Dubai-based British-Nigerian chef Izu Ani opens his first London restaurant under his own name tomorrow – a French-inspired operation in Knightsbridge. La Maison Ani, in the Carlton Tower Jumeira hotel, is the second branch of a brand he launched in Dubai last year with Russian restaurateur Evgeny Kusin. It marks the second London opening from […]
A new Alsatian-inspired all-day bakery, wine bar and restaurant from debut restaurateurs Solynka Dumas and Julian Oschmann (pictured) has opened in Fitzrovia’s foodie Charlotte Street. They have hired Holly Hayes, a former 40 Maltby Street sous chef, to run the kitchen, while sommelier Honey Spencer of Sune in Hackney has put together a list of […]
Chef Jackson Boxer is to open a new French bistro called Henri in Covent Garden’s Henrietta Hotel this spring. The new venture is a collaboration with the Paris-based Experimental Group, with whom he opened a highly rated restaurant at Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds last year. He also runs Brunswick House and Orasay in London. […]
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 […]
High-profile Bristol chef Freddy Bird and his wife Nessa are to open a new restaurant in the city’s Georgian enclave of Clifton tomorrow. 1 York Place is named after its address, and takes over the premises occupied by Italian restaurant Rosemarino for 13 years until its closure in July. The Birds also run Little French, […]
Bar du Champagne, a new bar and bistro that promises fizz at accessible prices backed up by a menu of nibbles to share and comfort food, has opened in Covent Garden. The new venue is from Liana Kazaryan, who ran the former Avobar on the same Henrietta Street premises, and is designed with a retro […]
A new Franco-Irish brasserie has launched in Old Spitalfields Market. 65A Spitalfields officially opens next Tuesday, 12 September, but diners can sample it today with food at a 30% discount during the soft launch. The restaurant is owned by Irish-born entrepreneur and publican Patrick Frawley, with executive chef Maura Baxter running the kitchen. It takes […]
The team behind highly regarded central London trio Portland, Clipstone and the Quality Chop House are to open what promises to be a smart French bistro in Goodge Street, Fitzrovia. 64 Goodge Street will launch at the height of les vacances on 7 August under group executive head chef Stuart Andrew, a key member of […]
A museum and library dedicated to the late chef Michel Roux is to be opened next to The Waterside Inn, the classic French restaurant he founded 50 years ago in the village of Bray, on the River Thames west of London. Michel and his older brother Albert became dominant figures in British gastronomy with the […]
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 […]
