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Harden’s is hosting the inaugural dinner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition’s ‘Club Oenologique’ at Belgravia’s famous – and dazzling – Mosimann’s Club. Tickets were released last week and the event is already nearly sold out. So do get in touch today if you would like to secure one of the few remaining places. The evening will […]
JKS Restaurants is opening a vast new Indian barbecue destination and drinking tavern in the flash Bloomberg Arcade on June 6. Brigadiers will be a labyrinthine-like restaurant, divided into separate rooms and sections; all will serve bar snacks and small plates the group is known for at its other ventures, such as the popular Gymkhana, […]
Belmond has announced Adam Handling as executive chef at the new Cadogan Hotel, the group’s new flagship London property. The hotel is set to open at the end of 2018 and will see Handling divide his time between the Belmond kitchen and his two Frog E1 – which has a five-star food rating in the 2018 […]
After nearly three years chef/restaurateur Tom Oldroyd is following up his Islington hit Oldroyd with a new venture in Hackney. Though fans love the “fabulously tasty, daily changing menu” at his Upper Street spot there is a quibble that the joint is just too small, so his takeover of The Duke of Richmond pub and dining […]
Royal Wedding afternoon tea @ The Zetter Townhouse EC1 To celebrate the Royal Wedding, the Zetter Townhouses in Clerkenwell and Marylebone are offering a special Royal Wedding Afternoon Tea with an American twist, available until 3 June. The menu includes: The Chilli Dog (Dingley Dell frankfurter, brioche roll, smoked chilli beef, pickled jalapeños) The LA Burger (Toasted charcoal bun, dry aged […]
Restaurateur Sam Harrison – who owned Sam’s Brasserie in Chiswick and Harrison’s in Balham, until both sites were sold to Foxlow in 2015 – has announced plans to open a new restaurant and bar in February 2019 as part of the major rejuvenation project of Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, west London. Facing the Thames with […]
Jay Rayner in The Observer finds a place that can pull off ramen alongside tacos – Upstairs at No. 1, Cromer “The menu Upstairs at No 1 is genuinely troubling. Who the hell can do ramen alongside tacos alongside a fish-finger sandwich? The answer is, they can… operated by Galton Blackiston… In an area like this… You […]
Pioneer of Peruvian cooking Martin Morales (Ceviche, Andina, Casita Andina) has launched London’s first Peruvian bakery, as he opens Andina Panaderia in Notting Hill alongside a brand new restaurant, Andina Picanteria. Located side by side at 155 and 157 Westbourne Grove, Andina Panaderia and Andina Picanteria pay homage to the female Andean chefs who have […]
The Truscott Arms is back with a bang as Henry Harris (formerly of Knightbridge’s Racine, RIP) takes over the kitchen to relaunch the favourite local as Hero of Maida. He will oversee the Maida Vale gastropub’s relaunch as chef director alongside business partner James McCulloch. It is the third project from Harcourt Inns, following Three […]
Borough Wines & Beers has announced that Zijun Meng and Ana Goncalves – the ex-Viajante chefs behind TĀ TĀ EATERY – takes over the kitchens in its Kensal Rise (NW10) shop from today (10 May) for a three-month residency, as part of its ongoing Chef Development Series. The husband and wife team met under chef […]
