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For anyone who thought the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail made bar-tending look like the coolest job in the world (and come on, who didn’t?!) here’s a Harden’s competition that’s sure to excite you. We’ve teamed up with City hangout The Alchemist to offer you the chance to win a mixology class for you and three […]
Gastronomes can often see London as the centre of the food universe. Just look at Giles Coren’s comments last week that Birmingham’s restaurants are “just a bit rubbish”, adding: “Honestly, if I’m going out of London to eat it’s more productive to leave the country.” But our UK survey is annual proof that there is restaurant […]
When the Belfast-born brothers behind Cereal Killer Cafe opened their shop on Brick Lane last year they had to defend themselves against the country’s media as the duo inadvertently became poster boys for the pros and cons urban gentrification. We’re sure the Porridge Cafe pop-up is hoping for a different outcome when they launch in Shoreditch’s Paul Street on […]
For the third year in a row Meatopia UK – a festival celebrating all things carnivorous – will land in London’s Tobacco Dock 19-20 September. Founded in the US, and curated in the UK by Richard H Turner (Turner & George and Hawksmoor), Meatopia is a festival of high quality, ethically sourced meat, all cooked over […]
Ottolenghi co-founder Noam Bar plans to launch a new Covent Garden venture serving food inspired by Middle Eastern market stalls and street food. Sesame opens in Garrick Street in April. On the menu: all the usual Mediterranean suspects like pittas and flat breads filled with grilled meats, veg and homemade tahini. In the grand tradition […]
Tyddyn Llan country house hotel in Llandrillo – which received Wales’s highest rating for cuisine in this year’s Harden’s survey – is holding a special St David’s Day dinner and room offer. Try Bryan and Susan Webb’s “lovely” and “remote” rural location with its “top-class” food and “superb wine list” for a fraction of the usual […]
Once a bit of a restaurant wasteland, King’s Cross has really upped its game in terms of nightlife since the unveiling of Granary Square. The latest popular chain to head to N1, following in the footsteps of Dishoom, Caravan and (god help us) Jamie Oliver’s new HQ, is “wine lover’s heaven” Vinoteca. Our reporters have long extolled […]
Can a pie be life-affirming? Marina O’Laughlin certainly makes Portland’s sound so The Guardian reviewer loves this recently opened Fitzrovia venture from the Quality Chop House’s Will Lander. “…it takes reservations and doesn’t charge like a rhino.” Meanwhile The Observer’s Jay Rayner is on another one of his jaunts, this time in Lyon The critic-in-chief […]
Jasper Cuppaidge, founder of London’s Camden Town Brewery, has launched a campaign to help raise an investment target of £1.5 million for a new brewery project. The ‘Hells Raiser’ campaign, run through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, started today (9 February) and allows investors to put in as little as £10 all the way up to £500,000. […]
We’ve teamed up with internationally renowned chef and restaurateur Bobby Chinn to offer Harden’s readers the chance to win a copy of his latest cookbook – Bobby Chinn’s Vietnamese Food. As Anthony Bourdain so succinctly says in his foreword: “What Bobby doesn’t know about South East Asian food is not worth knowing”. Now here is […]
