Simon Rogan officially launched his new chef’s table experience Aulis at Fera at Claridge’s, in Mayfair, today (7 January). The space is located adjacent to the main kitchen at Fera, and functions not only as a development kitchen for chefs, but also as an exclusive, intimate and interactive private dining room for diners. The six-seat […]
Who needs gold rings and flocks of birds when Harden’s has brought you something far better for Christmas? 12 London restaurants that are open on Christmas Day. If you don’t fancy cooking this December 25th (not to mention the washing up!) then why not treat yourself to lunch or dinner out? For a taste of […]
The Sunday Times has once again unveiled its ‘Food List’ – the definitive top 100 UK restaurants for food. This supplement, now in its sixth year, is published in association with Harden’s, and based on our annual survey of restaurant-goers. For 2016 there’s been a serious shakeup, with last year’s top two – Marc Wilkinson’s Fraiche in […]
Today (26 August) saw the unveiling of the Waitrose Good Food Guide’s top 50 UK restaurants with Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume in Cartmel taking pole position for the second year. So far, so good. We wouldn’t begrudge Mr Rogan the top spot, he was within a hair’s breadth of topping our survey last year and – without […]
First the bad news – Cartmel’s estimable foodie mecca L’Enclume will close for one week on 7 December for a few quick improvements and staff hols (well, they deserve it don’t they?). But here’s the good news: During that week the focus will shift to Rogan & Co (also situated in the Cumbrian town of […]
Simon Rogan will close his Manchester restaurant The French at the Midland Hotel in August in order to carry out a few upgrades. Among them is one that diners are sure to thank him – the addition of the restaurant’s own toilets (currently the dining room shares the hotel facilities). On top of that a […]
Simon Rogan, the golden boy of British fine dining, will not renew his agreement with Robinson Brewery to run the The Pig & Whistle pub in Cartmel, Cumbria. The chef – who launched Fera at Claridge’s last year (to universal praise in our survey), on top of his already stellar northern outposts The French in […]
Simon Rogan – the chef whose first London venture (Fera at Claridges) rocketed straight into our top 100 restaurants in the UK for 2014 – is to open two new restaurants this year. Speaking at the Hospitality Show in Birmingham the restaurateur behind the acclaimed L’Enclume in Cartmel and The French at Manchester’s Midland Hotel said he was […]
Looking for the best places to celebrate the New Year in style, watch the fireworks display or perhaps just enjoy a fun night out with friends that doesn’t cost the earth? Look no further, our New Year’s Eve roundup has something for everyone… Fera at Claridge’s W1 £975 per person Goodness it isn’t […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming Tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. From finding the perfect […]
