Michel Bourdin, maître chef de cuisine at The Connaught hotel in London for 26 years and one of the last exponents of the grand French hotel gastronomy established by Escoffier, has died at the age of 80. Bourdin, who grew up between Paris and Normandy and retired to Grasse in Provence, was a traditionalist much […]
Chef Hélène Darroze has launched a new menu at The Connaught, marking what the hotel has called “a new chapter”. This month, the restaurant reopens its doors “after an extensive, two-month, full refurbishment and modernisation”. The menu has been overhauled by Darroze, who has introduced changing tasting menus. The wine list has also been improved. […]
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 […]
The Cinnamon Club SW1 From 12 August £38 pp Kick off shooting season on the Glorious Twelfth at Vivek Singh’s classy Indian – set within the Grade II listed Old Westminster Library. On the menu: Tandoor Smoked Breast of Grouse with bitter fenugreek, corn stir-fry and tamarind-cumin jus. This dish, marrying the flavours of the subcontinent with resolutely British […]
Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the New York-based superstar French chef, is to open a new restaurant at the Connaught Hotel in Mayfair in the spring of next year. As yet unnamed, the new venue will provide informal all-day dining, including breakfast and afternoon tea. Vongerichten said it would “reflect my signature farm-to-table cooking style but with a few surprises”. […]
With more pedigree than a Crufts champion, Yoann Chevet – who has worked for Le Meurice, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, The Connaught and Galvin at the Windows (to name but a few) – has struck out on his own. The impressively-credentialed chef has launched a new 28-cover restaurant, Sinbaro, in Battersea Rise. Although his background […]
