Jamie Oliver is preparing for a return to the British restaurant scene – four years after the collapse of his UK business saw the closure of 25 restaurants with 1,000 jobs lost and debts of £83million. His first new venue is scheduled to open this autumn in Covent Garden as part of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s revamped […]
Amethyst, the cutting-edge Mayfair restaurant from chef Carlo Scotto that launched to rave reviews a year ago, is opening a basement wine bar off Piccadilly with its own menu of distinctive small plates. Vinum promises rare and vintage wines by the glass chosen by head sommelier Ennio Pucciarelli from Amethyst’s cellar, including wines from Greece, […]
Two new Italian restaurants have opened this month blending traditional Italian cuisine with external ingredients and influences – Terra Moderna in London (pictured) and Assaggini in Edinburgh. Terra Moderna, in Belsize Park, north London, gains Antipodean credentials from its Australian founder, coffee entrepreneur Jeffrey Young of the Allegra Group, whose café England’s Lane is next […]
Jesse Dunford Wood, the chef behind north London fixture Parlour and Six Portland Road in Holland Park, opens his third venue next week – Harvest, which is also in Kensal Rise. He pitches the new venture as a combination of his first two, serving coffee from 8am, brunch from 9am, then a seasonal lunch and dinner […]
Birmingham ramen specialist Koba-Ko is to open its first permanent shop in Kings Heath, south of the city centre, later this year following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The fundraiser sailed past its £10,000 target this month, ensuring the project’s future. Co-founder Sam Hill had already secured the venue, just off Kings Heath’s main drag, and […]
A newly opened Korean barbecue restaurant in Soho is bringing the pyeon beak steambox to London – a three-tiered box made from hinoki wood, a type of cypress. Chungdam has taken over the site formerly occupied by Chinese restaurant YMing in Greek Street, and is named after Cheongdam-dong, an affluent – and foodie – district of Gangnam in […]
Leading Midlands chef Glynn Purnell will next week launch a bistro at a newly restored medieval monastery in Coventry. Purnell’s Café & Bistro at Charterhouse will provide coffee and snacks to visitors during the day, and remain open for drinks and meals in the evening. It is a second out-of-town venue for Glynn, known as […]
Israeli celeb chef Eyal Shani launches the first of his two new restaurants on the edge of the City next month, following the Miznon stuffed pita specialists he opened in Soho and Notting Hill last year. Lilienblum, named after a street in Tel Aviv, opens on Friday 19 May in City Road, close to Old […]
Mould-breaking chef Marc Wilkinson is shifting his restaurant Fraiche from Merseyside to a new rural location in Shropshire, where he will resume service this summer. He announced the move in a Facebook post, ending five years of uncertainty over the future of Fraiche. Marc – hailed as “a genius” in the 2023 Harden’s guide – opened the […]
Chef Richard Corrigan is to take over the National Portrait Gallery’s landmark rooftop restaurant, noted for its panoramic views over Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament. The gallery has been closed for three years to allow for a £35million refit, and will reopen on June 22 with a grand new entrance. Meanwhile, the Australian […]
