Cigars and cuisine, excellent pairing.

A perfect couple.

It's no secret that gastronomy lovers are usually also cigar lovers. They can be from dessert to cheap macanudos, there is a cigar for each profile.

But which one is the best?

It's all a matter of taste and moments, so I'm going to tell you about the important variables that must be taken into account when choosing a cigar, and we will offer our best selections to choose the perfect one for each type of smoker.

The cigar and the gastronomy

The cigar is, without a doubt, the protagonist of the after-dinner par excellence. Whether you prefer a smooth, flavorful tobacco or a robust smoke full of aroma and flavor, making it the perfect addition to the indulgent things that happen after lunch or dinner.

Some might argue that alcohol and food pair better than cigar, but these arguments overlook that smoke calms the stomach and provides an appetizing flavor, while alcohol enhances the overall experience.

Whether it's an elegant cigar or an inexpensive cigar, the choices are endless.

What is the best cigar for an after-dinner

The choice of cigar will depend on several factors, such as personal taste and the occasion for which it is smoked.

For example, some people prefer stronger flavored cigars, while others prefer milder, sweeter flavors.

In addition, the size, shape, and color of the cigar also influence its flavor and overall appeal, as does the amount of tobacco used in its creation. With so many options at their disposal, it's no wonder that aficionados of this unique treat have a wide variety of personal preferences when it comes to choosing their smoke.

The cigar smoker's preferences will determine what type of cigar is right for him, and the best way to learn more about each variety is to experiment and see what works for you.

When choosing a cigar, it is important to take into account its intended use, as well as the preferred types of tobacco and flavors.

Small cigars are often used for a quick pleasure, while larger editions can be enjoyed for long periods of relaxation or contemplation.

It is also important to take into account the format of the cigar that you are going to buy, since some brands specialize in offering good examples of a specific type, while others offer more general options for those who prefer a less intense experience.

So ultimately, the choice of a cigar will depend on what the individual wishes to smoke at that moment: a cigar for an after-dinner meal, for a moment of peace and solitude, or even to enjoy a few minutes of pleasure on a trip. morning.

Which cigar brand to choose.

There are many brands, cigar brands being the most recognized worldwide, but let's talk about premium cigars and what my recommendations are.

The most common brand of premium cigars is Cohiba, and for good reason. This cigar is consistently rated among the best in the world by enthusiasts and critics.

In my pick is the Cohiba Master Pack it comes with five samples, and each one is individually wrapped in gold foil.

This bundle is a great way to try one of the best cigars on the market.

Another well-known brand is Montecristo.

This line of cigars is consistently ranked among the best in terms of taste, quality, construction, and value.

For me the choice, the Montecristo Gran Reserva is an excellent way to taste one of the best premium cigars on the market, and enjoy the pleasures of this brand.

The pairing of the cigar.

Cohiba and Montecristo are just some of the most popular cigars made with impeccable attention to detail. All of them have been paired with gourmet food and beverages, creating perfect pairings that enhance and enrich the overall experience.

For example, the Cohiba is often paired with Asian food and a cocktail, while the Montecristo is ideal with a cup of strong coffee or a piece of sweet cake.

Whatever your taste preferences, there is an incredible cigar that is perfect to pair with your next meal or snack. So whether you're an Asian foodie or a die-hard fish lover, you'll find the perfect cigar to complement your favorite gourmet dish or cocktail.

Experiment with cigars and gastronomy.

My premise as a private chef is to provide the best service to all my clients, generating unforgettable and incomparable experiences, and this includes the selection of cigars for our services if you require it.

One of the possibilities that I offer you is the realization of a haute cuisine tasting menu made with seasonal products selected based on the tasting notes of the cigars that are going to be tasted, and I assure you that the exclusivity of this service makes the a unique experience.

So if you want to enjoy the best gastronomic experience of the Balearic Islands enjoying the best cigars in the world, do not hesitate to ask me.

I am waiting for you to offer you the gastronomic experience of your life.

by Juan Carlos Delle Vedove

The 7 advantages of hiring a chef at home in Mallorca.

Why should you hire a chef at home in Mallorca?

Even if you think otherwise, it is something that anyone can afford. It really is bringing the best of restaurants with all the advantages of being in your own home, yacht or the place you prefer, whether you live in the Balearic Islands or choose them as the place to spend your holidays.

The least thing we want during a vacation is having to take homework with us to shop, thinking about what we are going to have for lunch or dinner, having the heavy task of preparing them, and of course the mess that comes with it.

You will agree that during our vacations, the least we do is be inside the house or if you are a resident and you have to organize an event at home with your guests, the least you are interested in is having to prepare menus in record times and comply with their expectations, with the consequent danger that the food will spoil the meeting that you had prepared so much.

