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The 100-cover restaurant site that was once The Woodford is to reopen as The Gallery on November 27, serving lunch and dinner until late. The Pierre Koffman protégé (and former Young Chef of the Year) Ben Murphy – then just 25 – had been backed by Essex restaurateur Steve Andrews to open the restaurant in South […]
It seems as though London’s love of all things American is seeping out into the home counties. Chop Bloc, a US-style steakhouse and cocktail bar, is set to launch in Chelmsford, Essex, early next month. To celebrate the opening, diners can enjoy 50 per cent off all food from 2-6 February. Brought to us by brothers Steve and […]
A new chain of steak and lobster restaurants has opened its £1 million flagship… in Southend-on-Sea. Why sunny Southend? Bourgee – sold as a luxury yet affordable dining experience – is headed up by chef and restaurateur Mark Baumann, of leading local restaurant Baumann’s Brasserie. Coggeshall. Southend’s regeneration was apparently also a major attraction. The wincemakingly-described ‘Steak-Lobster-Luxe Lounge’, opened […]
Most 78-year-olds are more likely to visit a branch while collecting their pensions, but Albert Roux intends to turn an Essex Post Office into a fine dining restaurant. The French-born chef and restaurateur (father of Michel Roux Jr) has submitted plans to transform Brentwood’s old Post Office into a high-end eating establishment. Roux praised the […]
