Food stylist and Life Kitchen founder Ryan Riley launched his first cookery school for people with cancer on Tuesday 4 June. Riley, whose mother Krista died of lung cancer in 2014, set up the Life Kitchen charity to help people having chemotherapy. To date, he has been hosting pop-up events at restaurants such as Duck […]
Mehdi Amiri has been named head chef at Eckington Manor. The chef joins the Worcestershire restaurant after dividing the last 18 years between Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, the Fat Duck, and Swinton Park Hotel. He will replace joint head chefs and spouses Sue and Mark Stinchcombe. He told The Caterer: “I’m really looking forward to […]
The Oxford Cultural Collective has announced a new series of food talks at Carousel restaurant. Migrations: all our voices will discuss how migration has helped propel Britain’s food culture, and how the restaurant industry has benefited from diversity and learning. The new series will celebrate the positive role migrants have played in food, and how […]
Great British Menu finalist Dan Fletcher has been appointed head chef at 28 Market Place, a new West Country restaurant from ex-Soho House director Ben Crofton. Set to open in Somerton, this autumn, the restaurant will feature a modern British-European menu which will make use of the county’s best produce. Fletcher is to join 28 […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics from the week ending 2 June 2019. The Sea, The Sea, London SW3 Marina O’Loughlin for The Sunday Times has “stumbled across the living definition of the word “precious”: a seafood restaurant, a fishmonger and a champagne bar in — where else? — Chelsea”. From the people behind […]
Barullo, the City of London’s new Spanish restaurant launched by Victor Garvey in March, has closed just two months after opening. The chef told Harden’s he departed the restaurant for personal reasons in April and was unaware the restaurant had closed until seeing the news on social media. Garvey ceased his role by mutual agreement […]
Nutshell, a modern Iranian-inspired restaurant, will open in Covent Garden in July. An announcement from founders Marwa Alkhalaf (who spent time at The Greenhouse), and Mohammad Paknejad, said: “Nutshell’s intention is to re-create the warm, welcoming atmosphere of home in a contemporary setting and offer a feast for the senses.” It will be, quite simply, […]
Sam and Georgie Pearman, co-founders of The Lucky Onion Hotel Group, have taken over The Swan pub in Ascott-under-Wychwood. The Swan will relaunch on May 27 and become a part of the group’s well established list of hotels, pubs, and restaurants. Names you may have heard of include The Chequers in the Cotswolds, and The […]
The Baozilnn Group is preparing to open its third site – a new 120-cover, three-floored flagship in Borough. The new restaurant, which follows the successful Soho site and a grab-and-go version in Market Halls Victoria, will launch at the end of June. Baozilnn is best-known for its colourful all-day Cantonese dim sum concept, as well […]
A new craft bar and kitchen will open in the heart of Bethnal Green next month. Fugitive Motel [great name] will marry pastries and speciality coffee by day with night-time cocktails, craft beers and sourdough pizzas. It all sounds very East London… there’s even talk of low-alcohol beverages, which are apparently all the rage [well, […]