If you are one of those who spends your holidays in Mallorca, to the above we must add that you will not know which are the best places to buy the best local raw material, and be careful because you could run into those who give a pig for a poke.

I could spend hours reading about the numerous advantages of hiring a private chef service in Mallorca, but I have preferred to summarize them in seven essential advantages that the home chef service in Mallorca provides.

If you feel identified with all this, it is time to tell you why a private chef is going to be your best investment this vacation.

The 7 advantages of hiring a chef at home.

There are numerous events in Mallorca that we have held for both individuals and companies, whether they are lunches, dinners or whole days at the disposal of our clients, so we can assure you that we speak with knowledge of the facts about everything that you will gain by hiring a chef private for your holidays in the Balearic Islands.

• From the market to the table.

You will no longer have to worry about going shopping and looking for the freshest product for your meals. The private chef will take care of buying the best food for you. No matter what your preferences are, in Majorca and in the rest of the Balearic Islands we have the best of the sea and the land, and at Delle Vedove Chef we always look for the freshest product, whether in the many markets on the islands or dealing directly with the farmer, fisherman or rancher.

• It does not matter if your kitchen is not equipped.

To date, all the Mallorca villas we have worked with have a fully equipped kitchen, but if this is not the case, don't worry. We also take care of bringing all our equipment so that we can cook all the dishes with our best tools. For this we have been shaking hands with the best brands, such as Illy, with one of the best coffee makers on the market today, so you can rest easy, we do not miss a single detail, even after dinner.

• You will always eat hot.

At home it almost always happens that the person who cooks is the last to sit down, since he prefers to leave the kitchen organized before sitting down to taste the cooked dishes. When you hire a private chef, in Mallorca in this case, that is something that does not happen. You eat in a restaurant every day. You sit at the same time as the rest and you will also have a team that will serve you everything you need.

• A private chef doesn't just cook.

During cooking and after each service, the private chef and his team take care of cleaning and leaving everything as new again, so you don't have to worry about disinfection. Everything is prepared so that you can only dedicate yourself to enjoying your free time.

• The most incredible menus.

We often end up getting bored with cooking due to a lack of ideas, or a lack of hard-to-find foods, or because on a day-to-day basis it is difficult to spend a lot of time on highly elaborate menus in the whirlwind of routine. When you hire a private chef, all this stops being a problem, whether it's on vacation or because you live in Mallorca and decide to try it. In addition to having a wide variety of menus, created for different types of food, we are always open to creating specific menus to meet your needs, your cravings or intolerances that you may have.

• Enjoy the guests.

It is rare the occasion in which we do not panic when we have guests at home, a lot to prepare and the little time that we almost always have prevents us from being calm the days before and during the visit of our friends at home. We want it to rain to everyone's liking and it's complicated when you don't have much help. Those problems end when you hire a private chef at home.

If you are going to give a lunch, dinner or have an event at home with guests, count on Delle Vedove Chef. Your work will be limited to choosing with our help the perfect menu for you and your guests. We will take care of preparing everything for you and yours. We are used to this type of moments and we have the best so that your table looks with the best table linen, cutlery, so that the flowers go according to the chosen dishes and we have the best team of waiters so that you do not lack anything at any time , both you and your diners.

• The show.

In Spain, as in most European countries, the kitchen is the meeting place while cooking. We love to have a drink and talk while we see how it is cooked and plated. That is why we love to think that we are not only a private chef service, but that we also give the show cooking show. We love having the guests of our clients close by while we are cooking and that they can see how each of the dishes is made with the best raw materials and the greatest delicacy.

Entertainment is guaranteed both for you and your guests, and for us, as we always learn and discuss how to cook a dish and we love that you know the process we follow, sometimes even taking notes to be able to (imitate) when we don't you have close

The experience.

Describe the experience of having a private chef and why You cannot stop living it on these holidays in Mallorca, in Ibiza, in Formentera or perhaps you have chosen Spend your holidays in Menorca (you choose the destination), it would be like wanting to express with words the passion I feel for cooking, that is, it would be indescribable.

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The 7 best restaurants in Mallorca.

The 7 best restaurants in Mallorca.

As we have already discussed on many occasions, the Balearic Islands are a great tourist attraction for the thousands of visitors who land in this wonderful archipelago, where I am lucky to live.

As published by GQ magazine, TripAdvisor has named Mallorca the best holiday destination of 2022. Which means much more demand and full restaurants with waiting lists.

That is why we wanted to make this little blog with the seven restaurants in Mallorca that you cannot miss, which I recommend you visit at least once in your life and by the way, do not forget to book in advance.

You cannot miss the delicacies that are mandatory whether you visit the Island of Mallorca in summer, or if you are from here and decide to go on a gastronomic route.

