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“House of the Dragon” Season 2 steps up the truly fantastic elements promised in its title. There are way more dragons and Dragonriders in this turn of the same wheel that Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) and Danenyrs Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) will one day attempt to break, many years from the time of George R.R. Martin’s cheekily historiographical telling of the great Targaryen civil war. But for the entire filmmaking team on the HBO series , more spectacle meant focusing on finding ways to make the series look and feel both visually and emotionally grounded. This starts with showrunner Ryan Condal and the “ House of the Dragon ” writing team. Most book adaptations are about synthesis and building visual expressions of what’s conveyed through a first- or third-person narration, but because “House of the Dragon” is a patchwork quilt of different, fictional historians weighing in on events with their own particular biases (shoutout to Mushroom ), Condal and the writers are doing a lot more additive work. For Season 2, that meant not only organically building in the Dragonseeds who will eventually claim their (bastard) birthright but finding moments of emotional context for the decisions our core characters make and then the emotional context of the unintended consequences those decisions create. But every department works in this way — from Ramin Djawadi’s score providing the most immediate route to our characters’ interior life to the VFX team building out dragons so that they each have a sense of real personality to go with their massive scale. Production designer Jim Clay told IndieWire that he believes his role is to create “the psychological climate for the writer’s narrative. And, of course, that plays directly to the actors who must feel. That atmosphere, that mood. [Actors] must feel that they’re really in that space.” In the videos below, watch how VFX supervisor Dadi Einarsson, VFX producer Tom Horton, production designer Jim Clay, and showrunner Ryan Condal all manage to keep “House of the Dragon” grounded, even when those dragons are soaring overhead. Season 2 gave the “House of the Dragon” VFX team a clear gift and a clear challenge: More dragons, please. And so VFX supervisor Dadi Einarsson and VFX producer Tom Horton approached the new designs with clarity as a goal. They wanted each dragon to have its own personality and be as immediately clear to the audience as any other character on the show through their size, color, movement, and expressions. But they also wanted the dragons’ size to be clear to the filmmakers. “It’s very easy in an action sequence in previz to create a very exciting looking sequence when the dragons are low-resolution CG. It all looks great, but when you get all the flesh on the dragons, and the size, and you see a real person on it, suddenly you realize that the dragon is traveling a little too fast, and turning the corner a little too rapidly,” Horton told IndieWire. So for Season 2, the team used motion control cameras on the dragon-riding so that each glorious aerial swoop over a battlefield and each horrified closeup of a rider in trouble could be precisely controlled. “Having the dragons all consistent with one another, having the camerawork feel like it has the constraints of real camerawork. Gives the audience a kind of a base of believability, even though it’s all fantasy and it doesn’t exist, but, you know, having it rooted in something that they’re familiar with helped them suspend their disbelief,” Einarsson told IndieWire. In the video above, watch how Einarsson, Horton, and the VFX team built dragons from digital bones and sinew. There’s no rest for the weary on Season 2 of “House of the Dragon,” and so even though production designer Jim Clay continued to explore familiar places like Dragonstone and King’s Landing, he needed to expand them for Season 2. Clay built out the craggy, sharp corners of Dragonstone to cage Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) in a prison of her own making while he tied the exteriors of the Red Keep to the wider world of King’s Landing, and the common people ever under Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) shadow. Clay also built a new version of Harrenhal, designed to be as psychologically torturous to Daemon (Matt Smith) as it is wrecked by the history of dragons in Westeros. It’s a great example of physical sets melding with the set extensions and dragon VFX to create a space that threatens to swallow Daemon’s sanity. However painstakingly designed the final VFX ends up being, the work during production still requires the actors and the filmmakers to make huge mental leaps to “see” the fantastical elements and the larger scale of Westeros. So Clay designs the sets of “House