In one of the autumn’s most ambitious new openings, chef Matt Abé this week launched his first solo restaurant – Bonheur by Matt Abé – in the former premises of the iconic Le Gavroche in Upper Brook Street, Mayfair. Sydney-born Matt has spent almost 20 years working for Gordon Ramsay, most recently as chef-patron at his […]
Gordon Ramsay and Tom Kerridge are to be dropped by Harrods as the Knightsbridge department store reverses its policy of recruiting celeb chefs to give its restaurants star appeal. The clear-out begins this Saturday with the closure of Sushi by Masa, from New York-based Masayoshi Takayama, with Kerridge’s Fish & Chips frying until the end […]
Gordon Ramsay (right in photo) has acquired the former site of Le Gavroche in Mayfair, with chef Matt Abé (left) shifting from his flagship, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, to take charge of the as-yet-unnamed new venture. Michel Roux closed Le Gravroche, in Upper Brook Street, just over a year ago, ending […]
Gordon Ramsay is to open what is billed as his biggest investment yet: a five-restaurant complex at the top of London’s newest skyscraper, including the first spin-off from his flagship in Chelsea’s Royal Hospital Road, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. The restaurants are scheduled to open next year in the City of London’s 22 Bishopsgate tower, which […]
One of the world’s most famous and traditional dining rooms, Simpson’s in the Strand, is to auction off the silver carving trolleys that have symbolised its unique role in British culinary history for more than 170 years – a move that signals the end of an era. The sale of thousands of items, including crystal […]
Gordon Ramsay opens the second branch of his Japanese-themed Lucky Cat restaurant in Manchester next week, as his empire embarks on a year of rapid expansion. Said to be inspired by the drinking dens of 1930s Tokyo, Lucky Cat is set over three storeys in a grand Art Deco-style former Midland Bank building designed by […]
Gordon Ramsay is set to open his third outlet in London’s Savoy hotel next month when Restaurant 1890 – his tribute to the great French chef Georges Auguste Escoffier, who joined The Savoy in that year – launches on 23 February alongside the Savoy Grill, which Ramsay has run since 2003, and last year’s River Restaurant […]
Gordon Ramsay is returning to Scotland to open a branch of Bread Street Kitchen in Edinburgh, some 17 years after his Glasgow restaurant closed. The chef’s company has taken on the former Refinery site at 4-8 St Andrew Square to launch the first in the Bread Street group outside of London. Andy Wenlock, chief executive […]
Gordon Ramsay will open his biggest Street Burger restaurant yet, a 175-cover site at the O2. The site, launching in July, will be set across two floors and will offer a deal comprising a burger, fries, and unlimited soft drinks for £15. It is the latest opening in a major expansion drive for Gordon Ramsay […]
