Claude Bosi’s flagship restaurant Bibendum at landmark Michelin House in Brompton Cross has closed down suddenly following a breakdown in relations between the chef and the owners of the building, the Hamlyn and Conran families. The restaurant served its final meals on Sunday (25 August), while the downstairs Oyster Bar & Seafood Restaurant is to […]
The Sustainable Restaurant Association discusses why you should build a more diverse supply chain — and how to get started. The sourcing decisions made by restaurants and other food businesses have a direct impact on communities, livelihoods and local economies. Your procurement strategy isn’t just about buying the items you need: it represents an opportunity […]
Dominic Hamdy has emerged as one of the most dynamic young restaurateurs in London, having opened five restaurants in seven years. Over lunch at his latest venue, Canal in Westbourne Grove, he told Harden’s why he believes hospitality is so important today – and why he’s in it for the long haul HARDEN’S: Dominic, congratulations, this […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 24th August 2025 The Guardian Bellota, Bury St Edmunds Grace Dent hailed a 20-seat counter venue “tucked away in a quaint West Suffolk market town” and serving a set menu from two “relatively unknown chefs”, married couple Ruben Aquilar Bel and […]
Adam Simmonds (pictured), Nuno Mendes and Dom Taylor are among the high-profile chefs to lose out as a batch of London restaurants reshuffled their options this week. The Megaro Hotel near King’s Cross announced the immediate closure of Voyage with Adam Simmonds, the Scandinavian-inspired restaurant that opened in January to mixed reviews from the critics […]
Highly rated northwest-based chef Andrew Sheridan is to open a new all-day restaurant in Chester – the city where he kicked off his career. Andrew has taken over the former Da Noi restaurant on Bridge Street and will relaunch it next month as Noted. Best known for his Liverpool flagship Restaurant 8 by Andrew Sheridan, the […]
The vaunted Chancery Rosewood hotel in the former US Embassy in Mayfair is now on a soft opening ahead of its formal launch on September 1st – without the promised revival of Richard Caring’s flagship restaurant Le Caprice. Following a seven-year conversion that reputedly cost £1 billion, the 144-suite hotel has unveiled its initial eating […]
Birmingham’s popular Taiwanese-inspired restaurant Tiger Bites Pig has opened a branch in Brighton following a successful expansion into larger premises in Brum last year. The new venue is in the home city of co-founder Harry Roper, Brighton-born and and bred, who linked up with his partners in the Imposter Group – Ed Shawcross and Max Williams […]
Restaurant critic and MasterChef judge William Sitwell is to open an Italian restaurant near his home in Somerset after taking over a 17th-century former coaching inn that has recently closed. William announced the plan in an Instagram post this week, in which he appealed for investors to help fund the transformation of the White Hart […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week to 17th August 2025 London Standard Paulie’s, Shoreditch David Ellis popped in to one of the plethora of New York-style pizzerias that have sprung up around London in recent times – this one from Ryan O’Flynn (“Canadian, shush”), who also owns nearby Detroit […]
