Marcus Wareing is to close his flagship restaurant Marcus at the Berkeley hotel in Knightsbridge after 20 years. In a joint announcement, the high-profile chef and the luxury hotel described the decision as mutual. The last service will be on Boxing Day, 26 December. Marcus, who is 53, said: “It’s now time for me to […]
A new all-day British brasserie opens in London’s Theatreland next Wednesday. St Martin’s House occupies a site at the top of St Martin’s Lane near Seven Dials in Covent Garden, formerly occupied by Tredwell’s (RIP). The three-storey venue is open every day of the week and has a menu of classic British dishes including Cornish […]
Nottingham chef Laurence Henry is to take the role of chef-patron at a new restaurant as the centrepiece of a £1 billion redevelopment in the city next spring. Henry, who won MasterChef: The Professionals at the age of 25 in 2018, has spent two years planning his first venture at Canal Turn, a three-storey waterside […]
Marcus Wareing has launched a survey to help restaurants strategise for reopening as lockdown eases, and to help diners feel comfortable and relaxed when out to eat in a new era. The chef’s anonymous survey aims to assess what measures consumers would like to see in place when they return to restaurants, and also asks […]
The scores are in… But rather than Craig Revel Horwood holding up a number on a wand, Michelin treated an all-star cast of chefs to a somewhat offbeat ceremony at London’s BFI IMAX on Monday of this week (the 1st of October). The awards were punctuated by lots of folksy chat, with much of the show […]
Do you dream about the amazing dishes being prepared on MasterChef: The Professionals? For those of you that want to put yourself in Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing’s shoes, you can try some of the dishes for yourself at Adam Handling’s The Frog E1, Shoreditch. Jamie Park, the restaurant’s head chef and contestant on MasterChef: […]
Husband and wife chef duo Jake and Cassie White will swap London’s dining scene for the wilds of Cumbria with the launch of Pentonbridge Inn, a pub with rooms, located 17 miles north of Carlisle. The pair are hot-footing it from Marcus Wareing’s Marcus at The Berkeley in London – incidentally now run by another husband and […]
In what may be an unprecedented move, Marcus Wareing has promoted husband-and-wife team Mark and Shauna Froydenlund to the roles of joint chef patrons – should that be “chefs patron” or even “chefs patrons”? – at his Knightsbridge flagship restaurant in the Berkeley hotel. Long-time Wareing lieutenants, the couple have worked at the restaurant since its […]
Marcus Wareing has announced Chantelle Nicholson as chef-patron of Tredwell’s, his group’s more casual offering in the heart of Theatreland. Since opening in Covent Garden in 2014, the restaurant has not had an easy ride from press or from Harden’s reporters who say it’s “a let-down after such high hopes” – “nearly so good… but somehow just […]
This year marks Michel Roux Jr’s 25th year at the helm of London’s bastion of old fashioned, “flawless and indulgent” Gallic gastronomy Le Gavroche. Opened in 1967, the iconic Mayfair venue was founded by Michel’s father Albert Roux OBE. Michel took the reins in 1991 and in honour of this the celebrity chef will host a […]
