A new restaurant/deli is being launched on the Clerkenwell site previously occupied by Anna Hansen’s influential The Modern Pantry. Compton Restaurant opened this week for walk-ins as part of Clerkenwell Design Week, and opens fully on Thursday 16 June. Described as an “easy dining bistro”, the restaurant will serve a short modern menu with plenty […]
The Modern Pantry is to be brought back to life and Le Pont de la Tour will gain a new bistro as their owner, D&D London, spruces itself up for sale by auction following the collapse of a £100 million deal last autumn. This week the restaurant group – originally founded by the late Terence Conran […]
Gareth Ward of Ynyshir in Wales and Josh Eggleton of the Pony and Trap near Bristol are among the highly rated chefs lined up for month-long residencies at a new brasserie in the City of London. Revolve, in the Broadgate development near Liverpool Street station, is billed as a “brasserie extraordinaire” and scheduled to open […]
Chef-owner Anna Hansen has decided to depart the Modern Pantry after founding the restaurant ten years ago. Robert Mcleary, who joined shortly after it opened in 2008, and has acted as Head Chef for the last five years, will now become executive chef. While Hansen’s food is too “trendy” and “mediocre” for some reporters, The […]
Chef Anna Hansen’s Clerkenwell restaurant The Modern Pantry is this year celebrating its 10th birthday. The big day is in august, and to mark the milestone, Hansen and her team have set up a series of events, with dishes created by ‘friends’ of The Modern Pantry, as well as an anniversary afternoon tea. The likes […]
Distinguished chefs from as far away as China, Japan and Australia will line up alongside stars from Europe and closer to home at Obsession, the two-week gastro-festival hosted by Northcote restaurant and hotel in Lancashire early next year. Now in its 17th year, Obsession runs for 17 successive nights from Friday January 20. Tickets tend […]
Forget Naples – an international line-up of top London chefs are competing next month to create the most delicious pizza topping, straying far from its Italian roots. Vivek Singh of the Cinnamon Club, Jun Tanaka of the Ninth, Pascal Aussignac of Club Gascon, Anna Hansen of the Modern Pantry and Robin Gill of The Dairy and […]
Anna Hansen will bring her inventive fusion cuisine to the City in July with a second Modern Pantry opening in Finsbury Square. The venue will feature a tapas bar, restaurant and private dining room all housed within a rather handsome Georgian building. Heading up the kitchen will be chef Rob McLeary, a protégé of Hansen’s since 2008. […]
Tickets are now on sale for what will no doubt be the foodie-hipster event of the year. Auction Against Hunger, a fundraising evening benefitting Action Against Hunger, will be held on 21 May in collaboration with Dalston’s Street Feast and boasts a starry line-up of guest chefs. The event kicks off at 6.30pm in Dalston […]
