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Paul and Emma Ainsworth have bought the lease of the Mariners pub in Rock, Cornwall. It follows the departure of Nathan Outlaw, who left last month. Outlaw is busy planning his new seafood restaurant at The Goring. Not that the Ainsworths aren’t busy. The news of their Mariners venture comes not long after the announcement […]
Former bank manager and 2018 MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt has announced his debut restaurant. Pitch will open in Worthing, Sussex, in May, and will – as is customary – champion local and homegrown produce. “My favourite thing about food and cooking is the way that it brings people together, so opening up my own restaurant […]
Irish chef Anna Haugh is to open her first solo venture in Chelsea. Haugh, who left her executive chef position at Bob Bob Ricard in October 2017, will launch Myrtle in March. The chef will serve contemporary modern European food with an Irish influence, paying homage to her Dublin roots. Originally introduced to cooking by […]
Restaurateur Ray de Fazio is to open a new Italian restaurant in Wimbledon village. Cent Anni will launch in March as a 100-cover site cooking for lunch and dinner. The restaurant will serve “modern and classic” food, which will sit alongside a wine list focused on Italian vintages. Cent Anni will offer a set lunch […]
Events man Auro Foxcroft, and Chris Gillard, previously executive chef at the St John Group, are soon to open Earth Kitchen, a new restaurant in Dalston. Earth Kitchen will be housed within a former art deco cinema foyer on Stoke Newington Road and comes as part of a wider space called Evolutionary Arts Hackney (once […]
Gilpin Spice, Windermere Jay Rayner for The Observer was in Windermere, visiting Gilpin Spice at Gilpin Lodge in the Lake District, described as “an act of bravery, fashioned from raw wood, vibrant dangling lampshades, tamarind, garlic, ginger, noodles and open guttering flames”. The food is best described as “Desi-Chinese food, a venerable amalgam of Chinese […]
Chef and restaurateur Victor Garvey has announced a new opening in the City. Barullo, a 64-cover site at 19 Bevis Marks – once the home of James Cochran EC3 – will open in spring 2019 and will serve food from across Spain. The entire menu will be available to take away. Alongside tapas classics, dishes […]
Llanelli restaurant Sosban has closed – and “will not be reopening in the near future”, according to a website announcement. The full message reads: “Executive chef Andrew Sheridan and Sosban’s directors are sorry to announce that after long consideration and despite best efforts we are closed from Sunday 3 February 2019. “We would like to […]
“Fast ’n’ furious” Taiwanese bun favourite Bao is opening a third site in foodie Borough. The site, on the edge of Borough Market, will launch in spring next year, joining the two existing Bao shops in Soho and Fitzrovia. The new premises have the backing of JKS Restaurants, the ever-more omnipresent powers-behind-the-throne of numerous well-liked […]
Penally Abbey hotel in picturesque Tenby, Wales, is relaunching its two-AA rosette restaurant as Rhosyn today (Friday 8). Rhosyn means rose in Welsh. The restaurant has undergone an extensive refurbishment and will exist as a more relaxed eating space. The food will draw on Pembrokeshire’s fine produce, with a new menu featuring the likes of […]
