Burger joint Haché will launch its fifth London site this Christmas, with a 70-cover operation in Balham. The small group – which outstrips its larger rivals for quality, according to our annual survey – already has sites in Camden (pictured), Chelsea, Clapham and Shoreditch. Haché’s latest restaurant will occupy the former home of Meze Kitchen and will […]

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Soho hotel and restaurant One Leicester Street (formerly St John Chinatown) has been sold for the second time in just two years. The seemingly problematic site, once part of the legendary St John group, went into administration in 2013 but was rescued at the eleventh hour by Loh Lik Peng of the Unlisted Collection, which […]

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Pick up a few kitchen tips from Adam Byatt (the chef behind Clapham’s much-loved Trinity) at a special masterclass at Surrey cooking school The Abinger. The ‘intimate evening of cooking and dining’ will be held on 11 July from 6.30pm. Adam will demo four courses; herb-crusted razor clams with fennel, lemon thyme, chilli and lime; warm salad of wood pigeon, deep-fried […]

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