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Chef James Knappett and Sandia Chang will reopen their Fitzrovia restaurant Kitchen Table on July 20, having undergone an extensive refurbishment to “expand and elevate” the site. Founded in 2012, Kitchen Table has long been loved by reporters, who describe it as “phenomenal”, “one of a kind”, and say it takes “gastronomy to a new […]
This summer, the chef Rohit Ghai (of Kutir fame, and who won a Michelin star for Jamavar within 8 months of opening) will return to Mayfair to launch Manthan, a new Indian restaurant specialising in “innovative sharing plates and cocktails”. So, there is room for more high-end Indian restaurants, then. Even on Maddox Street. Manthan, […]
The chef Adriana Cavita will open her first solo project in the UK this November, a traditional Mexican restaurant named Cavita in the heart of Marylebone Village. The team said Cavita will “encompass food traditions from all over Mexico, from the capital, where Adriana was born, across to Oaxaca and the Yucatan.” The 70-cover restaurant has an open […]
The perpetually struggling chain Prezzo has announced its latest drive to survive: more vegan options. A classic move for an Italian restaurant stuck in the ‘90s. Prezzo has teamed up with the plant-based meat company Jack & Bry and the partnership will see vegan pepperoni on pizzas across all 150 UK sites. Jack & Bry […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 23 May 2021. The Evening Standard “Few restaurants embody the pandemic era spirit of perpetual adaptability like Ombra in Hackney.” For his first “back in the room” meal, the Evening Standard’s chief restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa reviewed […]
Tigre Tacos, the food truck pop-up at Nine Lives Alley in London Bridge, is set to take on its first bricks-and-mortar space at The Gunmakers, Clerkenwell, from May 17. Chef Ramon “El Tigre” Ramos will serve his Mexicali cuisine inspired by the street-food taquerias and trucks of Mexico and California, with flavours of the ’70s […]
Can’t wait for the end of lockdown and live in South London? Adam Byatt of Trinity Clapham – consistently one of the highest performing restaurants South of the River in Harden’s Annual National Diners Poll – is bringing a new alfresco option to SW4 with a new large outdoor space to open adjacent to Trinity. […]
Emily Brightman has been appointed head chef at Murano by Angela Hartnett. Brightman joined the kitchen as a junior sous chef two-and-a-half years ago, having previously spent three years at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, where she was a senior chef de partie. She also undertook stages in New York: at three-Michelin-starred restaurants Per Se, and Eleven […]
‘From Sea to Table’A feasting dinner celebrating Native Lobster and sustainable seafood from around the British & Irish Isles.Tuesday July 16 Tickets are now on sale for this exclusive “From Sea to Table” banquet on Tuesday July 16 with one of Hospitality’s most famous names: Chef Richard Corrigan at his Piccadilly bastion, Bentley’s. As the […]
