Simon Wood (pictured) announced the shock closure of his acclaimed Manchester restaurant WOOD earlier this week, closely followed by Michael O’Hare confirming the closure of Psycho Sandbar in Leeds – which had only been open for seven months after replacing his famous The Man Behind The Curtain. Michael said he was proud of what he had […]
Thomasina Miers has taken steak off the menu at her Wahaca group of Mexican restaurants, in a move towards sustainability – although slow-cooked beef is still on offer. In a message posted on the Wahaca website, she said: “It’s not always easy being green, but we’re getting there one dish at a time”. The move follows […]
Kenny Tutt – the former bank manager who became Laurence Henry’s amateur counterpart by winning the MasterChef title in 2018 – is also making a splash in his hometown of Worthing, with the opening of his third restaurant since turning pro on the strength of his victory. Bayside Social is a glass-fronted venue on the […]
Harden’s invites you to an exclusive ‘Biodynamic’ and Sustainable Midsummer Feast with Adam Handling at The Frog HoxtonMonday June 24th – 7pm TICKETS NOW ON SALE June 24th is Midsummer’s day, and in celebration, as part of our series of exclusive events, Hardens Invites are heading east (well we are based in Shoreditch after all) […]
Former bank manager and 2018 MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt has announced his debut restaurant. Pitch will open in Worthing, Sussex, in May, and will – as is customary – champion local and homegrown produce. “My favourite thing about food and cooking is the way that it brings people together, so opening up my own restaurant […]
Eyal Jagermann, of The Barbary fame, has teamed up with supper club chefs Billy & Jack and food writer Alexandra Dudley to put on a one-off night to raise money for homeless charity StreetSmart. The event will be held on Friday December 7 from 7pm at Spitalfields co-working space Benk & Bo. Guests will be […]
The team behind Staith House in North Shields has opened a new restaurant in Newcastle. John and Kimberley Calton, along with chef and business partner James Laffan, have launched Route in the city centre – a ‘seasonal’ wine-led bistro. Harden’s reporters know Staith well. While lacking a sprinkling of ambience, MasterChef finalist John Calton’s upcycled, […]
This Saturday (17 February) MasterChef Finalist and head chef at the Italian Embassy, Danilo Cortellini, will be taking his eponymous catering company to West London to create a feast to raise money for mental health charity, A-HEAD London. Taking place at the Refettorio Felix in West London, the evening will be a celebration of the Italian […]
We take a look back at the best (and worst) of 2017 in the restaurant world. From TripAdvisor naming a Vice writer’s Dulwich shed the best restaurant in London to the chef who served food without plates, and plenty of scathing reviews – enjoy our highlights of the year. 2017, we salute you… When TripAdvisor […]
When our reporters praise Bray’s Hind’s Head it is because the picturesque pub is “thankfully not over-Hestoned” but The Sunday Times’s Lisa Markwell has the opposite problem – she can’t find any evidence of Blumenthal’s pseudo-scientific cooking at all, nor the influence of his trusty lieutenant Ashley Palmer-Watts – and it leaves her disappointed… “I […]
