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Troubled burger group Byron will launch a new brand concept and menu on November 21. The 53-strong restaurant chain, which launched 12 years ago to much fanfare, narrowly escaped collapse amid the casual dining crunch, but has come out fighting with a bold new strategy. As much as £15m will be invested in the brand […]
West London all-day casual restaurant and cafe chain Chucs is to open in Belgravia. Some might find the news unpromising given what some reporters see as the group’s Monte Carlo-esque approach to pricing, but Chucs must be doing something right given the group is to open a new flagship in this prime postcode. The Belgravia […]
Renowned sommelier Xavier Rousset and Anglo and Stem chef Mark Jarvis have joined forces and taken up the reins at Gunmakers, reopening the local favourite to the public. The duo will open in November a forty-cover restaurant downstairs where Jarvis will serve British pub food, some way detached from the fine dining he was so […]
Thai restaurant Som Saa has announced plans to crowdfund for a new central London restaurant. The restaurant said on Instagram: “som saa Commercial Street has been a labour of love, but now the time has come to fire the starting pistol on our second restaurant. “The next site will be a unique restaurant – the […]
Chef Andrew Sheridan has left the Stargazy Inn to join the Craft Dining Rooms in Birmingham. Sheridan arrived at Cornish restaurant the Stargazy Inn back in April, having previously departed Sosban in Llanelli, which closed suddenly in February. The chef will get underway at Craft Dining Rooms at the city’s International Convention Centre and the […]
Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 17 November 2019. Vardo, London SW3 and Ozone, London E2 Marina O’Loughlin for The Sunday Times visited two places this week; both what she describes as “third-wave” coffee shops (she missed the first two). “Coffee shops are now equipped […]
Pitt Cue’s co-founder Jamie Berger has bought back the intellectual property rights to the brand, with plans to resurrect the restaurant in its original form. Berger established Pitt Cue in 2011. It quickly became a big London hit, leading the way in offering quality BBQ to the masses in the centre of town. It was […]
The Ivy Asia is the next link in an ever-growing chain. But this is no new-age suburban brasserie. The new site is as traditionally lavish as you might expect from one of London’s most famous brands, with sweeping views over St Paul’s Cathedral and an interior that might even rival Bob Bob’s in opulence. Restaurateur […]
Former Caprice Holdings chef Harvey Ayliffe has been appointed the new executive chef at Bluebird Chelsea and Bluebird Cafe White City by D&D. Ayliffe has been working as a chef for more than 30 years and can name Rules, J Sheekey, Le Caprice, The Ivy, and Soho House among his former haunts. Most recently, he […]
Former Salt Yard chef Joe Howley is to take the reins at Shoreditch Italian spot Passo. The restaurant said Howley will bring a “more refined approach to traditional, southern European cooking,” and added the chef will “transform the menu” in order to deliver a “more eclectic dining experience”. Howley said: “Passo is a beautiful restaurant […]
