Acclaimed Welsh chef Nathan Davies is to open a new restaurant on Guernsey this summer, 18 months after leaving highly rated SY23 in Aberystwyth. Vraic – a local seaweed in Guernsey French – will have an open kitchen centred on a Basque-inspired grill cooking whole fish and joints of meat on the bone, while much of […]
The Five Fields in Chelsea will serve its final meals this evening, in a week when the original Hakkasan in Hanway Place also announced its closure after 24 years. The Five Fields has been a consistent presence in the upper reaches of the Harden’s 100 list of the UK’s top restaurants in recent years, and […]
Ukrainian restaurant Tatar Bunar launches next week in Shoreditch, showcasing home-style regional cooking from Bessarabia in the south of the country. It takes its name from Tatarbunary, close to Romania on the Black Sea coast and the hometown of co-founder Alex Cooper, and has a menu inspired by his grandmother’s recipes for such classic comfort […]
Clare Smyth and Daniel Boulud will each have a restaurant in a new hotel opening next year inside London’s Admiralty Arch. Clare said she was “beyond excited” to share the news this week, following the announcement of the dining options at the Waldorf Astoria that is taking over the Trafalgar Square landmark. “A historic setting, […]
With Greek cuisine all the rage in London and cooking over fire here to stay, the arrival of two separate restaurants named after the Greek word for fire may be not be altogether surprising. This week saw the opening of Pyra in Queen’s Park, billed as a ‘love letter to the Mediterranean’ and featuring Greek […]
Chef David Taylor is to double his footprint at Hampton Manor luxury hotel near Birmingham with the opening next week of restaurant Kynd, following his success with Grace & Savour on the same Warwickshire estate. Grace & Savour opened three years ago, quickly establishing itself as a Midlands powerhouse and rising to number 30 on […]
Petersham Nurseries has closed its two Covent Garden offshoots, citing rising rents, the recent budget and Brexit for the decision. Its famous flagship cafe will remain open in the old plant nursery on the edge of Richmond Park. Facing an annual £1.2m bill for rent, rates and services at the Floral Court premises of The […]
The Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone may be closed for the rest of the year after a fire caused by wood falling from a pizza oven swept through the building on Valentine’s Day. More than 100 guests and staff were evacuated and 125 firefighters brought the blaze under control. No injuries were reported. The fire started […]
Gordon Ramsay (right in photo) has acquired the former site of Le Gavroche in Mayfair, with chef Matt Abé (left) shifting from his flagship, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, to take charge of the as-yet-unnamed new venture. Michel Roux closed Le Gravroche, in Upper Brook Street, just over a year ago, ending […]
