Fast-rising chef Ruth Hansom has opened the first restaurant under her own name in Bedale, North Yorkshire, having spent much of last year running Samuels at the nearby Swinton Park Hotel. Hansom Restaurant & Wine Bar, where she is partnered by her husband, Mark Hansom-Rigby, promises “a contemporary tasting menu experience, combining only the finest produce from […]
Chef William Drabble this week unveils a new restaurant inspired by his 19th-century predecessor at the St James’s Hotel & Club near Green Park. Francatelli replaces Seven Park Place, the highly rated restaurant he has run since 2009 – but which lost its Michelin star last year. Charles Elmé Francatelli, London-born of Italian extraction, trained under […]
A new Anglo-American steakhouse with rooftop dining opens in Clapham High Street next week – and promises “the best steaks in South London”. Franklin & Baines offers selection of grass-fed British steaks, dry-aged for a minimum of 28 days, ranging from a 200g hanger steak at £18.50 to a 700g tomahawk for two at £69 – all […]
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 restaurant and wine bar combining Japanese-influenced food with natural wines opens today (Wednesday 21 February) in a townhouse on the Deal seafront in Kent – with yoga and treatments also available upstairs. The Blue Pelican is the latest venture from Chris Hicks and Alex Bagner, husband-and-wife team behind The Rose boutique hotel and restaurant […]
Boath House, the Georgian mansion in northeast Scotland run by the team behind Sessions Arts Club in Farringdon, this week unveiled its new, local and sustainable Dining Room. The imposing 1827 property near Nairn, half an hour’s drive from Inverness and close to Findhorn Bay, was launched last year as a “sanctuary for creative people” […]
Well-travelled sommelier Yukiyasu Kaneko has opened a wine bar/restaurant in a Hackney railway arch that specialises in rare and high-quality natural wines. Yuki began his career in Tokyo and has worked around the world, with stints at Noma in Copenhagen and P. Franco in East London. He has also studied winemaking in Oregon, and last […]
A new bistro inspired by the cuisine of rural France has opened in Borough Market from the team behind Soho’s Ducksoup – with an ex-St John chef at the stoves. Camille has taken over the former site of Sons + Daughters sandwich shop, with room for 32 guests inside and more outside on the terrace. This […]
Royally recognised Isle of Wight chef Robert Thompson is closing down his open-kitchen restaurant Thompson’s in Newport this month and reopening it on the island later this year. Robert first won acclaim in his early 20s as chef at the Hambrough two decades ago, and his been a standard bearer for Isle of Wight dining […]
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, […]
