Dubai-based British-Nigerian chef Izu Ani opens his first London restaurant under his own name tomorrow – a French-inspired operation in Knightsbridge. La Maison Ani, in the Carlton Tower Jumeira hotel, is the second branch of a brand he launched in Dubai last year with Russian restaurateur Evgeny Kusin. It marks the second London opening from […]
Andy Jones is to open a second branch of Dalston institution Jones & Sons next month, in South Woodford. The original industrial-style restaurant and grill achieved fame as the location for the 2021 film Boiling Point. Andy announcing the news via an Instagram post, saying: “Over the moon and absolute petrified that I’ll be opening […]
A Sicilian-themed restaurant, Sotto Cucina & Bar, has opened in Whitechapel, in the basement of the Hyatt Palace City East hotel. Head chef Alfio Laudani is from Catania, close to Mount Etna on Sicily’s east coast, and his menu is built around produce from the fertile volcanic soil of the region, including olives, olive oil […]
Highly regarded chef Chris Denney is back in action, preparing to open a new restaurant called Fantomas on Chelsea’s King’s Road in early July. Chris made a big impact with his high-octane cooking at Fiend and before that 108 Garage, both off Portobello Road. He is backed on this new venture by George Bukhov-Weinstein and […]
A new floating Franco-American brasserie will open in Canary Wharf this summer, under chef Robert Aikens (pictured), the identical twin brother to Tom Aikens of Muse in Chelsea. Marceline, which is scheduled to open in August, will occupy the upper level of a floating pavilion in the Wood Wharf development, with Greek restaurant Hovarda below. […]
Gordon Ramsay is to open what is billed as his biggest investment yet: a five-restaurant complex at the top of London’s newest skyscraper, including the first spin-off from his flagship in Chelsea’s Royal Hospital Road, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. The restaurants are scheduled to open next year in the City of London’s 22 Bishopsgate tower, which […]
The chef duo behind popular Finsbury Park food pub The Plimsoll will next month open an ‘Iberian fish bar’, Tollington’s, in a former chippy nearby. Ed McIlroy and Jamie Allan, who first made their mark as Four Legs at the Compton Arms, are retaining the tiling, formica floors and fish fryers at the venue, which […]
A new Alsatian-inspired all-day bakery, wine bar and restaurant from debut restaurateurs Solynka Dumas and Julian Oschmann (pictured) has opened in Fitzrovia’s foodie Charlotte Street. They have hired Holly Hayes, a former 40 Maltby Street sous chef, to run the kitchen, while sommelier Honey Spencer of Sune in Hackney has put together a list of […]
Jason Atherton is to open a new ‘British brasserie’ called Sael on the former site of Aquavit in St James’s Market, off Piccadilly Circus. The announcement follows Jason’s decision go close his Mayfair flagship, Pollen Street Social, this summer. Dale Bainbridge, currently executive chef at Pollen Street, will lead the kitchen at the new venture. […]
Chef Anthony Demetre is opening a new bistro in the former bar of his Pall Mall restaurant Wild Honey, in the heart of London’s West End. Billed as the main restaurant’s ‘little sister’, Bistrot at Wild Honey is inspired by the Parisian bistronomy movement, which promises a cheaper and more casual alternative to fine dining. […]
