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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 5th May 2024 Daily Telegraph Francatelli, St James’s Restaurant critics like to give generous reviews but readers notoriously prefer stinkers. So this week they were in for a treat – led by William Sitwell, who was “bewildered” by the decision […]
The chef duo behind popular Finsbury Park food pub The Plimsoll will next month open an ‘Iberian fish bar’, Tollington’s, in a former chippy nearby. Ed McIlroy and Jamie Allan, who first made their mark as Four Legs at the Compton Arms, are retaining the tiling, formica floors and fish fryers at the venue, which […]
A new Alsatian-inspired all-day bakery, wine bar and restaurant from debut restaurateurs Solynka Dumas and Julian Oschmann (pictured) has opened in Fitzrovia’s foodie Charlotte Street. They have hired Holly Hayes, a former 40 Maltby Street sous chef, to run the kitchen, while sommelier Honey Spencer of Sune in Hackney has put together a list of […]
Former Jamie Oliver Group boss Ryan Jacovides (left in picture) and chef Tony Rodd (right) have linked up to open a new restaurant, bar and bottle shop in Margate. Pomus opens next Thursday, 16 May, in the coastal town’s The Centre shopping precinct. The pair have both made the move to the Kent coast after […]
Jason Atherton is to open a new ‘British brasserie’ called Sael on the former site of Aquavit in St James’s Market, off Piccadilly Circus. The announcement follows Jason’s decision go close his Mayfair flagship, Pollen Street Social, this summer. Dale Bainbridge, currently executive chef at Pollen Street, will lead the kitchen at the new venture. […]
Highly rated Birmingham chef Alex Claridge is to open an extravagantly named chef’s table restaurant in the city’s Jewellery Quarter – where he plans to charge guests less than half what he should to be profitable. Albatross Death Cult – a name inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the the Ancient Mariner – will offer a […]
Footballer-turned-entrepreneur Gary Neville (left in picture) has signed chef Niall Keating (right) to open a new restaurant at the Stock Exchange boutique hotel in Manchester that he co-owns with Ryan Giggs. Called Tender, it will be the third attempt to occupy the impressively domed dining room since the hotel launched in 2019. Its predecessor, the […]
A new restaurant opens in North Yorkshire next month inspired by both Sir Winston Churchill and the great French chef Auguste Escoffier. Chartwell will launch on 8 May following a £3 million investment at Aldwark Manor Estate, a luxury hotel and golf resort 15 miles from York. Former Fat Duck, Midsummer House and Gravetye Manor […]
Chef Anthony Demetre is opening a new bistro in the former bar of his Pall Mall restaurant Wild Honey, in the heart of London’s West End. Billed as the main restaurant’s ‘little sister’, Bistrot at Wild Honey is inspired by the Parisian bistronomy movement, which promises a cheaper and more casual alternative to fine dining. […]
Puro restaurant in Clevedon, Somerset, is relaunching as an ambitious destination restaurant with MasterChef the Professionals runner-up Tommy Thorn on board as co-owner. Originally launched as a neighbourhood spot in 2017, Puro closed down in April last year as a result of the industry’s staffing crisis, before reopening earlier this year. Founders Dom and Alex […]