We have made a selection of the sites that we like the most. And although we don't want to talk to you about any dish in particular, since their menus tend to change, that's not the only thing that makes these places essential.

Delle Vedove Chef has the mission of offering maximum excellence in each of our services and for each of our clients, being very attentive to the creation of a special atmosphere by serving a dish that we prepare with the best local ingredients and the knowledge acquired from the greatest masters of gastronomy worldwide.

We simply create magic at the tables and take care of every single detail that has to do with our business. That is why when we go to a restaurant or recommend a place to eat, we always choose all that set of details, moments and things that encompass food in an establishment.

And this is the selection that we have made for you of the best restaurants in Mallorca.

Aromata Restaurant.

A spectacular space that is located in the historic center of the city of Palma, in Mallorca, where one of the best restaurants in Mallorca, awarded with a Repsol Sun, is located. We could be counting the benefits of this site for hours, and it is not for less.

In a courtyard of a spectacular 17th century manor house, the owner of this establishment, the famous chef Andreu Genestra, one of the most talented chefs in our country, just like an alchemist, works his magic by transforming the best raw materials, managing to generate emotions in its visitors that in few places you will have the opportunity to feel.

Undoubtedly, the best place to fall in love with cooking again has to be Aromata, and it is a mandatory stop for all of us who like to live gastronomy as an authentic experience.

Its tasting menu and menu will not leave you indifferent, which is enhanced with wines produced on the estate and mother house in Capdepera.

A separate section is for the excellence in service of all its staff and that added to the atmosphere generated, Aromata becomes a space that invites you to spend hours sitting at its tables enjoying a gastronomic benchmark on the island.

Son Jaumell hotel

Another of the wonderful restaurants in Mallorca is located in the northeast of the island of Mallorca. Specifically in the town of Capdepera. A spectacular municipality where nature is breathed.

The Hotel Son Jaumell, conquers for its spaces, its location and its style is completely Mediterranean and Majorcan, and if something could improve it, it could only be that the space was accompanied by the kitchen of the master Andreu Genestra, since he is the chef of this wonderful place .

In it you can enjoy a unique gastronomy experience where the dishes are made with ingredients from the garden itself and one hundred percent Mallorcan.

One hundred percent Mallorcan cuisine, made with ingredients from the hotel's own garden, for a greater total immersion in the flavors and experience of the Balearic and Mediterranean gastronomic culture.

The perfect tandem, space and cuisine, which make their dishes fall in love with everyone who tastes them, proof of this is the Michelin Star that Andreu Genestra received for his work, as well as a Green Star also from Michelin.

Ses Coves

This place is unprecedented, truly a special place where there are any. You just have to take a look at what the diners who have been there say.

A restaurant in Majorca where you can eat the best grilled meats and the freshest fish in the area, enjoying a true dream place.

Located in the Tramontana mountains, in the north of the island of Majorca, located above the Campanet caves. some caves of stalagmites and stalactites that you cannot miss to whet your appetite.

The views, the food and the service of this place is not comparable to any other in the area and it is a mandatory stop when you visit the mountains of our wonderful island.

Bendinat hotel

We have to recognize our weakness for this place, since the peace that is breathed in it cannot even be explained.

This accompanied by the incredible gastronomy, and its good work in the kitchen becomes one of our star places on the island.

Its menu leaves no one indifferent and has a wide variety of food depending on what you fancy that day, and always served by a service that matches its magnificent location.

Another of the favorite places to live a true Mediterranean experience. The views and the smell of the sea are intermingled with its dishes in a place that you can only think of if you want to enjoy all that Mallorca is from one of its best places in the world, the Bendinat hotel.

Vandal Palma

If you want to live one of the most extensive gastronomic experiences in Mallorca, you cannot stop going to Vandal Palma. A place where creativity is not lacking and is reflected in each of its culinary creations.

A trip around the world sitting at a table, what more could you ask for? Yes, not only the food transports you, but also its wines, its service and the place. That is what Vandal achieves with each of his dishes.

It is located in Santa Catalina, a few minutes from downtown, so you have no excuse.

Dins Santi Taura

As its website says, this place offers us a gastronomic journey through our history, customs, recipes and products.

With two Repsol suns and one Michelin star, Dins Santi Taura is a benchmark not only for Balearic gastronomy but also for Spanish cuisine.

Located in Sa Calatrava, a mestizo neighborhood with a centuries-old culture, located right in the wall of the old town of Palma and a few meters from the Palma de Mallorca cathedral, whose streets have most of the history of Mallorca, along with its gastronomic proposal make it a mandatory and almost required stop.

A place where they have reinvented Mallorcan cuisine as we know it through a unique tasting menu, being able to situate ourselves for its tasting in the bar area watching how the Santi Taura team works or in a more private environment at the tables of your restaurant.

