Chefs

The Flank duo on burgers, Market Halls and going permanent

04-Feb-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

From pub pop-up origins, Flank has gone through various iterations since arriving in London. Directors Tom Griffiths and Ben Rowland discuss developing a more commercial edge at the business, while keeping in touch with their founding ethos.

Silo and Amass to collaborate at inaugural Bigfoot festival

03-Feb-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Silo chef Douglas McMaster, Two Lights’ Chase Lovecky and Matt Orlando from Copenhagen restaurant Amass have been announced as the culinary headliners for Bigfoot, a UK food and drink-focused music festival that makes its debut this summer.

Friday Five: the week's top news

31-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

We round-up some of the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week.

Flash-grilled: Simon Henbery

31-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Simon Henbery is Executive Chef Director at upmarket Italian dining group Chucs. His CV includes senior roles at Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen London and Barbecoa.

Holborn’s Gezellig to close after just eight months

31-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Wine-focused Holborn restaurant Gezellig has closed after just eight months in business.

Steven Edwards to make London debut

30-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Steven Edwards is to open an eponymous restaurant at the Bingham Riverhouse hotel in Richmond.

Clare Smyth to open first Australian restaurant

30-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

Clare Smyth is heading Down Under to open her first Australian restaurant at the luxury Crown Sydney development.

Daniel Humm's involvement with London NoMad in doubt

29-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

High-profile chef Daniel Humm’s involvement in an upcoming London hotel is in doubt following his split from the luxury NoMad Hotel group.

People on the move in hospitality: January 2020

29-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

We round-up some of the people leaving and taking on new roles in the industry this month.

Aiden Byrne planning Salford restaurant and pub

28-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Aiden Byrne has announced plans to open a large restaurant and pub in Salford just weeks after the sudden closure of his Manchester flagship MCR.

Chef Claude Bosi grapples with immigration rules

24-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

Claude Bosi has become the latest high-profile figure in the hospitality industry to fall foul of immigration rules.

Flash-grilled: Aaron Dalton

24-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

With a cooking CV that includes Fera, Chez Bruce and Smoking Goat, Aaron Dalton is currently running pop-ups in Brighton and hopes to open a permanent restaurant soon. His most recent event saw him collaborate with 64 Degrees chef Michael Bremner.

Wingmans secures Soho site for second restaurant

24-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Cult chicken restaurant Wingmans has chosen Soho for its second bricks and mortar restaurant.

Latest opening: Ampéli

24-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

A casual restaurant inspired by Greece and its neighbouring countries has opened on Fitzrovia’s Charlotte Street.

The secret stagiaire: Officina 00

23-Jan-2020 By The secret stagiaire

The new Shoreditch restaurant and pasta workshop from Elia Sebregondi and Enzo Mirto gives our stagiaire a lesson in rolling, plucking and twirling in pursuit of perfect pasta.

Chef masterclass: Trippa alla romana by Jacob Kenedy

22-Jan-2020 By Bill Knott

The Booca di Lupo chef shares his take on the traditional Italian dish.

Let them eat veg: the rise of plant-based cuisine

20-Jan-2020 By Restaurant magazine

Restaurant and Reynolds hosted a discussion on the rise of plant-based cuisine and how the industry is evolving to cater for customers who want to eat fewer animal products

Legendary Bocuse restaurant loses third Michelin star after 55 years

17-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

The restaurant founded by iconic French chef Paul Bocuse has lost its third Michelin star after 55 years.

Kitgum Kitchen secures first bricks and mortar site

16-Jan-2020 By Finn Scott-Delany

East African-Indian-inspired pop-up Kitgum Kitchen has secured its debut restaurant site, in Brighton.

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A fishful of dollars: How to make seafood work for you

10-Jan-2020 By Restaurant magazine

Restaurant magazine teamed up with seafood supplier Royal Greenland to get chefs together for a cooking masterclass and sourcing discussion.

Latest opening: Kindling

10-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The former owners of Food for Friends have opened a new Brighton restaurant that serves food that’s ‘kind to the environment and good for the soul’.

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Eight restaurateurs shaking up Chinese cuisine in the UK

09-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Meet the forward-thinking chefs and restaurateurs that are redefining UK Chinese food.

Readers’ Choice Awards winners announced

07-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The winners of Restaurant magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards have been revealed following a survey of professional chefs.

Michelin eyes members only 'Michelin Club'

06-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Michelin is eyeing a members-only program called the Michelin Club that would give members ‘select privileges’ at participating guide-listed restaurants.

Flash-grilled: Stuart Ralston

03-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

Chef Stuart Ralston is chef owner of well-regarded Edinburgh restaurants Aizle and Noto.

