The century-old Paris caviar house Petrossian is to open its first London deli and restaurant in South Kensington in November. The business prepared the way for its UK expansion by opening a processing laboratory in Chessington last year. Armenian brothers Melkoum and Mouchegh Petrossian founded the business in Paris in 1920, and prospered through their […]
The family behind Jamavar, the new upmarket Indian in Mayfair, has taken the lease on Claude Bosi’s former restaurant Hibiscus in Maddox and plans to open an as-yet unnamed “casual Indian concept” there later this year. Dinesh Nair, co-chairman and managing director of India’s uber-luxurious Leela Palace group, has joined forces with his daughter Samyukta (pictured) for […]
Ben Murphy, a protégé of Pierre Koffmann, has been appointed chef at Launceston Place, the South Kensington restaurant most famous as Princess Di’s local. Murphy, 26, made an immediate impact with his first restaurant, the Woodford, in northeast London last year, but quit after only 10 months. His predecessor at Launceston Place, the highly regarded […]
We’ve teamed up with Ceru, a “little gem” of a restaurant offering “fresh tastes of the Levant” which has now opened a new branch in South Kensington. We are offering one lucky Harden’s reader the chance to WIN DINNER FOR FOUR to the VALUE OF £200 at Ceru’s new permanent restaurant. Enjoy a Levantine banquet, with a […]
The team behind South Ken’s Macellaio RC – which has long been “knocking more macho steak houses into a cock hat” according to our reporters – will launch a new restaurant in Southwark’s Union Yard arches in August 2016. Founder Robert Costa first expanded his winning formula of “the best steaks ever” paired with an ingenious […]
A well executed pie is not only a thing of great beauty, but a British staple, so it seems only right to sing this humble dish’s praises. On 23 January the country celebrates National Pie Day, a day dedicated to flaky pastry, meaty (or fishy) fillings, potatoes and lashings of good gravy. Here are our […]
Waterloo’s “beautiful and airy” Baltic restaurant will launch a new bar later this month to coincide the arrival of new head chef Piotr Fortuna. Restaurateur Jan Woroniecki (also owner of South Ken’s Ognisko) will open the bar on Wednesday 28 October. Unsurprisingly vodka will lead the drinks list, with signature cocktails including: Spiced Pear Mojito (house infused […]
