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Oro Sushi has recently launched in Wimbledon as a delivery-only, pescatarian-led venture. The upmarket dark kitchen is the latest in a string of new brands which are marketing ambitious delivery meals to diners without high street premises in their business plan. Backers include Zuma Global executive chef, Anthony Garlando who has created the venture in […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 1 April 2021. England remains in national lockdown, although with a ‘roadmap’ of dates with restaurants and pubs closed until 12 April at the earliest, and then only open to serve single households seated outdoors: […]
Richard Turner, the chef behind London’s renowned butchers Turner & George, Meatopia, Hawksmoor, Pitt Cue Co. and Blacklock, has launched a takeaway food service called Dickie’s. The brand will first launch in the Battersea and South London area before opening up across the whole capital with the slogan “Meat. Done. Right.” An announcement said Dickie’s […]
AngloThai co-founders John and Desiree Chantarasak have partnered with the new DIY ‘makeaway’ platform Restaurant Kits to create a finish at home box to celebrate Songkran, the Thai New Year that takes place between April 13-15. Included in the kit is ‘khao soi’, Chiang Mai’s famous curried noodle dish made with aromatic curry paste, dry […]
The chef James Wilkins has returned to the kitchen at Wilks restaurant in Bristol despite announcing the restaurant’s closure in 2020. The restaurant opened in 2012 to broad and coveted acclaim but went up for sale in 2019. Wilkins is back, however, and is selling meal boxes and monthly frozen food menus, Bristol Live first […]
The chef patron of the El Gato Negro and Canto restaurant group Simon Shaw has revealed plans for a third Manchester dining spot, Habas. Habas will be a modern Middle Eastern restaurant and bar on Brown Street and situated in a Grade II listed building. The kitchen will be headed by Shaw and he will […]
The Perry Hill Pub, nestled between Catford and Sydenham, will open its doors under new ownership after a refurbishment on April 12. Well, it’ll open outside to begin with. It is a long-awaited launch for the area run by Phil Sutton, who has experience at he likes of The Florence in Herne Hill and Franco […]
The Light, an iconic Shoreditch venue and favoured watering hole to many, is to rise once more from the ashes. Originally, it was set to reopen in spring 2020 with a bar (ground floor/mezzanine) and dining space (first floor), but the gala launch has now finally been set for April 2021. It will return nearly […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 28 March 2021. England remains in national lockdown, although with a ‘roadmap’ of dates with restaurants and pubs closed until 12 April at the earliest, and then only open to serve single households seated outdoors: […]
Kerridge’s Bar & Grill will open as an outdoor pop-up, called Kerridge’s Garden Grill, from April 12 until May 16. The 46-cover terrace will be located on a mezzanine level, which is situately directly above The Garden (where the hotel’s executive chef André Garrett’s Mediterranean-inspired menu will be available daily, also from 12 April). At […]
