London restaurant Gauthier Soho has introduced a £1,000 ‘golden hello’ for new recruits, plus up to another £1,000 in monthly expenses, to tackle what chef-patron Alexis Gauthier says is the ‘toxic’ shortage of chefs in the capital.
The Freemasons at Wiswell and Phil Howard’s Elystan Street restaurant in Chelsea have been honoured at the AA’s annual award ceremony, which marks the release of its 2018 guidebooks.