Throughout the winter months, Harrods will bring a taste of Italy to warm its well-heeled shoppers with a pop-up restaurant collection. The temporary dining experience, Stelle di Stelle – run in association with Identità Golose (an international cooking convention) – will showcase an edited version of the restaurants of five Italian chefs, with no fewer […]
Popular Shoreditch brunch spot Penkul & Banks has closed just six months after it first opened. The cafe-restaurant launched on the former site of Beard to Tail in Curtain Road this summer and was consistently busy at weekends when bottomless prosecco and Bloody Marys were the order of the day. Indeed our reporters noted that you […]
The brothers behind The Shed, a delightfully ramshackle farm-to-table restaurant in Notting Hill, have launched their first cookbook – and you could be in with a chance of winning a signed copy. Impress your family and friends this Christmas with stunning seasonal recipes from Oliver, Richard and Gregory Gladwin’s The Shed: The Cookbook. The book […]
Yes it’s that time of year again, the lights are being turned on by Z list celebrities in towns up and down the country and the John Lewis advert has sent Twitter into meltdown – Christmas is almost here. And since ’tis the season to eat and drink too much and meet up with friends […]
Following a £1.5m refurb, 19th century public house Tulse Hill Hotel will reopen on 8 December as a neighbourhood restaurant-with-rooms. The restored Herne Hill venue will offer nine bedrooms, a restaurant, lounge and bar, as well as a 14-cover private dining room and a chef’s table that seats five. Heading up the open plan kitchen, […]
We don’t often report on the comings and going of chefs, but news that J Sheekey are bidding farewell to head chef Richard Kirkwood after five years seemed particularly noteworthy. Richard Caring’s restaurant and oyster bar has long been a favourite with our reporters, consistently London’s most commented on restaurants with top ratings for its […]
Fleet Street’s George pub has reopened following some major restoration work and now boasts an upstairs dining room, The Pig & Goose. The ground floor has also been completely redeveloped but retains its original features and ‘traditional feel’. The 50-cover Pig & Goose offers dishes such as: Dorset crab ravioli and partridge breasts, crispy legs, […]
A new deli opened in Goodge Street today (24 November), aiming to bring ‘kosher-style’ food, Ã la NYC, to the capital. The inspiration behind Delancey & Co. include classic Lower East Side haunts such as the famous Katz Delicatessen – the Big Apple’s spiritual home of salt beef sandwiches and smoked salmon bagels – and Russ […]
Be one of the first to try Caprice Holding’s brand new Ivy Market Grill, opening this month in Covent Garden. We’ve teamed up with Richard Caring’s ever-expanding restaurant empire to bring you the chance to win a fabulous champagne brunch for two. Sip a glass of bubbly while you take in the brand new dining […]
Who would have thought that a lowly fungus would become one of the most highly prized delicacies of all time, known by many as the diamond of the kitchen. White truffles now cost around £2,500 per kilo and dedicated gourmands have been known to pay even more for particularly large or rare ones. The record […]
