Iranian streetfood specialist Berenjak is replacing James Lowe’s Flor bakery and wine bar on the edge of Southwark’s Borough Market, in a reshuffle of businesses backed by JKS Restaurants. Chef Kian Samyani (pictured) has won high praise for the original Berenjak, which opened in Romilly Street, Soho in 2018, with the new Harden’s 2022 guide […]
Flor, the Borough Market spinoff from Shoreditch heavyweight Lyle’s, is switching to a bakery-shop format next week under head baker Helen Evans (pictured). The team will also open a new Flor Bakery at Bermondsey’s Spar Terminus on 4 December, selling takeaway bread, pastries and coffee. Flor has operated as a hybrid bakery and small-plates restaurant […]
Nicholas Balfe has finally opened the eagerly awaited Levan. The restaurant is a follow up to the “very good and adventurous” Salon in Brixton, which launched in 2013. Balfe, who at the Ten Bells in Shoreditch worked alongside Isaac McHale of the Clove Club, and James Lowe of Lyle’s, has a fine track record of […]
Action Against Hunger has announced this year’s fundraising auction, with a line up of top chefs serving their food on street stalls at Borough Market. The event – now in its sixth year – will take place on September 25 with host DJ BBQ. More than half a million pounds has been raised since the […]
This April, James Lowe’s spartan Shoreditch restaurant Lyle’s – “a pioneer in the new world of London restaurants and the UK scene generally” – will fly over Sean Gray and Su Wong Ruiz of Momofuku Ko in NYC. The trio will host two dinners at Lyle’s on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 April. Executive chef Sean will […]
Heston Blumenthal has bagged a Lifetime Achievement award in the 2017 World’s 50 Best Restaurants shindig. He will know whether the refurbished Fat Duck has returned to the Top 50 when the full list is announced in Melbourne on April 5. It does seem a bit odd if it doesn’t. The award comes as the Bray […]
How posh can you push the humble hot dog? We’ll find out on Monday October 10, when the Charlotte Street sausages-and-champagne bar Bubbledogs hosts its first ever Hot Dog Challenge, to celebrate its fourth anniversary and raise money for charity. A line-up of London’s hottest chefs will be taking part, including James Lowe of Lyle’s, José Pizarro, Tomos Parry from […]
Lovers of game will know that the season for grouse is not far away, kicking off on the Glorious Twelfth. This August restaurants in London which pride themselves on impeccably sourced British produce are serving up a symphony of special menus dedicated to this richly-flavoured bird. Here are our picks for the best places to […]
On Thursday 26 May Auction Against Hunger will return for the fourth year in a row to raise money for the restaurant industry’s charity of choice, Action Against Hunger. This time around the event will be held at the new Street Feast venue Hawker House in Canada Water where top chefs will cook up street food style […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
