Prominent restaurants Sorrel in Dorking and Berber & Q in Haggerston (pictured) have ceased trading this week as the hospitality industry continues to grapple with tough trading conditions. Sorrel was founded by chef Steve Drake nine years ago and achieved consecutive top-20 placings on the Harden’s 100 list of the UKs best restaurants in 2023 […]
Steve Drake has stepped back from the kitchen at his highly regarded Surrey restaurant Sorrel, with Alex Payne taking over as chef-patron this week. Sorrell has been a regular top-20 presence on the Harden’s 100 list of the UK’s best restaurants in recent years, while Alex came to prominence running The Tudor Pass restaurant at […]
Jay Rayner in The Observer reviews Lewisham’s outpost of Sanxia Renjia, a three-strong group of restaurants “celebrating the food of Sichuan and Hubei”… “Sanxia is on a different mission… the staff, like the rest of the menu, are eager. They want you to march across unexplored territory. “The room isn’t much of a looker… Pay attention instead to what is […]
