Joël Robuchon International is to launch two London restaurants this year. Le Comptoir Robuchon will open in Clarges Street, Mayfair, in October, while Le Deli Robuchon on Piccadilly will launch in November. The openings follow the closure of L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in London’s Covent Garden in April (no real loss whatsoever). Robuchon, a French […]
Catering company Tart London is to launch a neighbourhood restaurant in October. Wild by Tart is the work of founders Jemima Jones and Lucy Carr-Ellison, who have have teamed up with Tom Warren of Lock Studios, a photography and events space in Hoxton. The restaurant will be housed a former power station and coal store […]
Tom Kerridge is opening a restaurant in Manchester. The Bull & Bear, in the Stock Exchange Hotel on Norfolk Street, will launch on November 15, and will feature Kerridge’s famed style of cooking, where British classics are refined, yet in a casual sort of fashion. Kerridge – spread increasingly thin now with The Hand & […]
Harden’s unveiled the winners of its definitive 2019 London Restaurant Awards at a glittering gala ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of The Langham, London, sponsored by England’s finest sparkling wine, Gusbourne. Nominations for the awards are derived statistically from Harden’s 29-year-old annual survey of UK restaurant-goers. This year, 7,500 people contributed 50,000 nominations within the […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ meals, from the week ending 8 September 2019. Wun’s, London W1 For this week’s review, Jay Rayner for The Observer was tempted “to shove just five words at you and leave it at that: sugar skin Iberico char siu”. “The expansion of the Chinese food experience in the […]
Food charity Hospitality Against Hunger is launching a new fundraiser event on September 11. Love Food Streat Festival will be hosted on Flat Iron Square, and will kickstart the annual Love Food Give Food campaign, which works to end child hunger around the world. More than 400 restaurants across the UK will add £1 to […]
26 Grains’ Alex Hely-Hutchinson will open Stoney Street in Borough Market in October. Stoney Street, named after the street it will call its home, will be open from breakfast through to dinner and – an increasingly tired breath as the buzzwords come again – will “focus on simple seasonal dishes with a carefully considered, produce […]
Hospitality giant The Restaurant Group has confirmed plans to axe 150 sites as part of a restructuring process. The company, which in 2018 acquired Wagamama for £559m, also owns family brands such as Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito, and Garfunkel’s. But The Restaurant Group announced a £87.7m pre-tax loss for the first half of this year […]
Belzan founder Sam Grainger, and Nud Dudhia from Breddos Tacos have joined forces to open a Mexican taqueria in Liverpool. Madre will be a 100-site restaurant on Royal Albert Dock – also the location of the Barrie brothers’ new site – and plans are afoot to launch in November. Madre, which means ‘mother’ in Spanish, […]
Bristol chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias has announced his new restaurant at the Standard hotel in King’s Cross will be called Decimo, and will blend Spanish and Mexican flavours. Decimo, on the top floor of the hotel, will open on October 10 and will be the chef’s first foray into London. Sanchez-Inglesias made him name at his […]
