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We do not need to remind you that restaurants reopen outdoors on Monday. But have you booked anywhere? Finding tables now requires organisation. Reservations have flooded in. Jack Stein, from the Stein Group, said he’s taking bookings for as far along as September, and saw around 20,000 reservations in a matter of days after the […]
A former Perilla chef will open a new restaurant in Cambridge on the banks of the River Cam. Adam Wood will launch Garden House in July, with a focus on open flame cookery and seasonal East Anglian produce. “Garden House will be an approachable, and seasonable contemporary restaurant in one of Britain’s best loved and […]
Crockers Henley has appointed a new 29-year-old head chef, Alex Payne. Payne will be heading up Crocker’s intimate 16-seater chef’s table, The Thames Chef’s Table, which was founded just two years ago. Payne, his first stint in charge of a kitchen, will bring his “classic-meets-modern style”, an announcement read, “mastered” during his time spent at the […]
Fazenda, a small but growing group of Brazilian steak houses, will reopen its Birmingham branch after its new owners agreed a deal with the landlord. The site’s closure was announced in March after the South American restaurant chain was bought out of administration by Southern Wind Group, The Caterer reported. This secured the future of the […]
Oro Sushi has recently launched in Wimbledon as a delivery-only, pescatarian-led venture. The upmarket dark kitchen is the latest in a string of new brands which are marketing ambitious delivery meals to diners without high street premises in their business plan. Backers include Zuma Global executive chef, Anthony Garlando who has created the venture in […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 1 April 2021. England remains in national lockdown, although with a ‘roadmap’ of dates with restaurants and pubs closed until 12 April at the earliest, and then only open to serve single households seated outdoors: […]
Richard Turner, the chef behind London’s renowned butchers Turner & George, Meatopia, Hawksmoor, Pitt Cue Co. and Blacklock, has launched a takeaway food service called Dickie’s. The brand will first launch in the Battersea and South London area before opening up across the whole capital with the slogan “Meat. Done. Right.” An announcement said Dickie’s […]
AngloThai co-founders John and Desiree Chantarasak have partnered with the new DIY ‘makeaway’ platform Restaurant Kits to create a finish at home box to celebrate Songkran, the Thai New Year that takes place between April 13-15. Included in the kit is ‘khao soi’, Chiang Mai’s famous curried noodle dish made with aromatic curry paste, dry […]
The chef James Wilkins has returned to the kitchen at Wilks restaurant in Bristol despite announcing the restaurant’s closure in 2020. The restaurant opened in 2012 to broad and coveted acclaim but went up for sale in 2019. Wilkins is back, however, and is selling meal boxes and monthly frozen food menus, Bristol Live first […]
The chef patron of the El Gato Negro and Canto restaurant group Simon Shaw has revealed plans for a third Manchester dining spot, Habas. Habas will be a modern Middle Eastern restaurant and bar on Brown Street and situated in a Grade II listed building. The kitchen will be headed by Shaw and he will […]
