Anyone confirm if Quality Chop House has, sadly, closed? We’re told that they never recovered from the Guardian pushing off to King’s X.
Heston tells us a bit about ‘Dinner’. Sounds as if it may be a bit fancier than we were expecting http://bit.ly/harden113 (Big Hospitality)
Revenge of the Bad Concepts continues: Borough Market’s Roast to form basis of a new chain http://bit.ly/96Pdbm (caterersearch)
Gosh, Britain’s economy gets the lead editorial in the NYT http://nyti.ms/harden112 Mr Osborne’s not gonna like it…
A third Maze chef walks out. This time, from the new Cape Town operation. http://bit.ly/harden111 (@richardvines)
How much more professionally do they do the celeb-chef thing in the US? Infinitely – witness Todd English’s website http://bit.ly/harden110
Noting to do with restos – wonderful photos from six decades of visits to the USA by HM the Queen http://bit.ly/harden109 (Daily Beast)
Two key Qs from GR kitchen closure. 1 Why? We thought it was important bus. supplying many non-GR top restos. 2 How GR pubs to function now?
Ramsay closes central production kitchen. http://bit.ly/97LsAM (catersearch). Prob. not Sun wot killed it, but closure begs many questions.