of the Dragon” to act as an imaginative bridge everyone can cross confidently — at least with more confidence than the Dragonseeds. “I always feel it must be incredibly hard for the actors to, you know, have to imagine the space in their head and still perform their character. Whereas if I can give them the 360 [degree] surrounding environment, I feel I’m at least setting them off with a bit of a plus,” Clay said. In the video above, watch how Clay starts the filmmaking of “House of the Dragon” off on the right road and crafts a psychological landscape to immerse both the actors and the audience in each unique environment. With “House of the Dragon” Season 2, showrunner Ryan Condal wanted to make sure that each expansion feels at least as satisfying from a structural storytelling point of view as the expanded visuals and spectacle do. Neither the Blacks nor the Greens really want an all-out war, but the choices they make pull them into a spiral from which they cannot escape. It was important, therefore, that the Battle of Rook’s Rest, which kicks off hostilities, feels like a series of reveals and reversals in which characters think they’re in control and realize too late that events are in control of them. “We really have to deliver on this visually, but it can’t just be a visual spectacle. There has to be a character engagement and simple cinematic storytelling engagement that gets people sitting forward in their seat,” Condal told IndieWire. For Rook’s Rest, that engagement is two-fold from a structural, writing perspective. First, there’s traps within traps and the suspense of who will wriggle out of what — wAemond (Ewan Mitchell) and Ser Cristan Cole (Fabien Frankel) think they’ve cornered Rhaenys (Eve Best), but the arrival of Aegon spoiling their plans and maybe the war. Then Condal ties the horrifying reality of what dragons do on a battlefield directly to Cole. “When one of [the dragons] dies or falls or crashes, it’s bad news for everybody on the ground. You see how this very seasoned, experienced soldier is changed by the realization that a nuclear arm went off. He realizes that he is essentially a moot object in this new generation of modern warfare,” Condal said. “What I was really interested in, on a thematic level, is how does this change the game for warfare.” In the video above, watch how Condal changes the game “House of the Dragon” is playing across battlefields literal, political, and emotional. Everything in Season 2 gets more complicated, and Condal makes sure that we feel what each character loses by it.Wales is leading global movement to become more age-friendly

New York, Dec 30 (AP) Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans. Lamenting the contretemps, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement Sunday that he'd let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing “appropriate jeans” with a jacket, and other “elegant minor deviations” from the dress code. Magnus Carlsen Disqualified From FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 for Wearing Jeans, Fined USD 200 . He said Carlsen's stand — which culminated in his quitting the tournament Friday — highlighted a need for more discussion “to ensure that our rules and their application reflect the evolving nature of chess as a global and accessible sport.” Carlsen, meanwhile, said in a video posted Sunday on social media that he would play — and wear jeans — in the World Blitz Championship when it begins Monday. FIDE is pleased to confirm that Magnus Carlsen will participate in the FIDE World Blitz Championship. Speaking to Levi Rozman from “Take, Take, Take” at the playing venue on Wall Street, Carlsen said: “I am playing at least one more day here in New York and, if I do well,... pic.twitter.com/fvFJi2w970 — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 29, 2024 “I think the situation was badly mishandled on their side,” the 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster said. But he added that he loves playing blitz — a fast-paced form of chess — and wanted fans to be able to watch, and that he was encouraged by his discussions with the federation after Friday's showdown. “I think we sort of all want the same thing,” he suggested in the video on his Take Take Take chess app's YouTube channel. “We want the players to be comfortable, sure, but also relatively presentable.” The events began when Carlsen wore jeans and a sportcoat Friday to the Rapid World Championship, which is separate from but held in conjunction with the blitz event. The chess federation said Friday that longstanding rules prohibit jeans at those tournaments, and players are lodged nearby to make sartorial switch-ups easy if needed. An official fined Carlsen $200 and asked him to change pants, but he refused and wasn't paired for a ninth-round game, the federation said at the