Chef Tony Parkin is to open his first solo restaurant next week – Daise, in Oxton on the Wirral, in premises occupied for almost two decades by Marc Wilkinson’s acclaimed Fraiche. Tony has teamed up with Andrew Sheridan’s Open Restaurant group, based across the Mersey in Liverpool, which has run the site under the name Oxa […]
Highly rated northwest-based chef Andrew Sheridan is to open a new all-day restaurant in Chester – the city where he kicked off his career. Andrew has taken over the former Da Noi restaurant on Bridge Street and will relaunch it next month as Noted. Best known for his Liverpool flagship Restaurant 8 by Andrew Sheridan, the […]
Chef Andrew Sheridan of Liverpool’s Restaurant 8 has revealed that he was subject to a blackmail threat from criminals who demanded payment to stop them posting fake one-star reviews online. Andrew and his business partner Sam Morgan, who will open their seventh restaurant on August 2, Dishes in Prestatyn, North Wales, revealed the extortion attempt […]
Mould-breaking chef Marc Wilkinson is shifting his restaurant Fraiche from Merseyside to a new rural location in Shropshire, where he will resume service this summer. He announced the move in a Facebook post, ending five years of uncertainty over the future of Fraiche. Marc – hailed as “a genius” in the 2023 Harden’s guide – opened the […]
Andrew Sheridan, the chef behind the experimental Birmingham venue About 8, has opened a neighbourhood restaurant in his home village of Barnt Green, Worcestershire. Launched this week, Black & Green serves up to 16 diners, with five- and six-course tasting menus at £55 and £65. Focusing on “humble local ingredients”, Black & Green is a […]
