⦿ In the Observer, Jay Rayner reviewed Skosh, in York, which he found “the ideal of what an ambitious, independent restaurant should be”. “Neil Bentinck, formerly the head chef of Van Zeller in Harrogate, is a modern British cook who also manages to riff on the flavours of Japan and the Middle East without confusing either […]
Chef James Allcock is to open a small all-day bistro, the Pig and Whistle, on Sow Hill Road in Beverley, East Yorkshire, in early April. The former head chef at 1884 in Hull Marina left Humberside two years ago to work on the launch of Gary Usher’s Burnt Truffle in the Wirrall. He has returned home […]
⦿ AA Gill of the Sunday Times opened his review of The Magpie Café 5/5 in Whitby with the bombshell that he has cancer, an announcement that – uniquely perhaps for a restaurant review – was trailed by a front-page report. “I’ve got an embarrassment of cancer, the full English,” he wrote, promising to let his readers know […]
A nightclub entrepreneur aims to remix Chinese dining with Mans Market, a new speakeasy-style venue in Leeds that opened this month. Ray Chan, who grew up in a Chinese takeaway in the Leeds suburb Horsforth, founded the Candypants nightlife events outfit. Mans Market is his first foray into the food sector, and he promises a […]
An ambitious Mediterranean restaurant featuring innovative chef swaps with twinned businesses across Europe is scheduled to open at Weetwood Hall on the outskirts of Leeds in February. Convive is the brainchild of veteran Yorkshire restaurateur Martin Pickles (left in photo) and his old friend Martin Hicks, managing director of Weetwood Hall. The pair met when they were both […]
Andrew Pern, chef-proprietor of the Star Inn at Harome on the North Yorkshire Moors, is to open the new Star Inn the Harbour at Whitby, his home town, early next year. He has run the original 14th-century Star for 20 years, earning praise from the Harden’s Survey for “tremendous local food, with the accent on game […]
