Tom Kerridge, the chef behind Michelin’s favourite gastropub Hand & Flowers, has opened his second Marlow venture. The restaurateur and his wife Beth launched The Coach this week – a more affordable, casual place to eat than its sibling which was placed 76 in the Sunday Times Top 100 restaurants (powered by Harden’s) this year. Although […]
Following a £1.5m refurb, 19th century public house Tulse Hill Hotel will reopen on 8 December as a neighbourhood restaurant-with-rooms. The restored Herne Hill venue will offer nine bedrooms, a restaurant, lounge and bar, as well as a 14-cover private dining room and a chef’s table that seats five. Heading up the open plan kitchen, […]
Marlow’s once-celebrated Compleat Angler hotel has launched a new restaurant. And it’s Indian. Sindhu is brought to us by Atul Kochhar, of Mayfair’s Benares – one of the Indian chefs credited with elevating subcontinental cuisine to true fine dining status. It was announced in October that he would take over the former Riverside restaurant, which until […]
Marlow’s once-celebrated Compleat Angler hotel is to launch a new restaurant. And it’s Indian. The chef is Atul Kochhar, of Mayfair’s Benares – one of the Indian chefs credited with elevating the food of the subcontinent to true fine dining status. He will take over the former Riverside restaurant which until last year traded as Aubergine. Aubergine’s less formal […]
A new chain of steak and lobster restaurants has opened its £1 million flagship… in Southend-on-Sea. Why sunny Southend? Bourgee – sold as a luxury yet affordable dining experience – is headed up by chef and restaurateur Mark Baumann, of leading local restaurant Baumann’s Brasserie. Coggeshall. Southend’s regeneration was apparently also a major attraction. The wincemakingly-described ‘Steak-Lobster-Luxe Lounge’, opened […]
A new River Cottage Canteen will open, in Winchester city centre, on 24 September. The restaurant, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s fourth outpost, will occupy a Grade II listed building, Abbey Mill, just off the Broadway. In addition to the dining room, the site will also have a separate bar area offering a selection of local cider, beer, cocktails, coffees, cakes and […]
The brothers behind much-lauded Bristol restaurant Casamia are planning a rather more casual all-day venture in Portishead. Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias will open the 60-cover pizza place, Pi Shop, in December – good news for those who don’t fancy splashing out on the £90/head original. Why should you care? This is what our current guide says about Casamia: “There’s […]
Rick Stein is to open a seafood restaurant in landlocked Winchester. The 70-cover establishment, expected to open its doors this autumn, will focus on ‘fresh fish, simply cooked.’ Stein’s first UK opening outside Cornwall appears to be something of a family project. Stein’s business partner is his former wife Jill, and the pair’s three sons […]
Tom Kerridge is to open a second gastroboozer in the picturesque Buckinghamshire town of Marlow this November. His new venture, to be named The Coach, will apparently be a ‘pared-down’ counterpart to his much-lauded Hand & Flowers (pictured). It will be an all-day dining affair with a much more affordable menu than his original gastropub (well, […]
Brasserie Blanc’s sister business, The White Brasserie Company (nul points for imagination there), has embarked on an aggressive scheme to open 20 gastropubs in the next three years. The Hare in Old Redding, Harrow, is the first of three openings planned this year, the others being The British Queen in Orpington (expected later this month) and […]
