Well it’s time to say a fond farewell to 2015, and what a year it’s been. The possibility of a pop-up that allows diners to pet foxes, a cereal café causing a riot, celebrity chef spats, and endless controversy as restaurant after restaurant was accused of unfair practices over tipping and service charges. From scathing […]
Heston Blumenthal’s temple of molecular gastronomy, The Fat Duck in Bray, reopened on 29 September following (in our opinion) a well-deserved refurb’. The world famous Berkshire pub conversion has never had an extensive remodelling in its almost 21 year history and the kitchen and dining room were perhaps a little out of date – especially […]
Former Heston Blumenthal protégé Christopher White has left the Fat Duck to open his first solo venture The White Spoon in Cheltenham on 18 September. His new restaurant will be inspired by his time with the Merlin of molecular gastronomy but offers a more ‘approachable and laid-back’ (and considerably cheaper) menu. Having worked at both the Fat […]
Chefs, restaurateurs and industry types last night made their annual pilgrimage to London for the unveiling of the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. As usual, the ranking offered few surprises. El Cellar de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, reclaimed the top spot (which it last held in 2013) while Denmark’s Noma slipped down into third […]
The results are now in from our annual survey of restaurant-goers – one of the most comprehensive in the UK – and we can reveal which London restaurants are hot (and which are not). This year saw unprecedented growth in the net number of new restaurants opening in the capital (101), beating the previous 2006 […]
One lucky Harden’s reader can win a signed copy of the new book from Britain’s foremost seafood chef, Nathan Outlaw. Outlaw’s eponymous restaurant at the St Endoc Hotel in Rock, Cornwall, was voted fourth best in the UK in our 2014 guide, and now he wants to share his pearls of wisdom in a new […]
Remember the days when all airports had to offer in the dining department was Burger King? Maybe a café serving sandwiches and what might be considered coffee, if you were lucky. Well now, in the steps of Gordon Ramsay, Mr Molecular Gastronomy himself, Heston Blumenthal, has launched an outpost at Heathrow Terminal 2. The Perfectionist’s […]
It may come as a surprise to some that only one London restaurant is listed in our top 10 UK dining spots, and it isn’t some showy establishment helmed by a ‘celebrity chef’ either. It’s The Ledbury in Notting Hill. Perhaps it’s because head chef Brett Graham can still be found in the kitchen, rather than […]
The Editors’ review of Q Grill Camden’s answer to the Caprice. But who asked the question? Grace Dent reviews London House Was Gordon Ramsay ‘sitting for a portrait dressed as a beefeater’ when he dreamt up that name? Stevie Parle’s Rotorino to open next week In a last minute switch up his new […]
