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News stories of the week

If you’re not already following us on Twitter, here’s a handy round up of the week’s main news stories.

• Who’d have thought it? Heston’s new Knightsbridge gaff is to be open for… afternoon tea

• Launch of Pétrus puts Ramsay back 'in contention', says Fay Maschler in her **** Standard review

• New signings announced at Westfield include Royal China and a third London branch of Jamie's Italian

• What a horrible fate. Café du Jardin, Covent Garden, closes to become, almost certainly, a Bella Italia

• Much-loved Chelsea boozer, Phene Arms, to arise Phoenix-like this June, with Sally Greene’s daughter Lily Bourne at the helm.

• Texture to open a ‘Midtown’ (around Holborn) offshoot next month, called 28/50

• The chef at 28/50 is to be Paul Walsh, formerly Clare Smyth’s number 2 at Gordon Ramsay in Royal Hospital Road, second major defection from the group in two weeks

And in the media.....

• In-depth coverage by the NYT of a curse of our times – the need some people feel to photograph their food

• An authoritative article on the celebrity chef phenomenon, in the Independent

Home news.....

• We review My Dining Room

• Why we reckon London is in for a long, hot restaurant summer

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