This week there’s been quite the hubbub about a new Channel 4 documentary series Tricks of the Restaurant Trade that claims to be ‘lifting the lid’ on restaurant industry secrets. The programme, which aired on Tuesday 19 January, discussed how many UK chains (like PizzaExpress, Leon and Frankie & Benny’s) use pre-prepared food from centralised kitchens and […]
If you’re heading out on a date night or a Valentine’s Day dinner and you really want to impress why not try somewhere special and head to one of our top 10 most romantic dining spots in the capital, as voted for by our 2016 survey reporters… Clos Maggiore WC2 “A girl knows she’s being […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
Good grief but D&D London are really going for it at the moment! Not only did they launch the gargantuan 400-odd-cover German Gymnasium in King’s Cross last year, and install chef Francesco Mazzei at the newly refurbished Sartoria, but the group has just unveiled photos from its newest venture on the former site of Floridita […]
The celebration of Chinese New Year and the dawning of the Year of the Monkey is just around the corner. This year the movable lunar festival begins on Monday 8 February, although festivities in London (the biggest outside of China) will start in earnest on Valentine’s Day. If you’re planning to welcome the Year of […]
The celebration of Chinese New Year and the dawning of the Year of the Monkey is just around the corner. This year the movable lunar festival begins on Monday 8 February, although festivities here in London (the biggest outside of China) will start in earnest on Valentine’s Day. If you’re planning to welcome the Year […]
On Monday 7 March 2016, the annual Leuka charity event Who’s Cooking Dinner? will return to the kitchens at Four Seasons Hotel at Park Lane for its 17th year. The event, which raises money to fund vital research into the causes and treatment of Leukaemia and blood cancer, will see 20 world-class names from the culinary […]
D&D London has appointed Igor Tymchyshyn as chef patron of its “bright and airy” Marylebone restaurant Orrery. Igor joined the restaurant – always a favourite business destination among our reporters – as head chef in April 2008 after. He was formerly head chef at the now defunct Mirabelle in Mayfair, as well as roles at St […]
We’ve teamed up with Natural Blender, the UK’s first online smoothie subscription service, to offer one lucky Harden’s reader the chance to win delicious, healthy drinks for a whole month. If you’re doing a January detox, or just want to boost your system during cold and flu season, this is a great (and fun) way […]
Camber’s “lovely”, seaside spot The Gallivant has not only scrapped tipping and service charges in its restaurant, it has also introduced the National Living Wage for staff, four years ahead of the government roll-out. The East Sussex hotel will pay its 25 employees £9 per hour, as well as awarding a performance-based bonus and a share of the […]
