Royally recognised Isle of Wight chef Robert Thompson is closing down his open-kitchen restaurant Thompson’s in Newport this month and reopening it on the island later this year. Robert first won acclaim in his early 20s as chef at the Hambrough two decades ago, and his been a standard bearer for Isle of Wight dining […]
Isle of Wight-based chef Robert Thompson is to be chef-patron of the new North House boutique hotel and restaurant in Cowes, he has announced on Instagram. Originally from Bedfordshire, Thompson worked under legendary chef Germain Schwab at Winteringham Fields in Lincolnshire, taking over the kitchen at the age of 23 when Schwab retired. He moved […]
Gavin Gordon, who trained at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen, has been appointed head chef of the Hut at Colwell Bay on the Isle of Wight. The chef has racked up more than ten years in top kitchens, having gone on to work at Gordon Ramsay’s the Narrow, as well as Mac & Wild and Bonnie Gull […]
It’s September once again, which means three things – school is back in session, the days are already getting shorter and feeling colder, and its native oyster season. To celebrate that last fact we’ve got the definitive list of restaurants and bars serving the best bivalves in London and across the UK, according to our […]
