beyond excited" to share the news this week, following the announcement of the dining options at the Waldorf Astoria that is taking over the Trafalgar Square landmark.

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    Clare Smyth and Daniel Boulud double up at the Admiralty
    February 26, 2025 HardensBytes

    Clare Smyth and Daniel Boulud will each have a restaurant in a new hotel opening next year inside London’s Admiralty Arch. Clare said she was “beyond excited” to share the news this week, following the announcement of the dining options at the Waldorf Astoria that is taking over the Trafalgar Square landmark. “A historic setting, […]

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    Michelin awards 2021: Two new three-star restaurants arrive in the UK
    January 25, 2021January 27, 2021 HardensBytes

    Core by Clare Smyth and Hélène Darroze at the Connaught have been awarded three Michelin stars apiece. It’s always good to see Michelin catch up with Harden’s. It only took the famous French tyre company three years in this instance. In 2018 the restaurant was named Harden’s Diner’s ‘Top Gastronomic Experience’ in our own annual […]

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    Clare Smyth to launch Core-inspired restaurant down under
    January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 HardensBytes

    Chef-patron of Notting Hill’s well adored Core, Clare Smyth, is to open a restaurant in Sydney, Australia. The location might be a little far away for Harden’s reporters, though given Core’s reputation, we imagine those on holiday will be keen to stop off at Smyth’s new venture. The chef will be among the operators in […]

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    Andrew Clarke and Jackson Boxer announce third restaurant – Orasay in Notting Hill
    December 20, 2018December 20, 2018 HardensBytes

      Chef Andrew Clarke and restaurateur and chef Jackson Boxer are to open their third restaurant together. Orasay will be a 50-cover space in Notting Hill, just over the road from Clare Smyth’s Core. The cuisine will, apparently, be inspired by the Outer Hebrides in Scotland and the name is a playful take on an […]

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