Far from fading into retirement following the closure earlier this year of Le Gavroche, Michel Roux has two new ventures lined up for the months ahead: a new spot at the Langham hotel, his long-time perch in Portland Place, opening in May, and what is billed as a unique live entertainment restaurant at a historic […]
A major upgrade to The Stafford Collection’s Ribble Valley star has been announced at the same time as the property has released the 2024 line-up for its phenomenally successful Obsession festival. A new single-storey ‘Pavilion’ is to be built in the grounds, to create a 48-cover ‘signature’ destination for Lisa Goodwin-Allen who took over from […]
A new restaurant-with-rooms headed by Le Gavroche-trained chef Grant Jones has opened in the South Downs National Park. The White Horse, a former pub in Graffham, is close to Cowdray, Goodwood and Petworth in West Sussex. With a 38-cover dining area, private dining room for 10, garden with outdoor kitchen for the summer and six […]
Gastronomic stars from Greece, Italy and Portugal will line up alongside a roster of Britain’s top chefs for the 2024 edition of Obsession, the annual festival of chefs hosted by Northcote fine-dining hotel near Blackburn in Lancashire. Michel Roux Jr will cook with his daughter Emily at the grand finale on Sunday 4 February in […]
Le Gavroche, arguably the most important restaurant in Britain of modern times, is to close down next January after 56 years. The announcement was made by Michel Roux Jr (pictured in 1989 with his father, Albert), who took over as chef-patron in 1991 (coinciding almost exactly with the launch of our first edition, Harden’s London […]
A museum and library dedicated to the late chef Michel Roux is to be opened next to The Waterside Inn, the classic French restaurant he founded 50 years ago in the village of Bray, on the River Thames west of London. Michel and his older brother Albert became dominant figures in British gastronomy with the […]
Le Gavroche has been forced to stop lunch service due to a lack of skilled staff. Michel Roux Jr announced the decision this week and partly blamed both Brexit and the pandemic for the move. He said the alternative would be to overwork existing employees “which we are not prepared to do”. Roux’s statement said: […]
Michel Roux Jr is inviting friends, family and colleagues of all deserving pandemic heroes to nominate their loved ones for a chance to enjoy lunch or dinner for two people on the house at his Mayfair restaurant Le Gavroche. “From firemen to food store employees, from teachers, volunteers, charity workers, carers to soldiers, so many […]
Texture has been named this year’s UK winner of the international gastronomic sherry competition, the Copa Jerez. Head chef Karl O’Dell and sommelier Alan Bednarski saw off steely competition at a contest held in Cardiff on October 1. The bi-annual contest sees some of the country’s finest restaurants compete with three-course tasting menus designed specifically to […]
Tickets are now on sale for an exclusive ‘Harden’s Invites’ event at Le Gavroche in Mayfair, celebrating all things game. On Monday 8 October, Michel Roux Jr will cook an exclusive 4-course menu, specially created for Harden’s, featuring the very best of British game (including pheasant, hare and venison) and seasonal produce at its peak. Each […]
