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Pop-up fodder takes over the Great Guns Social kitchen in Southwark on 20 March with ‘fine dining gone wild’. Their latest offering celebrates local, wild and seasonal ingredients by foraging for their produce and working with local suppliers to create dishes sourced from the surrounding area. Former Fera at Claridge’s chefs, Michael Thompson and Ollie Downey […]
A trio of cooks who met in competition at this year’s MasterChef final have teamed up to create the Three Girls Cook supper club, making their debut next month at Goode and Wright in Portobello Road. Lorna Robertson, Alison O’Reilly and Giovanna Ryan (pictured in that order) reached the last five in a field of 64 amateur cooks. The final […]
Former Danesford House head chef Adam Simmonds has opened a 12-month pop-up in Soho to test the market ahead of a permanent opening in the capital. Test Kitchen, near Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in Frith Street, will be just that – a counter where diners are expected to feed back to chefs on the dishes […]
Acclaimed New York chef Dan Barber has lined up a stellar squad of London restaurant heroes for a month-long residency of his food-waste project wastED on the roof at Selfridges. Gordon Ramsay, Clare Smyth, Pierre Koffmann, Isaac McHale of Clove Club and Brett Graham of the Ledbury are among the leading London-based chefs who will put in a shift […]
Foodie haven Borough Market has launched its own pop-up restaurant to showcase produce sold by its traders. Borough Plates is open from Tuesday to Saturday until the end of March in the two-storey redbrick trustees’ building, which overlooks the market on Cathedral Street. Working with upmarket caterer Cuisson, the market is inviting chefs from some of […]
Spectacular Victorian Circus @ The Gun, Docklands From 10 November Roll up, roll up, the circus is coming to town this winter! The Gun, Docklands, has teamed up with the delightfully curious Hendrick’s, to transform its riverside marquee into a spectacular Victorian big top. Prepare for weird and wonderful circus delights including vintage carnival games, […]
This summer the Gherkin’s 40th floor restaurant (usually only open to members) will host a Moroccan-themed pop-up. Moroccan Sky Riad will not only offer panoramic views of the City but also a five course tasting menu the ‘Art of Spice’. On the menu: Lamb Cannon in a 40-hour soaked Moroccan marinade, harissa prawns with cactus fruit […]
A new roaming pop-up will arrive in foodie haven Bermondsey at the end of July, offering brunch, Berlin-style. The nomadic restaurant, brünch, is based on the motto: Bread, brunch, booze and Berlin vibes, and expounds the virtues of long, lazy morning meals. Founded by Berlin-born Noemi Dulischewski, brünch, hijacks unusual locations around London for bespoke, one-off events, […]
This summer, S.Pellegrino will partner with Theo Randall (he of Mayfair’s Intercontinental hotel) and Phil Howard – chef at expense accounter restaurant of choice The Square – to bring an Italian fine dining pop-up to London. Live in Italian, Live from London will fuse Italian and British cuisine for a three course menu served across two separate evenings in […]
Lee Skeet, former head chef at Hedone, will take up a four week residency at Hackney Empire’s Stage 3 this July. Following a stint at Marylebone’s Carousel in April, and a three day pop-up in Brixton, this is his first solo venture. Although most recently heading up the kitchen at Chiswick’s “truly staggering” Scandi-esque favourite, Hedone, Skeet […]
