All news articles for June 2017

Opening of the week: Neo Bistro

Opening of the week: Neo Bistro

By Joe Lutrario

Anglo chef-patron Mark Jarvis and former Harwood Arms chef Alex Harper have teamed up to open a stripped back restaurant just off Oxford Street

The Estrella Damm National Restaurant Award Winners: In pictures

The Estrella Damm National Restaurant Award Winners: In pictures

By Hannah Thompson

From The Sportsman in Kent taking the top spot AND Gastropub of the Year, to Elizabeth Haigh picking up Chef to Watch, Jason Atherton winning Restaurateur, and the winners of Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, we round up the 2017 special awards

How to interest customers in good wine: Noble Rot

Noble Rot: How to interest customers in good wine

By Joe Lutrario & Hannah Thompson

As a new poll shows the British to be clueless about wine, we asked Mark Andrew, co-founder of Noble Rot wine bar and restaurant for his tips on how to change that

Harneet Baweja Madame D's Gunpowder Table for Two

Table for Two: Harneet Baweja

By Joe Lutrario

The team behind smash hit Spitalfields Indian restaurant Gunpowder has opened a second venue called Madame D in the top room of a nearby pub

Island Poke to open its second restaurant in the capital.

Island Poke set to double up in London

By Stefan Chomka

Island Poke, the fledgling Hawaiian restaurant concept backed by the White Rabbit Fund, is set to double its presence in the capital.

Will you fight for the night?

MONTHLY COLUMN

Will you fight for the night?

By Hannah Thompson

From noise complaints to soaring business rates, pubs, bars, restaurants and nightclubs face similar problems. Is it time to unite and fight, asks Tony Naylor

Annabel’s club chefs announced Caprice Holdings London

Trio of top chefs announced for new Annabel’s club

By Hannah Thompson

Soon-to-reopen private members’ club Annabel’s - part of Caprice Holdings - has announced a trio of chefs set to take over its new dining spaces, including a former chef at The Grill at The Dorchester.

Massimo Bottura on London restaurant Refettorio Felix

Massimo Bottura on bringing his food waste fight to London

By Sophie Witts

Massimo Bottura is chef patron of Osteria Francescana, the three-Michelin-star restaurant based in Modena, Italy, which topped the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants in 2016 and came second in 2017. 

Soul Man: Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster

Soul Man: Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster

By Stefan Chomka

New York chef Marcus Samuelsson opens his legendary Red Rooster restaurant in the new Curtain Hotel in Shoreditch this month. Can Harlem’s king of soul food rule the roost this side of the pond?

Machiya Opening of the week

Opening of the week: Machiya

By Hannah Thompson

We check out the relaxed yet stylish new Japanese concept from the team behind London ramen group Kanada-Ya