Chef Victor Garvey has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance a new restaurant in Marylebone that he believes will set a new standard for ingredient-led cuisine. He needs supporters to pledge £130,000 by the end of September to pay for the fitting out of the kitchen at Materia Prima, his new restaurant in Great […]
A new restaurant called Canal opens next week from the team behind Crispin, Bar Crispin and Bistro Freddie, overlooking the Grand Union Canal in Westbourne Park. In the former HQ of the London Taxi Drivers’ Association, now the Mason & Frith hotel, the all-day restaurant promises to “celebrate the best of British and European produce […]
The team behind Notting Hill restaurant Dorian is opening a tiny sushi bar next week, in a former antiques shop directly across Talbot Road. Eel Sushi Bar will be a 10-seat spot only for walks, operating from midday to 10pm every day under the wonderfully named former Dinings chef Nicky Noodle. Access to Dorian’s cellar […]
Chef Victor Garvey is taking the reins at the Midland Grand by St Pancras station, taking over the impressive Gothic Revival space formerly occupied by Marcus Wareing’s restaurant The Gilbert Scott. Victor has joined forces with Harry Handelsman (left in photo), owner of the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, who says: “This is one of the […]
