The Sustainable Restaurant Association highlights why prevention is key when it comes to food waste and shares tips for making your restaurant’s waste a thing of the past. Why prevention is key The food waste hierarchy tells us that, wherever possible, it’s best practice to prevent waste in the first place. While repurposing food is […]
Eyebrows were raised and heads were scratched when Alex Hunter announced that his hit seafood ‘chef’s table’ restaurant, The Sea The Sea in London’s East End, was to close down at the end of March. The stylish 14-seater chef’s table – which Alex describes as “a Bond villain’s lair” – will then turn into a venue for […]
An eco-conscious rooftop restaurant serving north Italian-inspired cuisine opens to the public this week at a private members’ club in the heart of Covent Garden. Rucola, which has an open terrace and an all-weather pergola, is on the fifth floor of The Yards development in The Conduit, a gathering of “radical realist change-makers” launched in […]
Chef Mark McCabe (left in picture), formerly of the Ethicurean restaurant near Bristol, is taking over the kitchen at Simon Rogan’s Henrock, overlooking Windermere in the Lake District. The Ethicurean, where Scottish-born Mark was part-owner, closed down in October last year, while Henrock, in Linthwaite House Hotel, is part of Simon’s Umbell group whose flagship […]
Boath House, the Georgian mansion in northeast Scotland run by the team behind Sessions Arts Club in Farringdon, this week unveiled its new, local and sustainable Dining Room. The imposing 1827 property near Nairn, half an hour’s drive from Inverness and close to Findhorn Bay, was launched last year as a “sanctuary for creative people” […]
The much-travelled and highly rated zero-waste restaurant Native is on the move again, having announced the closure of its berth at luxury retailer Browns’ Mayfair flagship store after just over two years. Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes (pictured) broke the “sad and unexpected” news in an Instagram post, saying they would now be hosting a […]
Chef Paul Foster’s debut London venue GrassFed opened this week in a reclaimed Camden railway arch – a far cry from the historic timbered premises of his acclaimed restaurant Salt in Stratford-upon-Avon. As the name suggests, GrassFed showcases British beef and other meat, with a particular focus on ethical sourcing, sustainability and regenerative farming techniques. Much […]
The Ethicurean, the influential sustainable food pioneer based in a garden on the edge of the Mendip Hills near Bristol, is to close down in October after 13 years, with its founders promising to “go out with a bang” this summer. They announced the decision in a statement saying: “After 13 incredible years, The Ethicurean […]
Top chefs including Asma Khan (pictured), Raymond Blanc, Phil Howard and Thomasina Miers have thrown their weight behind a new international campaign to encourage sustainable eating. Launching next week, One Planet Plates aims to serve 5 million sustainable meals this year through more than 2,000 participating restaurants of every type. The oneplanetplate.org website lists restaurants […]
Miscusi, the ultra-sustainable Italian pasta chain based in Milan, opened its first international branch in Covent Garden’s new The Yards development this week. Launched in 2017, Miscusi is a certified B Corp and has become a big hit in Italy, where it now has 13 branches in seven cities. Founder Alberto Cartasegna first came to […]
