Alex Grant and Simon Shand, former members of the team at Shoreditch bistro Leroy, which closed down last year, have joined forces to open a new restaurant on the same corner site. Duchy takes its name – and its gastronomic cues – from the Duchy of Savoy, the historical borderland between the south of France and northwest […]
An ambitious new restaurant headed by a former River Cafe chef opens in a Grade II listed townhouse opposite the Natural History Museum in South Kensington next week. The Lavery – named after a former resident, Irish-born artist Sir John Lavery – has taken over the premises of the former Cromwell Place café, and will offer […]
Chef Aaron Potter opens his debut restaurant, Wildflowers, today in Newson’s Yard, a former Pimlico timber yard converted into a new ‘design destination’. Billed as ‘Mediterranean-inspired’, with high-quality seasonal produce cooked over coals, Wildflowers has a separate wine bar upstairs serving cicchetti-style snacks. Most recently executive chef at Maria G’s, Aaron has previously worked for […]
Morchella, a new Mediterranean-inspired neighbourhood restaurant with a separate bar, opened this week in a former bank off Exmouth Market, from the team behind Perilla in Newington Green, Running the kitchen is chef Dan Fletcher (centre in photo), back in London after a stint at 28 Market Place in Somerset. A former finalist in TV’s […]
A new southern European-style restaurant with a focus on fish and seafood launches next week at art entrepreneur Matthew Slotover’s boutique Fort Road Hotel in Margate. Colina – Spanish for hill, a reference to its position at the top of the Old Town – represents an early upgrade for the dining room at the hotel, […]
A new Mediterranean restaurant taking inspiration from both its European and North African shores launches next week in Marylebone. Bellazul opens on Thursday 1 February in Blandford Street on the former site of Italian restaurant Il Baretto, with ex-Cecconi’s and 5 Hertford Street head chef Simone Serafini directing the kitchen. Dishes range from lobster spaghetti […]
Megan’s, the upbeat and extremely dog-friendly London chain known for its bottomless prosecco brunches, is planning almost to double in size by the end of next year, with chairman Rod McKie saying this week the number of branches will grow from 13 to 22. Having started out as a King’s Road Chelsea antiques shop that […]
An ambitious Mediterranean restaurant featuring innovative chef swaps with twinned businesses across Europe is scheduled to open at Weetwood Hall on the outskirts of Leeds in February. Convive is the brainchild of veteran Yorkshire restaurateur Martin Pickles (left in photo) and his old friend Martin Hicks, managing director of Weetwood Hall. The pair met when they were both […]
After two years of trading outside at Borough Market, this rising street food star has opened a new fixed indoor unit on one of the iconic market’s main byways Rochester Walk. Gourmet Goat is renowned for its East Mediterranean dishes showcasing kid goat sourced exclusively from British dairy farms. Gourmet Goat has built a signifiant […]
