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Head chef Danny Parker is to leave the Michelin-starred House of Tides. Parker joined the Newcastle restaurant in February 2014, and first worked under chef-patron Kenny Atkinson before taking charge. As well as receiving the city’s highest rating in Harden’s, the North East outpost also holds a Michelin star and four AA rosettes. While service […]
The team behind two popular West Country pubs have added a third to their portfolio. Dan Brod, Charlie Luxton, and Matt Greenlees, who have found past investment from Soho House chief executive Nick Jones, among others, have bought a third pub. The trio, who run the Beckford Arms near Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Talbot Inn in […]
Last week saw the announcement of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in Bilbao, northern Spain. An event that started as a stand-up drinks in a London bar as a cheapo marketing exercise for Restaurant Magazine (with just about all the early staff on the mag’ since claiming it was their idea) has grown into […]
Harden’s has teamed up with Berkshire’s L’Ortolan restaurant – where “every mouthful of the beautifully presented food is a joy!” – to bring our readers the chance to win a sumptuous six course tasting menu for two. Created by the restaurant’s award-winning head chef, this gastronomic experience includes dishes like: chicken liver parfait, loquats and mead; confit […]
Yes, we know there’s a World Cup on. Nothing else matters, you say? Ahem. One word: tennis. Yes, rackets at the ready, we can’t ignore our beloved Andy Murray. What’s more, while we appreciate all the delicious snacks and glorious pints which match so beautifully with watching England try their feet at football, we can’t […]
Chef Tom Kerridge, known for the Hand and Flowers pub-restaurant, cookbooks and broadcasting, is coming to London. Kerridge’s Bar & Grill at the Corinthia Hotel will open in September 2018. It will be a ‘relaxed, brasserie-style dining room’, an announcement sent to Harden’s says, and will feature an adjacent all-day bar. It’s safe to say the arrival […]
The Lymington Seafood Festival is returning for a second year. More than 85 artisan producers are attending over August 11-12 2018. The free two-day festival will feature a ‘greater array’ of seafood stalls this time round, according to organisers, all of which will be combined with live music, local gins, English sparkling wines, and beers […]
A new craft brewery, bar and restaurant has opened at Hackney Central Arches. St John at Hackney Brewery (no relation to the original St John) is a “bustling hub of food and drink operators”, an announcement said, and is a new concept from co-founders Luke Scanlon, brewer Ryan Robbins, and a group of culinary partners, the main […]
Adam Handling’s The Frog E1 is to move to a much larger site in Hoxton. As well as a larger restaurant proper, Handling is making room for his Bean & Wheat coffee shop and craft beer concept, as well as a standalone bar, Iron Stag. The Scottish chef has named his new 60-cover venture The […]
A rollercoaster week for our intrepid reviewers: bad starts (including a hellish brush with Bicester Village for Tom Parker Bowles), off-kilter locations and misfiring menus. Jay Rayner in The Observer experienced the “troubled adolescence” of newly-opened, crowdfunded Thomas Carr Seafood & Grill in Ilfracombe, Devon. His initial impression left little to hope for, with a […]
