Somerset

Tommy Thorn to head the kitchen at Somerset’s Puro

23-Apr-2024 By Joe Lutrario

MasterChef: The Professionals runner up Tommy Thorn has been named as the new head chef at Somerset restaurant Puro.

Merlin Labron-Johnson’s Osip launches Kickstarter to fund move to larger digs

25-Sep-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson has launched a crowdfund as part of plans to move his Somerset restaurant Osip to a larger, more rural location.

Steve and Jules Horrell to open Horrell & Horrell in Somerset

12-Jun-2023 By Restaurant

Husband and wife Steve and Jules Horrell will open their first solo venture together next month in Somerset.

28 Market Place announces closure

11-Apr-2023 By Restaurant

Somerset restaurant 28 Market Place has closed three years after its launch.

Home from Holm: Somerset restaurant to launch bedrooms and ‘mixed-use community space’

28-Feb-2023 By Joe Lutrario

High-profile Somerset restaurant Holm will launch seven ensuite bedrooms and a ‘mixed-use community space’ this summer as part of a major renovation project.

Andrew Swann returns to The Castle at Taunton as executive chef

08-Apr-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Andrew Swann has been appointed as executive chef at The Castle at Taunton in Somerset returning to where he first started his career more than two decades ago.

Levan and Larry's trio to launch Holm in Somerset

27-May-2021 By James McAllister

The team behind popular south London neighbourhood restaurants Salon, Levan and Larry’s are to launch their first rural outpost this autumn in the village of South Petherton, Somerset.

Josh Eggleton announces The Pony and Trap to be renamed as The Pony Chew Valley

22-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Josh Eggleton has announced The Pony and Trap in Chew Magna, Somerset, will be renamed The Pony Chew Valley when it relaunches as a community interest company later this year.

Merlin Labron-Johnson to open wine bar and épicerie in Bruton

11-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson is to open a wine bar and grocery store close by to his farm-to-table restaurant Osip in Bruton, Somerset.

Opening of the month: 28 Market Place

04-Mar-2020 By Stefan Chomka

Former Soho House director Ben Crofton and his wife Vanessa have opened a beautiful restaurant, bakery and wine shop in the Somerset village of Somerton.

Merlin Labron-Johnson: "London was a stopping point on the way to something else"

17-Jan-2020 By Stefan Chomka

The former Portland and Clipstone chef has left the capital to open Osip, a 30-cover restaurant in the tiny town of Bruton in Somerset.

Dan Fletcher named head chef of Ben Crofton's Somerset restaurant

05-Jun-2019 By James McAllister

Great British Menu finalist Dan Fletcher has been named head chef at 28 Market Place, the new restaurant from ex-Soho House director Ben Crofton.

Grillstock closes Bath site after management buyout

13-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

Smokehouse group Grillstock has closed its Bath restaurant months after the company was bought out of administration.

Chefs' Secrets of Success: Josh Eggleton

02-Nov-2016 By Hannah Thompson

In the second of a series of videos on tips for success, we spoke to Josh Eggleton, chef patron of the Michelin-starred Pony & Trap pub, and fish and chips restaurant Salt & Malt in Chew Magna, director of Yurt Lush Cafe, and regular BBC Great...

Michelin chef Josh Eggleton to open Bristol pub

24-Oct-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Michelin star­-winning chef Josh Eggleton has taken over a new pub in Bristol with the former director of Butcombe Brewery, Guy Newell, the Morning Advertiser has reported.

The Ivy restaurant opening new outpost in Bath

21-Apr-2016 By Sophie Witts

Serial restaurateur Richard Caring is to open a new branch of London celebrity haunt The Ivy in Bath.

London's burger boom continues with BRGR.CO opening in Soho

07-Nov-2012 By Luke Nicholls

BRGR.CO, which operates two ‘back to basics’ burger joints in Beirut, is bringing the concept to the UK next month with the opening of a 50-cover restaurant in Wardour Street, Soho.

How to run a pop-up restaurant: Goodfellows at Glastonbury

11-Apr-2011 By Becky Paskin

Adam Fellows, chef/proprietor of Goodfellows restaurant in Wells, Somerset, launched Glastonbury’s first ever fine dining pop-up restaurant in 2007. He explains how his experience hasn’t put him off running a business in a muddy field just yet.