Korean Temple cook The Venerable Jeong Kwan prepared and hosted a special dinner at CORD, Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute’s restaurant near St Paul’s in London, on the last day of October. She spoke to Harden’s before the meal Now in her late sixties, the Venerable Jeong Kwan has spent the best part of half […]
American-based Korean celeb chef Akira Back is no longer headlining the restaurants at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Mayfair, which he joined amid much fanfare at the hotel’s launch in June last year. The hotel’s two restaurants, Akira Back and Dosa, and two bars, ABar Lounge and ABar Rooftop, were quietly rebranded this week without his […]
US-based Korean celebrity chef Akira Back launches a new restaurant in a Mayfair luxury hotel next week – six months after making his London debut just a few minutes’ walk away in another hotel. Lilli by Akira Back, which opens on Wednesday 2 April, is an all-day restaurant at the new Montcalm Mayfair, a new 150-room […]
