David Moore has appointed 28-year-old Aggelos Kassais to the post of head chef at Pied à Terre as the Fitzrovia fine-dining institution enters its 35th year. The promotion marks a return to a familiar environment for Aggelos, previously sous-chef here under fellow-Greek chef Asimakis Chaniotis, who ran the kitchen with distinction for seven years before leaving […]
Veteran Vietnamese restaurant Sông Quê is to open its second branch early in the New Year, having taken over the Spitalfields premises occupied by Tom Brown’s Pearly Queen until it closed down in October. An early stakeholder on the Kingsland Road ‘Pho Mile’ when it opened in 2002, Sông Quê has been a regular in […]
Glasgow-based chef-patron Peter McKenna is to close his Finnieston fixture The Gannet at the end of the year, replacing it in early 2026 with a more casual bistro called Eleven Fifty Five, after its address in Argyle Street. The new venture, in partnership with maître d’ Kevin Dow, is pitched as an “upscale but approachable […]
Brendan Padfield (left in picture) has retired after 11 years running the Unruly Pig in Suffolk – passing ownership to Dave Wall (centre), the head chef from the beginning, and his deputy Karl Green (right). Brendan, now 66 and planning to spend more time with his grandson, leaves the pub in great shape, having topped the […]
Tast, the Catalan restaurant backed by senior figures at Manchester City, has announced its closure after eight years, as a number of restaurants around the country pull down the shutters for the last time in the face of tough trading conditions. The restaurant in Manchester’s King Street was backed by the football club’s manager Pep […]
A Turkish restaurant has opened in Mayfair with the ambition of ‘setting a new benchmark for modern Mediterranean-Turkish dining in London’. Chargal, from restaurateur Serdar Demir, has taken over the former site of Jeru on Berkeley Street and offers mezze at ground level, a more formal first-floor dining room and a late-night lounge in the […]
Hospitality couple Lidia and Simone Crepaldi will tomorrow launch their first venture together – Italian restaurant Hoax with a ‘secret’ basement bar called The Devil You Know (TDYK) in Dalston. Taking over the original site of Chick ‘n’ Sours on Kingsland Road, Hoax has a semi-open kitchen run by Sardinian-born chef Riccardo Lottero, Simone’s cousin, […]
Fast-growing food hall operator Market Place has opened a flagship venue next door to the Odeon in Leicester Square that is billed as the largest food hall in central London, boasting outlets from 16 traders across five floors. Choices include Bread Ahead, chicken brand Butchies, Cheeky Burger and Club Mexicana, while the venue also features […]
After a six-year, £73million investment, Guinness this week opened its Open Gate Brewery visitor experience in Covent Garden, complete with three eating spots from two high-profile chefs. The most glamorous option is Gilroy’s Loft on the fifth floor, where a menu of oysters and seafood is served by a team headed by chef Pip Lacey. […]
Cornish seafood supremo Nathan Outlaw is to close his celebrated flagship Outlaw’s New Road in Port Isaac next year. The venue is the highest-rated fish specialist on the newly published 2026 Harden’s 100 list of the UK’s best restaurants, and is ranked at number 8 overall. Its last service on March 28 will be closely […]
