The veteran teams behind two of London’s most influential restaurant groups from the past 30 years – upmarket Indian group MW Eat and Smithfield-based St John – this week announced moves that herald their retirement from leadership roles. MW, comprising Chutney Mary, Veeraswamy, Amaya and four Masala Zones, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by […]
Two London institutions combine next week with the opening of a new café from the St John stable at the London Review Bookshop, around the corner from the British Museum in Bloomsbury. Launching on Wednesday 1st October, the new venture replaces the London Review Cake Shop that has been sorely missed by regulars since closing […]
A new bistro inspired by the cuisine of rural France has opened in Borough Market from the team behind Soho’s Ducksoup – with an ex-St John chef at the stoves. Camille has taken over the former site of Sons + Daughters sandwich shop, with room for 32 guests inside and more outside on the terrace. This […]
St John restaurant is decamping to Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly next month while its base near Smithfield Market is refurbished. The residency – the first in Fortnums’ long history – brings together two icons of British gastronomy: the victualler to royalty, most famous now for its afternoon teas, was founded as long ago as 1707, […]
Matt Appleton and Jess Blackstone, the pair behind Highbury-based Fink’s Salt & Sweet cafés, are launching a new restaurant in the area next week. Saltine will offer coffee, pastries and grab-and-go bites during the day, but operate as a full-scale restaurant in the evening, with a menu from former St John Marylebone chef Phil Wood […]
Fergus Henderson’s world-famous ‘nose-to-tail’ restaurant St John will next month open its first new satellite venue for more than a decade – a two-storey all-day operation including a wine bar  in the heart of Marylebone Village. St John Marylebone launches on Tuesday 18 October (now delayed to 19 October) at 98 Marylebone Lane, next-door to a […]
St John will today reopen its Bermondsey bakery, selling baked goods such as sourdough bread, raisin loaves, and doughnuts. Wine will also be available. The move marks the coming return of Britain’s establishments, which are earmarked to be allow to open, with social distancing in place, on July 4. Until then, restaurants are opening in […]
Two chefs from Cub restaurant and St John have combined to create a new delivery kitchen in London. Eddy Tejada, formerly of St John and Silo, and Matthew Scott, from Cub, have established Hot 4 U, with dishes available anywhere within the M25. An announcement said the chefs concentrate on “sustainability and high-grade produce”. Dishes […]
Iconic London restaurant St John, which introduced an unsuspecting world to the gospel of ‘nose-to-tail dining’, is to open in Los Angeles, USA, in October. Hitherto a profound statement of UK culinary identity, it will be interesting to see whether it becomes a branch of the native Californian food culture, or is rather a Brit […]
St John Bakery will open a second site having seen success in Neal’s Yard. The bakery’s first singular outpost, in Covent Garden, has become an Instagram hit, largely thanks to Fergus Henderson‘s trademark doughnuts. Now, the group will launch another standalone unit in Fora, a co-working space on Borough High Street. The bakery won’t be […]
