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THE CHEF

David Higgs

Marble and Saint restaurants

The best wine moment of my life was when I went to Sweden to cook for Per Gessle of Roxette, known for having the biggest private wine collection in the country. On the last night of the trip, he invited me to his house, where a highlight of the evening was sitting next to Björn Borg. At about 2 am, we opened a bottle of Château Haut-Brion ’81 and played foosball.

which I don’t keep anywhere near me! Wine, for me, is like art – yes, I must like

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