One of France’s most high profile chefs has begged Michelin to not include his restaurant in its 2018 guide because he’s had enough of the pressures that come with the guide’s maximum three-star rating.
The chef-patron of The Sportsman will release his first cookbook later this month. Called simply ‘The Sportsman’, the book contains 50 recipes and charts the north Kent pub’s transformation from run-down boozer to world-renowned establishment.
Holborn Dining Room executive chef and pie maker extraordinaire Calum Franklin is to convert his restaurant’s deli into a pie kitchen that will offer his intricately decorated creations to takeaway via a hatch on High Holborn.
Tim Allen has been named as executive director of food and beverage at Select Property Group and will head up a new restaurant with the group next year.
Michelin-starred French chef Eric Chavot is making his second London comeback, as head chef at Bob Bob Cite, the Leadenhall based sister restaurant of Bob Bob Ricard, which opens in January 2018
The Icelandic chef opened Michelin-starred Texture in London’s Marylebone a decade ago this month and was ahead of the New Nordic food scene in the capital. And there’s still plenty of life in it in yet.
The former Fera at Claridge’s chef has teamed up with Ollie Downey, another Fera alumnus, to launch a month-long residency of his foraging-focused pop-up at Brewery Below in Canonbury.