Friday Five: the week's top news

03-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

We round-up some of the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week

Top industry figures support UK's Bocuse d'Or bid

02-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

Several high-profile restaurant industry figures have lent their support to the Bocuse d’Or UK Academy.

French chef loses Michelin Guide court battle

02-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

A French chef who tried to force the Michelin Guide to reveal why it removed one of his restaurant’s Michelin stars has lost his lawsuit against the red book.

South London's Brick House shuts up shop

02-Jan-2020 By Joe Lutrario

South London bakery and restaurant Brick House has closed both its sites.

Ashley Palmer-Watts to leave The Fat Duck group

02-Jan-2020 By Sophie Witts

Ashley Palmer-Watts is to leave Heston Blumenthal’s UK restaurant empire after almost 20 years.

How I Got Here: Natasha Cooke

24-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

A former professional event rider Natasha Cooke opened her first restaurant Lupins in London Bridge, along with her friend and business partner Lucy Pedder, in early 2017.

Melbourne Dinner by Heston goes into liquidation

23-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Dinner by Heston in Melbourne has entered ‘voluntary administration’ following an investigation by Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman that found the restaurant had been underpaying its staff.

2019: Review of the year in hospitality

23-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

2019 saw Jamie’s Italian disappear from the high street, Patisserie Valerie’s fall from grace, and the loss of two hugely-influential British chefs.

How the sector can weather tougher trading conditions

23-Dec-2019 By Dan Brod

Beckford Arms Group co-owner Dan Brod on the challenges the restaurant industry faces in 2020 and what can be done to over come them.

Restaurant radar: 2020

23-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

From a huge restaurant based on the DC Universe to the debut restaurant from former Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra, there are plenty of big openings to look forward to in 2020.

The secret stagiaire: L’Ortolan / Heaneys

19-Dec-2019 By The secret stagiaire

In this special festive double-header, our peripatetic prepper heads to Tom Clarke’s Reading restaurant to stoke its engine room and then gets chippy at Tommy Heaney’s eponymous Cardiff restaurant.

The Lowdown: Marco Pierre White’s biopic

19-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

The outspoken chef who famously once tried to hand back his three Michelin stars is to be immortalised on the big screen.

Latest opening: Davies and Brook

18-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Daniel Humm’s much-anticipated Claridge’s restaurant looks set to cause a stir with its casual yet polished service and incredibly precise cooking.

Lee Tiernan on Black Axe Mangal: "The more extreme I go, the less mediocre I can be"

17-Dec-2019 By Stefan Chomka

It’s small, noisy, insalubrious and deeply divisive, yet Lee Tiernan’s Black Axe Mangal is also one of the capital’s most exciting and riotous restaurants. And now the former St John chef has his own book out.

Flash-grilled: Guillaume Gillan

13-Dec-2019 By James McAllister

Guillaume Gillan is executive chef at the Bokan 37 restaurant in London's Canary Wharf.

The Lowdown: The Future 50 Foods report

12-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Unilever and the WWF have teamed up to produce a report that reveals the foods we should be eating in the years to come.

Latest opening: Folie

11-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Guillaume Depoix has opened an upmarket restaurant on Soho's Golden Square that takes inspiration from the Côte d'Azur.

Kudu team to open two new sites next year

10-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

The owners of South African-inspired restaurant Kudu are to increase their presence in Peckham with the launch of two new venues in early 2020.

Flash-grilled: Edson Diaz-Fuentes

06-Dec-2019 By James McAllister

Chef Edson Diaz-Fuentes co-owns Mexican restaurant Santo Remedio in London Bridge with his wife Natalie.

Tom Booton: "I want to work with and for people who inspire me"

06-Dec-2019 By James McAllister

The 26-year-old is the youngest chef to head up The Grill at The Dorchester, with his appointment described as marking a new era for the hotel restaurant

Rockfish nets Poole Quay site

05-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Mitch Tonks is to open a restaurant in Poole Quay at the end of January bringing the total number of Rockfish restaurants to nine.

“Parky’s pub” on the market

05-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Highly rated gastropub The Royal Oak, in Paley Street, Berkshire, has been put on the market by Sir Michael Parkinson’s son Nick.

Au revoir: Eric Chavot to leave Bob Bob Cité

05-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Highly rated French chef Eric Chavot is to leave Bob Bob Cité citing ‘private, family reasons’.

People on the move in hospitality: November 2019

04-Dec-2019 By Sophie Witts

We round-up some of the people who announced they were moving on or took new roles in the industry last month.

Jad Youssef to open Lebanese restaurant in Reigate

03-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Yalla Yalla founder Jad Youssef is to launch a Lebanese restaurant in Reigate, Surrey, early next year.