East Anglia chef Mark Poynton has relaunched his restaurant-with-rooms at Fen Ditton on the edge of Cambridge under new backers and a new name as Ancient Shepherds with Mark Poynton. He operated the venue – a former village pub dating from 1580 – as MJP @ The Shepherds for five years until May this year, when […]
Alimentum, the respected but troubled Cambridge restaurant with “undoubtedly good” food but very little else, has closed. Head chef Samira Effa announced the news on social media. Financial difficulties were labelled as the cause on social media, though we cannot confirm that. A statement from the Alimentum account on Twitter said: “The restaurant and kitchen […]
Mark Poynton, chef-patron of Cambridge’s Alimentum, is set to launch a second venture – the White Horse in the Cambridgeshire village of Eaton Socon is expected to open on 6 July. The 100-cover, Grade II listed pub has undergone a complete refurbishment. His first restaurant Alimentum provoked a bit of a Marmite response in last […]
