The Olive Branch, one of the UK’s first trendsetting gastropubs, is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. The Olive Branch, in Clipsham, Rutland – Britain’s smallest county – was founded by Ben Jones, Sean Hope and Marcus Welford in November 1999 and is still seen as one of the country’s best pub restaurants. It has […]
The Truscott Arms is back with a bang as Henry Harris (formerly of Knightbridge’s Racine, RIP) takes over the kitchen to relaunch the favourite local as Hero of Maida. He will oversee the Maida Vale gastropub’s relaunch as chef director alongside business partner James McCulloch. It is the third project from Harcourt Inns, following Three […]
London offers such a wealth of dining that you probably wouldn’t be able to visit every single restaurant in your lifetime. The attempt would certainly be a noble pursuit, but also a bankruptcy-inducing one (unless you have Mariana Trench-deep pockets). So we’ve rounded-up a more manageable goal – the top 25 dishes to try at […]
Rising star chef Anton Piotrowski has left Devon gastropub the Treby Arms and re-launched his career in a small Plymouth restaurant. He blamed the sudden move on the breakdown of his marriage. Piotrowski turned the modest pub in his home village of Sparkwell into a multi-award-winning destination with an ambitious menu over a six-year period, winning MasterChef: […]
Two former managers at chef Brett Graham’s Fulham gastropub the Harwood Arms have teamed up to open a food-led country pub near Henley. The thatched, Grade II-listed Bottle & Glass Inn, in the south Oxfordshire village of Binfield Heath, will open its doors by the end of March following an 18-month renovation. Owners David Holliday […]
Tom Kerridge of the powerhouse gastropub Hand and Flowers is hosting a cinema-and-supper club with a group of friends in Marlow’s old Town Hall throughout December. The Pop Up Picture House will show a range of films including cult hits and kids’ classics, each accompanied by a two-course meal to match – so beef lasagne […]
On the former site of The Harcourt Arms and set within a Grade-II listed Georgian townhouse in Marylebone, this gastropub and private dining space reopens tomorrow (1 April) as The Harcourt. As well as a new look and new menu, the venue is also offering diners a promotional soft launch deal. Anyone who dines at […]
Fulham’s popular pre-footie gastropub, The Butcher’s Hook (pictured), is expanding its horizons with the launch of a second site in Hammersmith next month. Owner Gus Evans will open his latest venture on 11 August, in the former Ravenscourt Park premises of that cute little boozer The Thatched House (RIP). In the kitchen is John Stanyer, formerly […]
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