time. The organisation noted that another grandmaster, Ian Nepomniachtchi, was fined earlier in the day for wearing sports shoes, changed and continued to play. Magnus Carlsen Withdraws From FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2024 & Blitz Events, Says ‘A Matter Of Principle For Me’ (Watch Video) . Carlsen has said that he offered to wear something else the next day, but officials were unyielding. He said “it became a bit of a matter of principle,” so he quit the rapid and blitz championships. In the video posted Sunday, he questioned whether he had indeed broken a rule and said changing clothes would have needlessly interrupted his concentration between games. He called the punishment “unbelievably harsh”. “Of course, I could have changed. Obviously, I didn't want to,” he said, and “I stand by that”. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)How to protect your communications through encryption

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Artificial Intelligence workloads are set to significantly increase data centre energy consumption, reaching 146.2 terawatt hours by 2027, according to a recent report by the International Data Corporation. This surge, driven by the rising adoption of AI and other energy-intensive processes, is expected to increase operational costs and challenge sustainability efforts for data centre operators globally. The IDC report, titled “The Financial Impact of Increased Consumption and Rising Electricity Rates in Data Centre Facilities Spending,” highlighted that electricity is the largest ongoing expense for data centre operators. It accounted for 46 per cent of total spending for enterprise data centres and 60 per cent for service provider data centres. “Electricity consumption is growing rapidly as data centres take on more workloads, particularly energy-intensive ones such as AI,” the report stated. IDC predicts that AI data centre capacity will experience a compound annual growth rate of 40.5 per cent through 2027. Energy consumption for AI workloads is projected to grow at a CAGR of 44.7 per cent, reaching 146.2 TWh by 2027. This means AI workloads will consume a larger portion of the total electricity used by data centres. According to the report, global demand for data centre energy is expected to more than double between 2023 and 2028, with a five-year CAGR of 19.5 per cent, reaching 857 TWh by 2028. However, it also identified a growing challenge: rising electricity prices. This trend is driven by supply and demand dynamics, environmental regulations, and climate change-induced extreme weather events. Related News Accountants urged to embrace AI Nigeria may lose $1.2tn AI opportunity, warns NIGCOMSAT 29 states spent N2tn on travels, others — Report IDC anticipated that these factors will continue to impact energy prices over the coming years. In a scenario analysis of data centres with a 1 megawatt IT load running at 50 per cent capacity and a power usage effectiveness of 1.5, the report found that electricity spending could increase by more than 20 per cent annually in most cases. The 1 megawatt IT load refers to the amount of electrical power used by IT equipment in a data centre. The research firm noted that improving energy efficiency by just 10 per cent could lead to significant cost savings for data centre operators. IDC’s Research Director for Cloud to Edge Data Centre Trends, Sean Graham, emphasised the importance of adopting energy-efficient solutions. “There are numerous ways to improve data centre efficiency, ranging from advanced chip technology and liquid cooling to rethinking data centre design and power distribution methods,” he said. Graham urged data centre operators, including cloud and colocation service providers, to continue prioritising investments in renewable energy. He explained that such investments not only increase the overall energy supply but also support customers in achieving sustainability goals. “Solar and wind power offer significant environmental benefits while also providing the lowest levelized cost of electricity,” Graham noted.A death occurred at Rocky Point Park over the weekend. Port Moody Police are describing the incident as a “sudden death,” adding early signs in the investigation point to nothing suspicious. “Anyone with information is asked to contact our investigators” stated media relations officer Const. Sam Zacharias. First responders were called to the park’s boat launch at around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday after receiving a report of a body floating in the Burrard Inlet, Zacharias said. He said the person was retrieved from the water and pronounced dead at the scene, adding police and the B.C. Coroners Service are still working on an ID and cause of death. Residents on social media reported seeing rescue boats rushing across the inlet.

