Chef Neil Rankin, known for meat-heavy ventures such as Smokehouse, Temper, and Pitt Cue, is to open a plant-based burger joint on Brick Lane. Rankin’s Simplicity Burger will launch on November 1, and the chef said he will be “adopting the same high standards and meticulous approach to the provenance and preparation of ingredients” as […]
⦿ Jay Rayner of The Observer reviewed Veneta, just off Piccadilly, which, while “not an actively bad restaurant”, brought his culinary year to a disappointing end. “I long ago stopped taking notes in restaurants, figuring that if I couldn’t recall what I’d had for dinner that spoke volumes. With this one I had to dig out the […]
⦿ The Observer’s Jay Rayner found himself in heaven at Temper, barbecue specialist Neil Rankin’s “shot at the big time in Soho, with big London money, and bravado and punch“. “Temper is brilliant. I love the fact that you can smell the wood smoke and the rendering meat from the door. I love the way that smell […]