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Back in mid-December, we reported Mayfair’s famous Fera at Claridge’s would close. It shut its doors on New Years Eve. Restaurant kitchens have been abuzz with speculation over who head chef Matt Starling’s successor might be. More than one industry insider has suggested the chef to take charge is Daniel Humm, the man behind New York […]
Richard Bainbridge, the chef behind Norwich’s “wonderful” Benedicts – “it’s unbelievable that it doesn’t have a Michelin star” – will make his London debut cooking at Fitzrovia’s “truly unique” Kitchen Table, tucked away behind Bubbledogs. Bainbridge will take to the stoves alongside Kitchen Table’s chef-patron James Knappett for one night only on Tuesday 3 April, taking diners […]
On 20 February, bubbledogs, the gourmet hot dog and Champagne bar in Fitzrovia, will become ‘Chappett’s Café,’ a Chinese café, for one night only, in celebration of Chinese New Year. Sandia Chang of bubbledogs, will be joined in her kitchen for the first time ever by husband, James Knappett (head chef behind the “truly unique” Kitchen Table […]
How posh can you push the humble hot dog? We’ll find out on Monday October 10, when the Charlotte Street sausages-and-champagne bar Bubbledogs hosts its first ever Hot Dog Challenge, to celebrate its fourth anniversary and raise money for charity. A line-up of London’s hottest chefs will be taking part, including James Lowe of Lyle’s, José Pizarro, Tomos Parry from […]
The Sethi siblings – the team behind Gymkhana and Trishna – have turned their restaurant Midas touch to street food with their latest venture inspired by the road shacks of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Hoppers launched in Soho’s Frith Street on 28 October, on the former site of Koya, which closed at the end of […]
From the owners of Manicomio in Chelsea and St Paul’s (known for their “glorious al fresco seating” but perhaps not their culinary prowess) comes an ambitious-sounding new Italian restaurant near Spitalfields Market. Canto Corvino opened this week in the City’s labyrinthine backstreets on Artillery Lane. This week only (21-27 September) there will be a 50% off food […]
Leading sommeliers from two of our survey’s most talked about restaurants have announced ‘An Unexpected Pairing’ – a duo of events designed to challenge preconceived ideas about what makes a great wine and a great sommelier. Sunaina Sethi, co-owner and wine buyer for Mayfair’s “sensationally subtle” Gymkhana, and Sandia Chang, co-owner and sommelier for Fitzrovia’s “phenomenal” Kitchen […]
Yes, it really has been four years since South Africa hosted the World Cup and we all discovered what a vuvuzela was. Now it’s the turn of Brazil. If, like most of us, you’re not planning to make the long trip to South America, never fear, there is still plenty of footy (and foodie) fun […]
