This was a question asked and answered by The Sustainable Restaurant Association (The SRA) on June 19th, in a short but impactful film that screened at the World’s 50 Best Talks. With powerful voiceovers from chefs around the world – including Ángel León, Elena Reygadas and Ana Roš – the film emphasised the multi-faceted nature […]
Amidst continuing headwinds for the hospitality industry, a number of high end restaurants, particularly in London, are re-evaluating their prices. Whilst food costs remain high, restaurants are looking at their sales mix and have, in some cases, lowered their pricing in an effort to balance the books. First to capture a wave of PR by […]
One of London’s largest luxury restaurants HIDE will close their Above restaurant and amalgamate the two floors into a single offering. In an effort to maximise the business’s busiest periods of the day and to streamline overall operation, HIDE Above will no longer function as a separate dining space. Instead the ground floor a la […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26 June 2023. ***** The Evening Standard “A few doors down from the East End’s beigel shops and Bangla curry houses — we have an all-new, affordable institution, built upon principles of soulfulness, succour and the timeless […]
Hyper-localist pioneer Isaac@ in Brighton is to close down this summer after eight years’ trading. The restaurant will serve its last meals on 26 August, offering a ‘best of’ menu for its last two months to long-time fans and first-timers who don’t want to miss the experience. This year’s Harden’s guide hails Isaac @ as […]
Cage fighter ‘Meatball Molly’ McCann is to open an Italian-inspired kitchen and deli in her native Liverpool next month. Polpetta – ‘meatball’ in Italian – will be in the Baltic Market street-food centre and serve classic Italian comfort food. Molly has made her name as one of Britain’s top women mixed martial artists, competing in the […]
Quirky North London Nigerian tapas bar Chuku’s has won an £8,000 grant and – possibly more valuable in the long term – endorsement from the world’s biggest name in entertainment, Beyoncé. The Tottenham restaurant was one of 10 London businesses chosen to receive a grant from the singer’s BeyGOOD foundation, which has pledged to donate $1 million […]
Sexy Fish, Richard Caring’s ultra-glitzy seafood venue in Mayfair, is to spawn an offshoot in Manchester this autumn – appropriately, perhaps, in a glass-fronted former Armani shop on Deansgate in Spinningfields. The venture’s website has announced: “With our high-end glamour, surrealist décor, and opulent culinary majesty inspired by the oceans of Asia, Sexy Fish will also […]
The team behind ‘tongue-tingling’ Thai restaurant Som Saa in Shoreditch are to open a new venture in Borough Market later this year. Kolae, which will accommodate 80 guests on three floors of an old coach house, will focus on grilled dishes including whole fish and marinated half chickens, cooked in the style of southern Thailand. […]
Here’s our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 18 June 2023. ***** The Guardian Grace Dent reviewed Lilienblum, the “most recent opening” from Israeli chef Eyal Shani that had Jimi Famurewa at The Evening Standard impressed but perplexed last week; did Grace feel the same? […]