The Kwara State Government has created three emergency centers where cases bordering on Sexual and Gender Based Violence can be reported in the state. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Opeyemi Afolashade, announced the Centers while speaking at the commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities held at the Kwara School for Special Needs, Ilorin on Thursday. The event, organised by the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development in collaboration with the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project was part of the activities which held to mark the 16 days of activism against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. Afolashade, who was represented by the Director of Women Affairs in the Ministry, Alhaja Nike Idris, called identified the allocated centers to include the Kwara State General Hospital and Sobi Specialist Hospital. She also mentioned the Ministry of Women Affairs as well, while equally reeling out the telephone hot lines through which SGBV related cases in the state can be reported. The Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo-Kawu called on people to show support and empathy for People Living with Disabilities, stressing that disability is not a barrier to achieving one’s dreams and aspirations; a testament to the present administration’s inclusive leadership. The Commissioner, who was represented by Alhaji Abdulraheem Rufai, Director of Personnel, Finance and Supply at the ministry noted that the present administration frowns at discrimination and stigmatisation against PLWDs, adding that it is for this reason that the governor is leading by example in his manner of governance which is evident in the diversity and inclusion practiced even among the cabinet members. She called on Non-Governmental Organisations, Civil Society Organisations, donors, and other partners to join hands with the government in ensuring equal and fair treatment of PLWDs. The Commissioner for Social Development, Hon. Abosede Buraimoh, commended Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his dedication to ensuring that PLWDs are given the opportunity to contribute to the development of the state, thus, calling him the “Father of People Living With Disabilities in Kwara State.” Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Peter Ayanwale, the Commissioner, acknowledged the fact that there are three PLWDs who are permanent secretaries and others in positions of authority in the state. Related News NGO equips North Central teachers with AI, digital skills Kwara schoolteacher demoted for assaulting corps member Assault: NYSC withdraws corps members from Kwara school She emphasised that because disability is not inability, therefore, she reminded the students that they can become anything they aspire to be, while urging them to be serious with their studies and be closer to God. Earlier in his remarks, the Project Coordinator of Kwara AGILE, Mr. Adeshina Salami commended AbdulRazaq’s commitment to inclusive education and lauded his efforts in increasing enrolment, retention, and completion of secondary education, especially for girls in the state. Salami also appreciated the governor for bringing the programme to Kwara, stating that, “AGILE is concerned with inclusive education for students, especially girls, even as he too assured that “schools will be made more conducive for learning by rehabilitating and constructing new schools where needed, life skills trainings will be done, there is also second chance education under the project. “We have been having different programmes to mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and have collaborated with the Ministry of Women Affairs and other partners to organise a road walk and symposium. Today, we are celebrating with you, and we want to assure you that your voices matter and that you are leaders too,” he said. The Chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities, Kwara Chapter, Comrade Bashir Yusuf observed that the “Sustainable Development Goals can be achieved when PLWDs are involved in everything decision-making process in line with the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.” He called for more accessibility in the areas of education, employment, poverty eradication, and quality healthcare. On her part, the Women Leader of JONAPWD, Mrs. Joy Bolarin urged the students “to sustain their dreams because there is enough room at the top for everybody only if you face your studies squarely.” The Principal of the School for Special Needs, Engr. Abdulganiyu Olododo, who was represented by the Vice Principal, Hajia Rasheedat Jibril, hailed the team for celebrating the day with the students and teachers, noting that the students were excited to be celebrating the remarkable day. Highlights of the day were presentations by the students, and they ranged from debates, choreography, news casting, amongst others. Gifts were later presented to the students.