jacob’s Creek new tagline ‘A Wine Worth Sharing’ calls on drinkers to reconnect with friends and loved ones

Jacob’s Creek new tagline ‘A Wine Worth Sharing’ calls on drinkers to reconnect with friends and loved ones

Award-winning Australian heritage brand Jacob’s Creek highlights the social dimension of wine in its new tagline ‘A drop worth sharing’. The tagline calls to drinkers to reconnect with friends and loved ones in today’s increasingly disconnected world.

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No Delivery? No Problem: How These 6 Food and Beverage Businesses in Vietnam Pivoted During The Pandemic

No Delivery? No Problem: How These 6 Food and Beverage Businesses in Vietnam Pivoted During The Pandemic

From restrictions on dine-in, delivery and takeouts with only basic essentials and grocery items given the pass, many restaurants have had to shut their doors (temporarily) while others pivoted. Here are five F&B businesses that have successfully pivoted during these uncertain times.

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Serving up the future: Saigon restaurateurs discuss F&B tech opportunities and challenges

Serving up the future: Saigon restaurateurs discuss F&B tech opportunities and challenges

I speak with some of the city’s most notable and long-standing restaurateurs to find out how they’re leveraging technology to sustain and grow their business, the challenges they face during adoption and what they want F&B tech (new and existing) in Vietnam to know.

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The Rise of Plant-Based Foods in Southeast Asia (2021)

The Rise of Plant-Based Foods in Southeast Asia (2021)

In this interview, I speak with Didier Chanove, Head of Marketing at Unilever Food Solutions about all things plant-based in Southeast Asia. From the basics of what is plant-based foods to challenges in adoption with consumers and operators as well as its growth in the next five years.

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