Alexis Gauthier, the classic French chef who has gone vegan, is to launch two new ventures from one site next month – 123V Bakery and Studio Gauthier, in the BFI building north of Oxford Street in Soho. Alexis opened his flagship, Gauthier Soho, in 2010 and announced the transition to meat-free menus eight years later, […]
Two former Gordon Ramsay and Galvin bros staffers have joined forces to launch a high-end restaurant and cocktail bar in Cardiff. Silures, which opens next Friday (19 May) in the suburb of Roath, marks the debut from business partners Daf Andrews and Andrei Maxim. The venue – formerly a nightclub called Cameo – can accommodate up to […]
Popular Nottingham Italian restaurant Sexy Mamma Love Spaghetti is set to open a second branch south of the city centre, close to Trent Bridge cricket ground. The business has taken over the prominent corner site occupied for 30 years by the Connaught House gift shop in Tudor Square, in the affluent suburb of West Bridgford. […]
A pair of former Palomar and Barbary chefs have opened a Middle Eastern-inspired take on a North American diner in London’s Camden Market. Epicurus, from Amir Kraus and Amir Batito, is a follow-up to their steakhouse The Black Cow, also in Camden. The menu ranges from a classic Canadian poutine and a grilled meat sharing […]
A new Asian-owned and inspired steakhouse near Paddington station will be opened next week by no less a figure than Queen Azizah of Malaysia (pictured with King Abdullah), who is visiting London to attend King Charles’s coronation. Meet Bros is named for the meeting of Asian and Western cuisines, is fully halal and serves no […]
Rising star Liverpool chef Livia Alarcon has launched her first solo project – La Bistroteca in the city’s Baltic Market. Now 26, Livia came to prominence with her rapid promotion to head chef at Maray at the age of 21. She toured Europe with Jason Atherton on the BBC show Chefs’ Brigade and turned down the […]
Jamie Oliver is preparing for a return to the British restaurant scene – four years after the collapse of his UK business saw the closure of 25 restaurants with 1,000 jobs lost and debts of £83million. His first new venue is scheduled to open this autumn in Covent Garden as part of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s revamped […]
Amethyst, the cutting-edge Mayfair restaurant from chef Carlo Scotto that launched to rave reviews a year ago, is opening a basement wine bar off Piccadilly with its own menu of distinctive small plates. Vinum promises rare and vintage wines by the glass chosen by head sommelier Ennio Pucciarelli from Amethyst’s cellar, including wines from Greece, […]
Two new Italian restaurants have opened this month blending traditional Italian cuisine with external ingredients and influences – Terra Moderna in London (pictured) and Assaggini in Edinburgh. Terra Moderna, in Belsize Park, north London, gains Antipodean credentials from its Australian founder, coffee entrepreneur Jeffrey Young of the Allegra Group, whose café England’s Lane is next […]
Jesse Dunford Wood, the chef behind north London fixture Parlour and Six Portland Road in Holland Park, opens his third venue next week – Harvest, which is also in Kensal Rise. He pitches the new venture as a combination of his first two, serving coffee from 8am, brunch from 9am, then a seasonal lunch and dinner […]
