Dubai-based British-Nigerian chef Izu Ani opens his first London restaurant under his own name tomorrow – a French-inspired operation in Knightsbridge. La Maison Ani, in the Carlton Tower Jumeira hotel, is the second branch of a brand he launched in Dubai last year with Russian restaurateur Evgeny Kusin. It marks the second London opening from […]
Pioneering Belfast chef-restaurateur Michael Deane will next week open his latest venture, mrDeanes Bistro Bar and Social, in the city centre premises formerly occupied by his restaurants Deanes Eipic and Love Fish. Michael closed his flagship Eipic last December, citing the rising cost of living as customers opted for lower-priced options for eating out. Long […]
Two very different hospitality businesses which share rustic-posh design values, a promise of locally sourced produce and a passion for the porcine are making their first forays into pub ownership. In the Cotswolds, the shabby-chic Pig hotel group founded by Robin Hutson will next month open The Village Pub in Barnsley, outside Cirencester, in the […]
Andy Jones is to open a second branch of Dalston institution Jones & Sons next month, in South Woodford. The original industrial-style restaurant and grill achieved fame as the location for the 2021 film Boiling Point. Andy announcing the news via an Instagram post, saying: “Over the moon and absolute petrified that I’ll be opening […]
Two prominent chef-led neighbourhood restaurants in London are to close after more than a decade. Chef-patron Bryn Williams will serve his last dinner at Odette’s in Primrose Hill tomorrow, 25 May, while L’Amorosa near Hammersmith will close its doors on 13 July. Announcing that he had sold Odette’s after 16 years, Bryn said “It’s been […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 19th May 2024 Evening Standard Roe, Canary Wharf Jimi Famurewa delivered the first verdict on the “unfathomably huge” Canary Wharf follow-up to St James’s Market hit Fallow, and it’s a certified thumbs-up: “Roe is both big and clever,” he […]
A Sicilian-themed restaurant, Sotto Cucina & Bar, has opened in Whitechapel, in the basement of the Hyatt Palace City East hotel. Head chef Alfio Laudani is from Catania, close to Mount Etna on Sicily’s east coast, and his menu is built around produce from the fertile volcanic soil of the region, including olives, olive oil […]
Angelsey restaurant The Marram Grass is to reopen this summer under a new name – Y Marram – from bothers Liam and Ellis Barrie. Their original restaurant ran for 10 years from 2011 in a converted shed on their parents’ caravan park, and closed during the covid pandemic. Liam announced their comeback in an Instagram post, adding: […]
Highly regarded chef Chris Denney is back in action, preparing to open a new restaurant called Fantomas on Chelsea’s King’s Road in early July. Chris made a big impact with his high-octane cooking at Fiend and before that 108 Garage, both off Portobello Road. He is backed on this new venture by George Bukhov-Weinstein and […]
Scottish chef Adam Handling is to open a grand new pub-restaurant in Cornwall next month. Called the Tartan Fox, it is his second venue in the county and his second pub. The Tartan Fox is set in woodland between Newquay and Truro, and is conceived by Adam as an escape from modern life. Formerly known […]
