Wine-led restaurant group 28°-50° is adding two new venues to its growing London portfolio in the coming months – 28°-50° By Night, a jazz bar in Marylebone, and a “wine workshop and kitchen” near Oxford Circus. These will be the group’s fifth and sixth sites following the most recent opening over the summer in Draycott […]
6 March 2019 Exclusive “Celebration of Iceland” dinner at London’s #1 restaurant Harden’s invites you to a Celebration of Iceland dinner with Agnar Sverrisson, chef-patron of Texture, #1 rated for food in Harden’s 2019 survey Tickets are now on sale for an exciting one-off dinner at Texture in Marylebone celebrating Icelandic cuisine; we invite you to secure your place […]
Texture has been named this year’s UK winner of the international gastronomic sherry competition, the Copa Jerez. Head chef Karl O’Dell and sommelier Alan Bednarski saw off steely competition at a contest held in Cardiff on October 1. The bi-annual contest sees some of the country’s finest restaurants compete with three-course tasting menus designed specifically to […]
Leela Palace’s “stunning” Jamavar in Mayfair (winner of Top Newcomer at the 2017 Harden’s London Restaurant Awards) will host five guest chefs – Claude Bosi, Aggi Sverrisson, Sat Bains, Robin Gill and Judy Joo – who will go head to head and put their stamp on the kulcha, a classic Indian stuffed bread. In light of Rohit […]
As snow falls deep and crisp and even over London, Marylebone’s “excitingly original” Texture is using signature snow – cheese, herbs or coconut boiled with water, complimentary flavours, botanicals and seasoning then spun in air and frozen – to flavour and enhance its unique winter menu. A nod to the newly fallen powder which characterises chef-patron Aggi Sverrisson’s native […]
The Cinnamon Collection’s Vivek Singh and Mark Hix (Hix W1, Hix Oyster & Chop House) will team up on 18 September, combining Vivek’s modern-Indian style with Mark’s upscale British food. The dinner series at Westminster’s impressive Cinnamon Club has already seen Vivek work alongside top chefs José Pizarro (Bermondsey’s José and Pizarro, and José Pizarro in the City) in […]
The Cinnamon Collection’s Vivek Singh and José Pizarro (Bermondsey’s José and Pizarro, and José Pizarro in the City) will team up on 19 July, integrating José’s trademark classic Spanish style with Vivek’s modern Indian cooking. This is the only evening in a series of dinners at Westminster’s impressive Cinnamon Club where both chefs will collaborate on all five-courses. […]
A collaborative dinner between Texture chef-patron Aggi Sverrisson and The Cinnamon Collection’s (Cinnamon Club et al) Vivek Singh will fuse modern Indian and Icelandic cuisines. Sounds interesting? Tickets are now available for this one-off collaboration at the Cinnamon Club on 21 June. It is one of a series of guest chef dinners to be held at the grand Westminster […]
A pair of chefs with impressive kitchen credentials have teamed up to open a tiny venture in Mayfair inspired by the new wave of bistros in Paris. Launching in May, Neo Bistro will accommodate just 25 diners, with banquette tables that can be reserved and counter seats for walk-ins. Following the Parisian lead, it will offer a daily changing […]
Sommelier-turned-restaurateur Xavier Rousset is launching his third solo venture, Comptoir Café & Wine, in Mayfair next month. It follows the success of Blandford Comptoir in Marylebone – praised in the latest Harden’s Survey for its “superb wine list” – and Burgundy specialist Cabotte in the City, both of which opened last year. Tucked away behind Bond Street station […]