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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 7th July 2024 Evening Standard Julie’s, Notting Hill Was Dylan Jones pulling rank, or rolling up his sleeves to show the guys on the shop floor how it’s done? Either way, the editor-in-chief of the Evening Standard cropped up […]
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 […]
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 […]
South London chef Dom Taylor has opened an ambitious Caribbean restaurant in the West End’s luxury Langham hotel as the prize for winning a televised competition hosted by Michel Roux Jr. The Good Front Room opened the day after the result of Channel 4’s Five Star Kitchen was announced, taking over the Langham’s Palm Court […]
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 […]
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 […]
Emily Roux, the youngest active member of the Roux dynasty, is to open her first restaurant. Roux, daughter of Michel Roux Jr, first hinted at the plan back in March, when she announced she had put in an offer for a restaurant space in Notting Hill. It was known back then that plans were afoot […]
Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, Great Milton “I couldn’t take any risks for my wife’s 50th birthday weekend… so I placed my trust in Raymond’s impeccable hotel and restaurant… result: perfection!” M Blanc’s “magnificent”converted Elizabethan manor boasts a “dream location” in a picture-book village south of Oxford and, “if you want to spoil someone with […]
