Covent Garden’s “glamorous” – bar attached to the adjacent “doyenne of seafood restaurants” J. Sheekey – will host an all-female guest chef series this spring and summer, in association with Guardian Members. The first three chefs to take up residency in J.Sheekey Oyster Bar‘s kitchen will be Rosie Birkett, Olia Hercules and Anna Jones. Six women have […]
AA Gill is thoroughly unimpressed by Shaftesbury Avenue’s new Chinese hotpot restaurant Shuang Shuang – an “anxiety-inducing concept” where diners are asked to assemble their own soup from a conveyor belt of ingredients. It’s making The Sunday Times critic nostalgic for the days of turtle soup terrines, Michael Winner, and drinks trolleys… “This is by […]
Harden’s readers can get 50% off food at Notting Hill’s brand new organic/vegetarian/zero waste restaurant, Tiny Leaf. The offer is for Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 February only. Just mention ‘Harden’s Tiny Leaf’ when you book a table or arrive at the restaurant. First launched on Thursday 28 January, Tiny Leaf spans four floors and includes […]
Matthew Worswick has been announced as the new head chef of The Latymer – Pennyhill Park’s luxurious and highly fêted country house hotel dining room in Bagshot. He takes the reins from Michael Wignall who left for Dartmoor’s lauded Tudorbethan manor Gidleigh Park in January. Matthew, who previously led the kitchen team at The Lawn, Thornton Hall […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
Camino King’s Cross N1 and Camino Bankside SE1 Available 13-14 February Enjoy a free glass of Vilarnau Cava per person with every booking for Camino Bankside and Camino King’s Cross Valentine’s Weekend set menu. The standard menu will also be available but will not include the complimentary Cava. All dishes on the set menu will […]
Dazzling City spot, Sushisamba, has announced it will open a second London location in early 2017 – taking over the (rather beautiful) former home of Brasserie Blanc in Covent Garden’s iconic Market Building. Sushisamba Covent Garden will occupy the Opera Terrace, which is located at the top of the Grade II-listed building, comprises a balcony […]
This March the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) will launch its fifth annual awards – now named the Food Made Good Awards, sponsored by Nestlé Professional. The accolades are a chance for restaurants and the food service sector to showcase their sustainability achievements. Managing director of the SRA, Mark Linehan, says that recent years have witnessed […]
This year marks Michel Roux Jr’s 25th year at the helm of London’s bastion of old fashioned, “flawless and indulgent” Gallic gastronomy Le Gavroche. Opened in 1967, the iconic Mayfair venue was founded by Michel’s father Albert Roux OBE. Michel took the reins in 1991 and in honour of this the celebrity chef will host a […]
A new Southern US-inspired chicken specialist arrives in Spitalfields Market in March with plans to open a second outlet in Soho later this year. Absurd Bird hopes to launch further sites across the UK over the coming months. The restaurant has partnered with Fosse Meadows Farm, which is dedicated to traditional free range, slow farm rearing techniques and […]
