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 […]
Victor Garvey’s highly rated Californian-style restaurant SOLA has closed for two months while builders transform the interior, doubling its capacity. The four-year-old venue in Dean Street, Soho – hailed in the 2023 Harden’s guide as “one of London’s finest gastronomic experiences” – is scheduled to reopen “in time for Thanksgiving”, which falls on Friday 24 November. The […]
Goila Butter Chicken, a Mumbai-based single-dish concept billed as a cult version of “India’s favourite dish”, has arrived in the UK with this week’s opening of an extended residency in the new 10-seater ‘incubator space’ at Carousel, the guest-chef restaurant that moved into new premises in Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, in November. Indian TV chef Saransh […]
This November, Carousel – home of the chef residency – will close its doors in Marylebone after seven years and open its biggest site yet on Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia. “The new space will stay true to Carousel’s roots with an ever-changing line-up of stellar guest chefs joining them in the kitchen,” said an announcement. However, brothers Ed and […]
The Oxford Cultural Collective has announced a new series of food talks at Carousel restaurant. Migrations: all our voices will discuss how migration has helped propel Britain’s food culture, and how the restaurant industry has benefited from diversity and learning. The new series will celebrate the positive role migrants have played in food, and how […]
Londoners who haven’t had the opportunity to sample Edinburgh’s Norn yet will be pleased to hear the restaurant is coming to you – with a residency at Marylebone’s Carousel from 13-24 March. If you’re not familiar with Scott Smith’s Leith dining room then allow us to acquaint you. On the former site of the Plumed […]
Marylebone’s “engaging and informal” merry-go-round Carousel has announced its first roster of guest chef residencies to kick off the New Year. The restaurant will reopen on 4 January with the Templeton cousins welcoming Romy Gill MBE, Angelo Sato, and Shuli Wimer into their kitchen for the year’s first set of residencies. As always, each of the chefs […]
Former Pidgin head chef Elizabeth Allen will offer diners a taste of what to expect from her new restaurant, Shibui, with a two-week residency at Carousel in Marylebone starting on January 17. Billed as a sophisticated approach to barbecue, Shibui will have both European and east Asian influences, reflecting Allen’s dual British and Singaporean heritage. […]
Ukrainian-born chef and writer Olia Hercules heads a team of cooks preparing a Haitian-themed dinner to raise funds for ShelterBox at Carousel in Marylebone on Monday November 7. Shine for ShelterBox is six-week campaign to raise money to provide emergency relief and shelter for communities devastated by natural disasters or political conflict. Hercules will be joined by chefs Oliver […]
Romy Gill, the restaurateur behind Romy’s Kitchen Restaurant in Gloucestershire, is taking the first residency of 2016 at Carousel in London’s Marylebone. The chef will marry vibrant West Bengal flavours with West Country produce for a special tasting menu available from tomorrow (5 January). The menu will take diners on a culinary grand tour of […]
