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Taste of London has returned for its 15th year, and will end its run this Sunday (23 June 2019). Rain didn’t dampen the launch night on Wednesday, and the queues were long. You might yet consider such long waits to get inside worthwhile, however, as an ample line up of bars and restaurants, including some […]
Six by Nico, chef Nico Simeone’s three-strong chain, is to launch in England for the first time. The Scottish chef, who was born to Italian parents, is to open in Manchester with a 66-cover site occupying the former Roc & Rye venue in the city centre, not far from happening Spinningfields. The restaurant follows others […]
Luxury Mayfair restaurant Park Chinois is opening a casual brasserie next month. The Chinese restaurant, originally founded by industry heavyweight Alan Yau (although he left in 2016), has long proved divisive to critics. Where it is “opulent”, it is monstrously “OTT”, and where the food might be “delicious”, many believe dishes don’t live up to […]
Martin Williams, CEO of Gaucho and M Restaurants, has offered former employees of Jamie’s Italian the opportunity to interview for roles at his group. All but three Jamie’s Italian branches were closed under a CVA earlier this month, with the remainder bought by the SSP Group, which owns Upper Crust, among other train station lunch […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ musings, from the week ending 16 June 2019. Hjem, Northumberland Marina O’Loughlin for The Sunday Times relies on her “spidey sense” to truffle out fabulous new restaurants to tell us about, and this time that “tingling in the fingertip” was spot on. And so it was off to […]
The Langham hotel has opened its (kitchen) doors for the first time in its 153 year old history, launching cookery school ‘Sauce’. Led by the Langham’s executive Chef Chris King, Sauce promises to share the ‘trade secrets’ of the successful Langham restaurants including The Landau, The Wigmore and Palm Court. Classes range from foundation style […]
Irish chef Richard Corrigan will embark on a new restaurant on the fringes of Shoreditch and the City, launching Daffodil Mulligan just south of Old Street tube and Silicon Roundabout. To those recalling his first London venture, Mulligan’s, it’s exciting to see the revival of the name, and his first avowedly Irish-slanted venture in recent […]
A new Italian restaurant focused on the food of Tuscany has opened in a former pub in Brixton. Maremma, from Alice Staple and Dickie Bielenberg, has launched on Water Lane and takes inspiration from the “unspoilt coastal region of southern Tuscany, famed for its salumi, seafood, olive groves and vineyards”. Staple, formerly a private chef, […]
An eagle-eyed hospitality analyst spotted something exciting on the window of a site on in Marylebone on Wednesday. Mark Wingett from insights group Propel saw a notice of application for a premises licence on James Street. The document says Stephen (Stevie) Parle applied to Westminster Council on May 24 to open… something. Harden’s asked the […]
Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge has come aboard for one of Manchester’s most high-profile openings of recent years. He steps into the shoes originally destined for Michael O’ Hare: impresario behind Leeds phenomenon, Man Behind the Curtain. The Hand and Flowers founder will look after the food and beverage operation occupying one of the city’s landmark […]
