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Miguel Angel Major has been appointed head chef at Glasgow’s Rioja restaurant. The Spanish chef previously led the team at Sucede in Valencia, steering the kitchen to its first Michelin star in 2017. He comes with yet more peigree, having worked as a research and development collaborator at Ferran Adrià’s El Bulli foundation until 2015. […]
Jikoni expects to be certified as carbon-neutral by June 30, its team has announced. The Indian restaurant, in Marylebone, has been powered by solar, wind, and ‘green gas’ since September 2019, and the process of certification has been underway for some time. Jikoni founders Nadeem Lalani Nanjuwany and Ravinder Bhogal, who is also head chef, […]
The perpetually struggling chain Prezzo has announced its latest drive to survive: more vegan options. A classic move for an Italian restaurant stuck in the ‘90s. Prezzo has teamed up with the plant-based meat company Jack & Bry and the partnership will see vegan pepperoni on pizzas across all 150 UK sites. Jack & Bry […]
The Good Food Guide is no more after Waitrose announced it would not be printing any more. Waitrose bought the guide from Which? for an undisclosed fee in 2013 and ceased publication last year due to the pandemic. But it was believed the guide, founded in 1951, would start back up again once restaurants had […]
Chef Dean Banks will take over the Pompadour restaurant at the Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh. The venue, at the Caledonian hotel, is set to reopen on June 9, and Banks has devised a new set menu to run between Wednesdays and Sundays using only Scottish produce. Banks said: “You think of iconic locations for food in […]
The chef Joe Gould will head up Glenapp Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland, as the venue gears up to launch a new restaurant and events space. Gould will join as executive chef having been head chef at Fishmore Hotel in Shropshire, where he won the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs UK Young Chef of the Year award in […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 23 May 2021. The Evening Standard “Few restaurants embody the pandemic era spirit of perpetual adaptability like Ombra in Hackney.” For his first “back in the room” meal, the Evening Standard’s chief restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa reviewed […]
Adam Handling’s eponymous flagship restaurant, Frog, has finally reopened its doors this week, and has talked of impressive booking figures, as well as that ever elusive star. The team said it received more than 1,000 reservations within the first 24 hours of going live. It has been a trend across the industry, with some sites […]
Quo Vadis has announced the line-up for part one of 2021’s Quo Vadis & Friends series. As hospitality reopens, such a regular expression of the industry making a comeback makes welcome reading. The series, now in its fifth year, sees Jeremy Lee invite some of the most talented chefs in the country to join him […]
The South London sourdough pizza and craft beer brand Four Hundred Rabbits will launch a brand-new flagship pizzeria, bar, gelateria and coffee shop at Elephant Park on Friday May 28. The new 80 cover site will be the first restaurant to open inside the ‘Park Central East’ area of the much-anticipated Elephant Park development. Located […]
