Marianne Lumb, last year’s winner of the “Top Gastronomic Experience” category at the Harden’s London Restaurant awards 2017, is to leave her eponymous Notting Hill restaurant after five years. Marianne announced the news live on Saturday Kitchen, and will officially depart in August. The chef, whose intimate, 14-cover restaurant is much praised by Harden’s readers […]

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Growth rate of independent London restaurant openings softens as baby ‘roll-outs’ gain ground • Marianne Lumb’s Marianne and The Araki win big in Harden’s survey • Ratings slip for Heston’s Dinner and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay • East London still where the action is… but South is catching up! The giddy pace of independent London restaurant […]

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“Peerless” female chef, Marianne Lumb, wins Top Gastronomic award – Corbin & King recognised for their lifetime achievement • Top Newcomer Jamavar (“not just one of the best Indians in town, but among the best of any cuisine”) narrowly beats 108 Garage • Borough Market’s Kappacasein (“elevating melted cheese into high art”) is the capital’s […]

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