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Sleek City hangout SushiSamba is set to open a new 9,000 sq ft space in a landmark site in Covent Garden. The fusion restaurant, with its wizard combination of Latino flavours with Japanese culinary techniques and styles, will open on top of the Grade II-listed Market Building, with views over the back of the Royal […]
Grace Dent in The Guardian visited Hot Manchester Newcomer Tast Cuina Catalana, one of the ” delicate, thoughtful, educational places” that is aiming to bring a true taste of Spain to Britain. It’s “forward-reaching”, “high-end, imaginative, occasionally edgy” – and huge: there’s three “capacious” floors to fill, each offering a different level of formality and adventurousness. […]
Chef Rohit Ghai has announced his latest project – Kutir, an Indian restaurant just off Chelsea’s Sloane Square. Ghai, who launched the esteemed Gymkhana and also saw success at Jamavar – which won the Top Newcomer award at last years Hardens London Restaurant awards, will open Kutir in November. The chef has teamed up with Abhi Sangwan for […]
Red & Blue Restaurants, the Liverpool-based team behind Bacaro, Salt House Tapas, and Hanover Street Social, is to launch a fourth site in October. There are also plans to expand the enterprise to Manchester. The latest Liverpool restaurant, Rocket & Ruby, is a new 3,000ft premises on Castle Street. There’s talk of city brunches and […]
Corbin & King will open a new restaurant in St John’s Wood, London, in the new year. Soutine will be in keeping with the area’s strong heritage, reports say, with King previously suggesting it would be a little ‘Colbert meets Fischer’s’. Still, we don’t know too much about the restaurant yet. Unless there’s to be […]
Tickets are now on sale for an exclusive ‘Harden’s Invites’ event at Le Gavroche in Mayfair, celebrating all things game. On Monday 8 October, Michel Roux Jr will cook an exclusive 4-course menu, specially created for Harden’s, featuring the very best of British game (including pheasant, hare and venison) and seasonal produce at its peak. Each […]
Clare Smyth tops London Restaurants Awards • Second female winner in as many years, as her team accept the award from last year’s winner, Marianne Lumb Harden’s unveiled the winners of its definitive 2018 London Restaurant Awards at a glittering gala ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of The Langham, London, sponsored by The Langham hotel […]
Grace Dent in The Guardian rejoiced in the “sheer chutzpah” of chef Alex Bond at Alchemilla even before she ate a bite of the “veg-centric” menu. Bond has turned a huge, “crypt-like space… an abandoned coaching house” that had “sat unloved and festering for more than 100 years” into “a capacious, open brushed aluminium kitchen” […]
Burger chain Gourmet Burger Kitchen has become the latest restaurant brand to face speculation as to its future. GBK, which is owned by South African company Famous Brands, is believed to have appointed Deloitte to help reduce rents at sites, and possibly close some locations, according to The Sunday Times. The move may result in a […]
