Manchester’s bold and glitzy 20 Stories fared well in our 2019 guide. The restaurant, which launched last year, has so far lived up better to the D&D brand than some of its other launches, according to reporters. “It’s a beautiful space filled with beautiful people,” they said. But it turned out chef Aiden Byrne’s food […]
New chefs on the block Joe Allen and Aaron Thomas have teamed up with restaurateur Jamie Barber to launch a Nepalese-inspired dining residency at Hush in Mayfair. Allen and Thomas appeared on 2019’s series of the Beeb’s My Million Pound Menu, but failed to secure funding for their concept, which was then called XXVI, but […]
The Coal Rooms in Peckham is to launch Gosnells Upstairs at Coal Rooms, a casual dining space in partnership with London’s only meadery. Tom Gosnell started his mead brand five years ago just around the corner from Peckham Rye station, which happens to be the home of Coal Rooms. [It’s a story we followed closely, […]
Just over six months after opening a restaurant in Clapham, only to see it close weeks later over a rental dispute, chef Damian Wawrzyniak has returned to London to oversee Salt Flakes in Twickenham. Wawrzyniak told Harden’s his primary focus will still be on his Peterborough restaurant House of Feasts, but that he has been […]
Parker’s Tavern, Cambridge Jay Rayner for The Observer starts his review by describing Tristan Welch’s Parker’s Tavern restaurant as “a dining room where the most fundamental of emotions are tended to”. You can just tell he loved every inch of it. The cooking was “a display of extremely assured, confident cooking designed purely to please […]
Indian restaurant Talli Joe has closed and looks likely not to re-open, Big Hospitality reports. The small plates all-day restaurant, which served a fun snack-heavy menu and fusion cocktails, was billed as a strong Dishoom alternative by reporters. In last year’s guide, dishes were said to be “cleverly constructed”, with food “packing a good clout […]
Paul and Emma Ainsworth have bought the lease of the Mariners pub in Rock, Cornwall. It follows the departure of Nathan Outlaw, who left last month. Outlaw is busy planning his new seafood restaurant at The Goring. Not that the Ainsworths aren’t busy. The news of their Mariners venture comes not long after the announcement […]
Former bank manager and 2018 MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt has announced his debut restaurant. Pitch will open in Worthing, Sussex, in May, and will – as is customary – champion local and homegrown produce. “My favourite thing about food and cooking is the way that it brings people together, so opening up my own restaurant […]
Irish chef Anna Haugh is to open her first solo venture in Chelsea. Haugh, who left her executive chef position at Bob Bob Ricard in October 2017, will launch Myrtle in March. The chef will serve contemporary modern European food with an Irish influence, paying homage to her Dublin roots. Originally introduced to cooking by […]
Restaurateur Ray de Fazio is to open a new Italian restaurant in Wimbledon village. Cent Anni will launch in March as a 100-cover site cooking for lunch and dinner. The restaurant will serve “modern and classic” food, which will sit alongside a wine list focused on Italian vintages. Cent Anni will offer a set lunch […]
