London

Restaurants warned of three year recession

10-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham & Becky Paskin

Food critic Charles Campion has warned of the arrival of a three-year ‘restaurant recession’ with mid-market restaurants set to take the biggest hit

Maze voted top UK restaurant

07-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham

Gordon Ramsay Holdings restaurant comes first in Restaurant magazines top UK Restaurants 2008 list

Ubon by Nobu to close

17-Sep-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Japanese restaurant in Canary Wharf will close on September 26 as the group plans to relocate its second London restaurant to another site in the capital

Hakkasan removes ‘unethical’ shark-fin soup from menu

05-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

Alan Yau’s Michelin-starred London restaurant removed the Chinese delicacy after ‘pressure’ from anti-shark trade campaigners

Leicester Sq restaurant & nightclub is sold

02-Jul-2008 By Emma Eversham

The lease for London nightclub and restaurant Number One Leicester Square has been sold to Interguide London for £1m.

Bay Restaurants employee raises £10k for charity

20-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Bay Restaurant Group matched donations received from employee’s London marathon run

Ex-Savoy employees move on up

18-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

Two previous employees of London’s Savoy hotel, have now been appointed at the Landmark London, and the Balmoral in Edinburgh

LDA and AA Team Up to Get London Graded

18-Mar-2008 By Alan Lodge

The London Development Agency and the AA are driving a scheme that aims to increase the number of graded B&Bs in the capital and is offering ungraded B&Bs help to achieve this aim.

Van der Horst Gets Ready to Party

13-Mar-2008 By Carina Simon

Bjorn van der Horst tells of his vision to open a new style of restaurant in London based on the idea of the kitchen being the centre of any party following the recent demise of La Noisette in Knightsbridge, London.

PubChef Food Excellence Awards 2008

29-Feb-2008 By Lucy Britner

Former PR man Ross Williams, who only entered the pub trade five years ago, scoops the top prize at tonights glitzy awards bash at the Dorchester hotel in London.

Team behind The Greyhound to rejuvinate The Rosendale

31-Jul-2007 By Restaurant

Neglected Victorian coach house in the heart of West Dulwich is brought back to life The locals of West Dulwich in South London who have been tightly crossing their fingers for East Dulwich's gentrification to spread a little bit of its magic ...

Obika - the only mozzarella bar in the world

31-Jul-2007 By Restaurant

The spiel? ;Obika is, at the moment, the only mozzarella bar in the world. It combines the quality of Italian food with design which looks pretty Japanese,; says Stefano Potorti, Obika Managing Director. Which means? Italian ingredients, ...

Chop’d, allows customers to create their own salads

25-Apr-2007 By Restaurant

The spiel? ;Healthy eating based on salads made from the freshest, unadulterated ingredients.; Which means? Starting at the base price of £5, customers can create their own salads out of about 80 different seasonal ingredients from ...

The winners at the College Restaurant of the Year Awards for 2007

28-Mar-2007 By Restaurant

All aboard!Restaurant magazine's College Restaurant of the Year Awards for 2007 went with a splash on the Thames It was a night to remember – 100 catering college students celebrating their success on board The Symphony cruising the River ...

Guinness is not the only porter

14-Mar-2007 By Restaurant

We tasted nine variations on the theme Porter, apparently, was first drunk in London in the 1730s and became very popular in Britain and Ireland. It declined in popularity in Britain with the advent of pale ales, but continued to grow in popularity ...

Company of Cooks to open Riverside Terrace Café

14-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

Mike Lucy, founder of Company of Cooks and Caper Green companies, has agreed terms to open the Riverside Terrace Café and eight bars in the renovated Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank at the end of May. Under the Company of Cooks ..

Restaurant Magazine UK Best Dishes Awards 2006

30-Aug-2006 By Restaurant

The Finalists. After hours of poring over the sackloads of entries that landed on our doormat, the judging panel, comprised of The Craft Guild of Chefs and Restaurant magazine, have selected the 2006 Best Dishes finalists, and they are: BURGER • .