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Vacherin London head chef Nick Smith has been named the Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year 2021 after after winning over the judges at a fiercely contested competition at Le Cordon Bleu, London. Smith “wowed” the esteemed panel of judges, which was chaired by Paul Ainsworth, and featured chefs including Clare Smyth […]
Restaurateurs Neil Rankin and Handley Amos are to join SALT, a “partnership and experience” agency specialising in food & drink, to head up its new restaurant division The Pepper Collective. The collective has brought together a team of people with a common purpose: “to work with like-minded souls, businesses and enterprises to create new hospitality […]
Belmond has announced Adam Handling as executive chef at the new Cadogan Hotel, the group’s new flagship London property. The hotel is set to open at the end of 2018 and will see Handling divide his time between the Belmond kitchen and his two Frog E1 – which has a five-star food rating in the 2018 […]
Jacob Kenedy’s Soho favourite Bocca di Lupo has announced the appointment of a chef de cuisine who will work alongside the chef-patron. Angelo Albera will oversee the “energetic” open kitchen, and hopefully retain Kenedy’s flair for “unexpected, distinctive regional dishes”. Born in Casale Monferrato, Angelo has just finished a three year stint as head chef at […]
Tv company Electric Ray are looking for talented “wannabe-restaurateurs ” who are ready to turn their idea into a business for an new TV project. Are you ready to take the plunge and open your own restaurant? Do you need investment to get your idea off the ground? If you’d relish the opportunity […]
Allan Pickett of Piquet, Ben Tish of Salt Yard and Jun Tanaka of The Ninth present: The Fitzrovia Collective. A unique series of one-night-only dinners from three very different chefs at three very different Fitzrovia restaurants. Taking place on Monday 23 May at The Ninth, Monday 27 June at Salt Yard, and Monday 11 July at Piquet, diners will experience a six-course sharing menu (£50 per person) that brings together the French-Mediterranean flair of Tanaka; Pickett’s classic […]
