Claude Bosi has been appointed chef-director of the new ultra-high-end Peninsular London hotel, which is due to open this spring near Hyde Park Corner. His rooftop restaurant, Brooklands, will serve contemporary European cuisine, and features a cigar tasting lounge with walk-in humidor. The hotel is the latest international incarnation of the landmark Hong Kong hotel […]
Koyn, a contemporary take on the traditional Japanese izakaya will be the fifth opening in Samyukta Nair’s (pictured, above) collection of Mayfair restaurants when it opens on Wednesday 21 September in the former US Embassy building in Grosvenor Square. The kitchen will be run by executive chef Rhys Cattermoul, a New Zealander formerly of Nobu […]
Claude Bosi and Samyukta Nair are joining forces to open a Riviera-style restaurant in Mayfair this summer. Named Socca, it will occupy the South Audley Street site which formerly housed Richoux, the century-old French tea house which closed amid pandemic losses a year ago. The business partnership between the Lyons-born chef, patron of Bibendum, and […]

Samyukta Nair and chef Rohit Ghai, the duo behind Mayfair’s Jamavar (voted Top Newcomer at Harden’s London Restaurant Awards 2017) will launch a second London venture in November. Bombay Bustle in Mayfair’s Maddox Street is inspired by Dabbawalas – the institution of men who use Mumbai’s railways to deliver home cooked meals across the city. […]