A new bistro inspired by the cuisine of rural France has opened in Borough Market from the team behind Soho’s Ducksoup – with an ex-St John chef at the stoves. Camille has taken over the former site of Sons + Daughters sandwich shop, with room for 32 guests inside and more outside on the terrace. This […]

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Gazette, the Gallic brasserie group based in Battersea, has opened its first branch in central London, on the Holborn site long occupied by Vanilla Black (RIP), the highly rated vegetarian restaurant that closed down last summer. In a nod to its legal-land location on the fringe of the City, Gazette Chancery features a dine-in wine […]

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French-Swiss chef Jérôme Henry, for seven years head chef at Anton Mosimann’s Belgravia dining club, is to open his first venture, Le Roi Fou, in Edinburgh next month. The restaurant, in the New Town’s Forth Street, will be open in the evenings from Wednesday to Saturday and lunchtimes Friday to Sunday, serving classic dishes using […]

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