StreetSmart, the charity which raises funds to help homeless people, this week launched its annual pre-Christmas campaign asking restaurant diners to add a donation of £1 per table to their bill. More than 450 restaurants have signed up to participate in the scheme, including many of British gastronomy’s most high-profile names. Chef Jackson Boxer, of […]
Deadline: June 26 At last, we’re back to doing what we love: finding out from diners what they think of their favourite restaurants. In case you are new to Harden’s, the ratings and reviews on our website, app and print guides are based on our Annual National Diners Poll. And your vote is invited! Please […]
Harden’s has today released the final shortlist for this year’s definitive London Restaurant Awards, sponsored by Gusbourne, which takes place on 9 September in the ballroom of The Langham, London. Nominations for the awards are derived statistically from Harden’s 29-year-old annual survey of UK restaurant-goers. This year 7,500 people contributed 50,000 nominations within the categories […]
Piedmontese DinnerBarolo and Barbaresco side by side with guest speaker Michael Palij, BA, MW October 8 2019, 7pm£230 per person Tickets are now on sale for this exclusive Celebration of Piedmont’s Finest Wines on October 8 at Enoteca Turi in Pimlico – proud curators of London’s foremost Italian cellar. Join Peter Harden, Giuseppe Turi and Michael Palij […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics’ meals, from the week ending 21 July 2019. The Kensington Arms, Bristol Grace Dent for The Guardian is “acutely aware that I’m the last face any kitchen brigade wants to see over a long bank holiday weekend” but she’d heard great things about the “dependably brilliant Sunday lunch” […]
Choosing the right venue is the first step in a successful ‘Power Lunch’. But dazzling cooking is seldom key to a successful business encounter: the agenda of a critic, and the agenda of an expense-accounter vary greatly. Swift service, an impressive backdrop, or a convenient location all often count for more. Choose your destination based […]
The Langham hotel has opened its (kitchen) doors for the first time in its 153 year old history, launching cookery school ‘Sauce’. Led by the Langham’s executive Chef Chris King, Sauce promises to share the ‘trade secrets’ of the successful Langham restaurants including The Landau, The Wigmore and Palm Court. Classes range from foundation style […]
Star NZ chef Peter Gordon’s Providores and Tapa Room – a feature of Marylebone for the last 18 years – is to serve its final meal in July. Having blazed a trail for Pacific Rim cuisine at The Sugar Club in the late ’90s – itself the successor to a successful restaurant of the same […]
Harden’s invites you to an exclusive ‘Biodynamic’ and Sustainable Midsummer Feast with Adam Handling at The Frog HoxtonMonday June 24th – 7pm TICKETS NOW ON SALE June 24th is Midsummer’s day, and in celebration, as part of our series of exclusive events, Hardens Invites are heading east (well we are based in Shoreditch after all) […]
