Jamie Oliver this week relaunched his Jamie’s Italian brand in the UK with a new opening in London’s West End – almost seven years after the original brand collapsed into liquidation with the loss of 22 venues and more than 1,000 jobs. The new branch can accommodate 140 guests across three storeys in Irving Street, off […]
The Godfather of Italian cooking, and self-confessed ‘mushroom maniac’, Antonio Carluccio died this week aged 80. The chef and restaurateur opened his first restaurant in London in 1981 in Covent Garden’s Neal Street, and went on to become a household name publishing 22 cookbooks and starring in several TV programs, including Antonio Carluccio’s Italian Feast and […]