Kenny Tutt – the former bank manager who became Laurence Henry’s amateur counterpart by winning the MasterChef title in 2018 – is also making a splash in his hometown of Worthing, with the opening of his third restaurant since turning pro on the strength of his victory. Bayside Social is a glass-fronted venue on the […]
The National Theatre has appointed street-food collective KERB as its “hospitality partner”, to provide all the food and drink in its multiple restaurants, cafes and bars, in a deal which underlines how street-food has joined the catering industry’s mainstream. KERB founder Petra Barran, who herself went from mobile dessert van nomad to street-food guru with […]
Rohit Ghai, the most prominent of the Indian chefs to have established themselves in London in the past decade, marks his return to Mayfair this autumn with the launch of a new restaurant, Manthan, on the Maddox Street site vacated by Dhruv Mittal’s well-received Lucknow 49 when it closed down in August last year. It […]
Poutine is having a moment in London, with the opening of two new restaurants that put the legendary Quebecois take on chips at the centre of their offering. West 4th in Parson’s Green, named after Vancouver’s West 4th Avenue shopping and dining thoroughfare, is an all-day brunch restaurant that turns into a wine bar by […]
Spanish brothers Alberto and Arian Zandi have announced details of their third London restaurant – El Norte, opening in Dover Street, Mayfair in November. The identical twins hail the debut as the cornerstone of an international luxury brand that will do for Spanish cuisine what Nobu or Zuma did for Japanese and the Cipriani for Italian. Shortage […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 26 September 2021. ***** The Evening Standard Back after a holiday, Jimi Famurewa was the first of the critics to review BiBi, the “swashbucklingly progressive new Indian restaurant” which opened last week in Mayfair, from […]
Wine-led restaurant group 28°-50° is adding two new venues to its growing London portfolio in the coming months – 28°-50° By Night, a jazz bar in Marylebone, and a “wine workshop and kitchen” near Oxford Circus. These will be the group’s fifth and sixth sites following the most recent opening over the summer in Draycott […]
Indian restaurant mogul Anjan Chatterjee will open his first UK venture next month with the Marylebone launch of Chourangi, showcasing the cuisine of Kolkata. Chatterjee’s Speciality Restaurants Group has 130 venues in five countries across South Asia and the Middle East, with plans for expansion into Britain and North America. Chourangi, also spelt Chowringhee, is […]
Megan’s, the upbeat and extremely dog-friendly London chain known for its bottomless prosecco brunches, is planning almost to double in size by the end of next year, with chairman Rod McKie saying this week the number of branches will grow from 13 to 22. Having started out as a King’s Road Chelsea antiques shop that […]
It’s musical restaurants on the Pavement at Clapham Common, where Lina Stores of Soho, the veteran deli-turned-restaurant, is planning to open in the site vacated last year by The Dairy (RIP), the acclaimed launchpad for chef Robin Gill’s group. Lina is also set to replace Andrew Wong’s Kym’s in the City’s Bloomberg Arcade. Founded in […]