Brut Restaurant.

If you thought you had seen it all and tried everything when it comes to restaurants, Brut is the place to stop taking those things for granted.

“Garage Kitchen” That's what they call themselves. A place where the flavors and combinations of the best products on the market will leave you frozen.

With his own laboratory, Brut strives every day to show that they are different and from Delle Vedove we can assure you that they succeed. They are without a doubt unmatched.

Don't miss them!

We hope you have taken note of all the gastronomic places that you cannot miss throughout Mallorca, a gastronomic route that, in addition to savoring through your palate, you will remember for a long time.
For the days that you prefer to rest in your home, villa or boat, you already know that you can count on Delle Vedove Chef, booking here, we make sure that you enjoy the experience without leaving home.

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by Juan Carlos Delle Vedove

The pairing

The pairing

The first thing we usually think about when we are asked to make a pairing menu is that white wine should go with fish and red wine with meat. But is it really that easy?

Today I am going to give you some guidelines as a husband when I have a lunch or dinner so that you take it into account for the upcoming holidays.

Let's start by talking a little about the history of how this art began. Around the 13th century, a European king decided to start classifying wines based on their origin. Since then, and over the years, what began as a treat has become something essential at any lunch or dinner. In fact, a new position was born, the sommelier.

The sommelier is the person in charge in restaurants of advising customers with the wine that best matches the dishes that have been ordered. A very important figure and with very high knowledge.

Within the category of wines, there is also the figure of the oenologist. This is in charge of tasting and supervising from the process of creating the wine, storage to its final result.

And now yes, how to pair my lunch or dinner?

To begin with, when we think about pairing, we must not only take into account the dish but the entire menu. It depends a lot on the ingredients that we are going to use and in the end it is important to know that this is not an exact rule and that it is about discovering and enjoying what we like the most.

It is important to keep in mind when pairing that we will not only take into account the dish, but also the textures, aromas and flavors. In addition, when selecting the wine for a dish, we can do it in two ways: by contrast or by complementation.

Contrasts or complementation?

We must bear in mind that this depends a lot on the taste of each one when it comes to drinking wine. That's why if you decide to do it one way or the other, it will be done properly. Now, what are the differences?

Contrast: When making a pairing based on contrast, we look for the taste of the wine to have nothing to do with the dish we are eating. In this way it creates an explosion of flavors that even come to confront each other.

Complementation: Unlike the first option, with this way of pairing we seek to create a synergy between the dish and the wine. A wine that contains the same aromas or flavors that the dish already contains. Somehow both food and wine will shake hands. The flavors tend to be much softer and accompanied.

Surely you have never thought of a menu in which meat or fish come first and soup or canapés second. In the same way, we should never put a full-bodied wine with the first course. We will advance in body and add as the dishes progress. With this, in addition to getting used to our body and palate, we follow the path of the menu in line with the dishes themselves.

What wine do I use with each dish?

For starters or light dishes we can or should pair with white and young wines, such as: Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Les Champs Gains'. This wine is one of the ones I use the most when pairing with appetizers or canapés.. Depending on the type of fish, this can go with a more bodied white wine, or barrel-aged. This could be the Barrel Fermented Enate Chardonnay 2018.While for game meat or main dishes with a spoon we can use Gran Reserva wines such as the Marchese Antinori Riserva 2018 Chianti Classico “Antinori - Tenuta Tignanello” wine.

Your intuition will be the best pairing

There are many more things that you can take into account when pairing. For example, if the dish is served cold or hot, if the sauce that it is accompanied with is more or less consistent, but what is certain is that you have to be guided by your own intuition. That never fails.

That is why if you are passionate about wine, you should start with something as simple as opening a bottle and trying it with different foods. The pairing is different for each person because something as wonderful as memory and sensory aspects are involved. What for you may seem rough, for others it is soft and delicate because the aromas it contains when joining the liquid with the solid food in the mouth reminds him of something wonderful from his childhood.

That is why it is so important to innovate, try and find the aromas and flavors that you like the most. Either as we've talked about before, complementing or contrasting the flavors.
At Delle Vedove Chef we are very used to pairing our lunches and dinners and that is why we have the help of sommeliers, we go to tastings to try new wines, vintages and combinations.

And based on the tastes of our clients, we enhance the flavor of the meals with one wine and another following the basic rules that we have told you about before, but always, with our intuition above these.

If you still don't have it clear and you want others to take care of your dinners this Christmas, don't forget to count on me and I'll be happy to help you.

Do you want to know how wine lists are created in restaurants? You can take a look at this article. https://thehotelsmaker.com/post/neuromarketing-restaurante/

Mediterranean Chef.

by Juan Carlos Delle Vedove