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Right when the Los Angeles Rams' offense has dropped into a disconcerting slump, their defense has held three straight opponents under 10 points for the first time in decades. Although the Rams (10-6) are closing in on an NFC West title and another playoff berth with a five-game winning streak, the way they're doing it makes their postseason prospects quite unpredictable. The methodology has been strange, but the results are not: After holding off Arizona 13-9 on Saturday night, Los Angeles has won nine of 11 and is very close to claiming its fourth division title and sixth playoff berth in coach Sean McVay's eight seasons. “I’m proud of this group and the way they battled back,” Matthew Stafford said. “A lot of people doubted us, and a lot of people wrote us off at 1-4. To be able to sit here with our record what it is right now, I feel proud of this group.” The Rams hadn't held three straight opponents to single-digit scoring since 1975, but rookie coordinator Chris Shula's defense has done it with a strong front and a little luck on the back end, including the last-minute interception by Ahkello Witherspoon on a pass that deflected off star Arizona tight end Trey McBride's head at the goal line. Kyler Murray threw it before McBride was probably ready because Shula had called a zero blitz on first down at the Los Angeles 5. “I want to make more plays to make sure they don’t have to do as much as they did (against Arizona), but I’m proud of them,” Stafford said of the Rams' defense. "It’s awesome to watch where they were in training camp to where they are now. Shula is doing a hell of a job. We all knew he would. Those guys are playing hard for him.” But the Rams have scored more than 21 points just once during their five-game winning streak, their longest since their Super Bowl championship season in 2021. They’ve managed only three touchdowns in their last three games while scoring fewer than 20 points each time out, although that stretch includes games played in the rain (San Francisco) and in subfreezing temperatures (New York Jets). Against the Cardinals in Inglewood's ideal weather, the Rams’ offense still produced one TD, a season-worst 12 first downs and only 257 total yards — 139 fewer than Arizona. The running game struggled again, as it often does when all five starting offensive linemen aren't healthy, while the entire roster aside from Puka Nacua combined for just seven receptions for 60 yards — a surprising number for a McVay offense. “I don’t think there’s one thing I can point to,” McVay said Sunday. “I could go on and on about some of the things, starting with me, but then also about our execution in terms of getting connected in the run game, targeting the right way, making sure that the ball is going where it should go, and guys that I know are capable of playing the way that we’ve seen. If they do that, then I know that it’s not as far as sometimes it can feel like. But ultimately, we’ve got to do it.” What's working The young front four remains the strength of the defense. Jared Verse had a tremendous game on the edge against Murray and Arizona's running game, while fellow rookie Braden Fiske and second-year pros Kobie Turner and Byron Young all recorded sacks. What needs help The Rams again failed to establish the running game despite never trailing Arizona. Kyren Williams got his second-fewest carries of the season (13, with just five in the second half), while rookie Blake Corum was barely involved. Los Angeles' 3.9 yards per rush is the second-lowest mark in the NFL even though Williams began Sunday third in the league with 1,299 yards. Stock up Witherspoon not only made the game-saving interception, but the eight-year veteran who went unsigned until September also has seized the starting cornerback job from Cobie Durant, who didn't play on defense against the Cards despite being healthy again. McVay said Witherspoon's play during Durant's brief injury absence resulted in the change. Stock down Cooper Kupp had one catch against Arizona, and he has just 12 receptions in the past five games, matching the least productive five-game stretch of his eight-year career. Stafford has said the Rams need to get their Super Bowl 56 MVP more involved, and Kupp says he's healthy — yet it isn't happening. Injuries McVay believes the Rams stayed healthy outside of a stinger for rookie safety Kam Kinchens, but they felt the absence of RT Rob Havenstein, who injured his shoulder last week during an unpadded practice. Backup Joe Noteboom committed three holding penalties and got beaten repeatedly. Key number 4 — Stafford's consecutive games without taking a sack. That's the longest streak of his 16-year career, yet he has only one 200-yard passing game in that stretch. Next steps The Rams began Sunday preparing as if they'll play the Seahawks (9-7) next Saturday, although the game could happen a day later. McVay won't show his cards, but if the Rams have clinched, they seem likely to rest several regulars for the playoffs. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL Greg Beacham, The Associated Press

WCPFC agrees on new measures to improve conditions for crew and fisheries oversightCabinet ministers have been warned they must find more savings in their departments as the Chancellor said “every pound” of Government spending will be scrutinised in a major budget review. Secretaries of State are being told that any outgoings which are not contributing towards one of Labour’s “priorities” must be cut as Rachel Reeves vows to wield “an iron fist against waste.” In letters sent by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, departments will be told to brace for “difficult” spending decisions in order to restore trust in the Government’s handling of the public finances. Every pound of departmental spending will be face a “line-by-line review” involving external finance experts from banks and think tanks in order to ensure it represents good value for money, the Treasury said. The Chancellor will on Tuesday launch the next round of Government spending, and is expected to warn departments that they “cannot operate in a business-as-usual way when reviewing their budgets for the coming years”. She will insist that areas focused on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s “plan for change”, which includes targets to improve living standards across the country and build 1.5 million homes, must be prioritised. Ms Reeves said: “By totally rewiring how the Government spends money we will be able to deliver our plan for change and focus on what matters for working people. “The previous government allowed millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to go to waste on poor value for money projects. We will not tolerate it; I said I would have an iron grip on the public finances and that means taking an iron fist against waste. “By reforming our public services, we will ensure they are up to scratch for modern day demands, saving money and delivering better services for people across the country. That’s why we will inspect every pound of Government spend, so that it goes to the right places and we put an end to all waste.” Under the Treasury’s plans, departments will ensure budgets are scrutinised by “challenge panels” of external experts including former senior management of Lloyd’s Banking Group, Barclays Bank and the Co-operative Group. These panels, which will also involve think tanks, academics and the private sector, will advise on which spending “is or isn’t necessary”, the ministry said. The Treasury said work has already begun, with an evaluation of the £6.5 million spent on a scheme that placed social workers in schools finding “no evidence of positive impact on social care outcomes”. “Departments will be advised that where spending is not contributing to a priority, it should be stopped,” it said. “Although some of these decisions will be difficult, the Chancellor is clear that the public must have trust in the Government that it is rooting out waste and that their taxes are being spent on their priorities.” Ms Reeves had already announced efficiency and productivity savings of 2% across departments in her autumn Budget as she seeks to put the public finances on a firmer footing. In a speech in east London, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden hinted at a further squeeze. “At the Budget the Chancellor demanded efficiency and productivity savings of 2% across departments – and there will be more to come,” he said. “As we launch the next phase of the spending review at its heart must be reform of the state in order to do a better job for the public.” The Liberal Democrats accused the Government of “missing opportunities and making self-defeating decisions” in the Budget, and urged it not to “make the same mistakes” in the spending review. The party’s Treasury spokeswoman, Daisy Cooper, said: “Leaving the social care sector in crisis is a false economy that will only put people at risk and damage the public finances. “The Government cannot afford to make the same mistakes in the spending review as they did with the Budget, missing opportunities and making self-defeating decisions. “The Government must use this Review to invest to save, taking into account the billions of pounds that could be saved in the NHS budget by investing.”

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How to protect your communications through encryptionIreland's most expensive Michelin-starred restaurant has been revealed but it's an absolute bargain when compared to the world's most expensive Michelin-starred establishments. The country is awash with fine dining spots including a healthy number who have been awarded the prestigious Michelin star. At the most recent count, there are five two Michelin stars and 14 one Michelin stars restaurants . But the priciest of them all is, according to a new survey, two-star Patrick Guilbaud, where the tasting menu is priced at €260. While some might wince at having to shell out close to €300 a head it seems it might actually be something of a bargain. The sumptuous fare being offered at Patrick's stunning Merrion Street eatery would barely cover the starters when compared to some to astronomical prices being charged elsewhere in the world. Guilbaud's prices don't make it anywhere near the top ten of menu prices at Michelin restaurants across the globe. A post shared by Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud (@restaurantpatrickguilbaud) Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! International food magazine The Chef's Pencil website has done the heavy lifting of sorting their way through more than 3,500 Michelin-starred restaurants around the world to find the most expensive. It turns out the most expensive isn't even a two-star restaurant. The one-star Ginza Kitafuku in Tokyo charges $2,130 per head or €2,025 for the restaurant’s costliest meal — composed entirely of a kind of snow crab favoured by Japan’s royal family. It should be noted the prized Kiwami crabs used in the dish have been known to sell for €6,600! You also get a front row seat to watch their highly skilled chef carving up your live animal seconds before it lands on your plate. Second place goes to the three-starred Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet in Shanghai China. According to the Chef's Pencil it offers "a captivating fusion of gastronomy and cutting-edge visual technology, theatrical, multi-sensory dining experience featuring meticulously crafted dishes that blend French techniques with global influences." A meal there will set you back an eye watering $1,230 a head or €1,171. While Japan, China and the USA dominate the top five, you have to get to number seven on the list before a European entry features with The Alchemist in Copenhagen charging €700 per person. The 15th placed, three-star Geranium, in the centre of Copenhagen, charges a hefty €560 a head for one of their tasting menus - more than double Patrick Guilbaud. The research was conducted between November 1st and November 20th, 2024. *This article was originally published on BusinessPlus.ie .

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