Disfrutar in Barcelona has secured the number one crown at the 2024 World’s 50 Best Restaurants shindig in Las Vegas, on a list dominated by restaurants from the Spanish-speaking world. Runner-up was Basque restaurant Asador Etxebarri, with Diverxo in Madrid placed fourth and restaurants from Lima (Maido), Mexico City (Quintonil) and Buenos Aires (Don Julio) […]
Hot Brazilian chef Alberto Landgraf this week launched his first restaurant in London – Bossa, appropriately next door to the Brazilian consulate in Vere Street, off Oxford Street in Marylebone. Alberto, who has German and Japanese ancestry, has risen to fame since opening Oteque in Rio de Janeiro five years ago; it is now listed on […]
Last week saw the announcement of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in Bilbao, northern Spain. An event that started as a stand-up drinks in a London bar as a cheapo marketing exercise for Restaurant Magazine (with just about all the early staff on the mag’ since claiming it was their idea) has grown into […]
Heston Blumenthal has bagged a Lifetime Achievement award in the 2017 World’s 50 Best Restaurants shindig. He will know whether the refurbished Fat Duck has returned to the Top 50 when the full list is announced in Melbourne on April 5. It does seem a bit odd if it doesn’t. The award comes as the Bray […]
A new partnership between One Aldwych and renowned chef Eneko Atxa will see the launch of an informal Basque dining spot and bar at the Covent Garden hotel. Due to open in September, Eneko at One Aldwych will deliver traditional Basque cuisine. There will be a soft opening throughout August when guests can enjoy 50% off […]
Last week El Celler de Can Roca regained its spot on top of the World’s 50 Best list and if you don’t already have a reservation at the Girona restaurant it’s probably already too late. But there is way you can sample some of the Roca brothers cuisine without leaving London. Ibérica has gathered together […]
Chefs, restaurateurs and industry types last night made their annual pilgrimage to London for the unveiling of the San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. As usual, the ranking offered few surprises. El Cellar de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, reclaimed the top spot (which it last held in 2013) while Denmark’s Noma slipped down into third […]
It may come as a surprise to some that only one London restaurant is listed in our top 10 UK dining spots, and it isn’t some showy establishment helmed by a ‘celebrity chef’ either. It’s The Ledbury in Notting Hill. Perhaps it’s because head chef Brett Graham can still be found in the kitchen, rather than […]
