A chef couple from Edinburgh have opened their first restaurant, Nàdair, serving a daily-changing five-course set menu that celebrates prime Scottish ingredients. Head chef Alan Keery and pastry chef Sarah Baldry met while working together in the kitchen at one of the city’s leading restaurants, Wedgwood. The 20-cover Nàdair (Gaelic for ‘nature’), on Roseneath Street […]
Chef Aaron Potter opens his debut restaurant, Wildflowers, today in Newson’s Yard, a former Pimlico timber yard converted into a new ‘design destination’. Billed as ‘Mediterranean-inspired’, with high-quality seasonal produce cooked over coals, Wildflowers has a separate wine bar upstairs serving cicchetti-style snacks. Most recently executive chef at Maria G’s, Aaron has previously worked for […]
Carousel, London’s revolving guest-chef restaurant founded by brothers Ed and Ollie Templeton, celebrates its 10th anniversary next month, having hosted more than 350 chefs from around the world. We caught up with Ed to find out how a homespun, slightly experimental operation on the fringe of London’s dining scene in Marylebone has been transformed over […]
As one Manchester institution, Simon Rimmer’s Greens vegetarian restaurant, announced its closure this week, another would-be Manc institution took flight – Louis (see photograph), billed as a “love letter” to Italian-American dining, complete with live jazz and a ‘no-phones’ policy. Greens announced its closure with a post saying, “It is with deep regret that the board […]
One of London’s most heavily trailed openings of the year has been postponed indefinitely with the news this week that Brad Carter is no longer involved with the Undercroft project in Mayfair. Brad closed his hit Birmingham restaurant Carter’s of Mosley last year, and in April announced that he would open Undercroft in the crypt […]
A new Provençal restaurant is scheduled to open next week in Belgravia’s grand neo-classical Pantechnicon building, which is being relaunched following a reshuffle of its line-up by the Dubai-based Sunset Hospitality Group. Sachi, the Japanese restaurant formerly located on the lower ground floor, has moved upstairs to the second floor with a bar on the […]
The husband-and-wife chefs behind Bristol Korean restaurant Bokman are to launch their second venture next week. Dongnae, from Kyu Jeong Jeon and Duncan Robertson, opens next Friday (27 September) on foodie Chandos Road in Redland. They say, “The name Dongnae (동네) means ‘neighbourhood’ in Korean, and we’re absolutely thrilled to become part of the vibrant […]
A young couple have opened an ambitious debut restaurant in the Cheshire village of Farndon, on the Welsh border six miles from Wrexham. Felix Shore and Anna Roseblade moved fast when the opportunity arose, transforming a former café in the heart of the village in just four weeks. Their bistro, 209, opens every day for breakfast […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant reviewers were writing about in the week up to 15th September 2024 The Evening Standard Exit Jimi Famurewa The week was dominated by the ending of Jimi Famurewa’s tenure as the Evening Standard’s chief restaurant reviewer – a role made famous by his illustrious predecessor Fay Maschler, who became […]
Hammersmith’s Base Face Pizza and rapper Tinie Tempah’s soul-food project Raps are the headline acts for a new ‘Riverside Market’ hospitality hub opening next year behind Fulham FC’s new stand on the Thames Path. The ultra-modern 8,000-seater Riverside Stand has been built at historic Craven Cottage over the past five years and comes into full […]
