Fish

Rockfish launches virtual fishmonger and seafood counter

08-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Restaurant and seafood business Rockfish has partnered with Gloucester Services to launch a virtual fishmonger and seafood counter.

The Sea, The Sea Hackney to become chef’s table residency space as Leandro Carreira departs

22-Feb-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Chef Leandro Carreira will serve his last 11-course tasting menu at The Sea, The Sea Hackney at the end of next month as the business ‘pivots’ to become a chef’s table pop-up and residency space.

Book review: Fish Butchery

11-Aug-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Josh Niland’s latest book is all about getting the most out of each fish that is taken out of the sea with recipes for fish sausages, burger patties and even fish mortadella.

The Sea, The Sea Hackney moves to become ‘more inclusive’ with £95 tasting menu

21-Jul-2023 By Joe Lutrario

14-cover chef’s table restaurant The Sea, The Sea Hackney will shake up its offering later this year by reducing its menu from £150 to £95 per head, with plans to introduce two sittings per night before the end of the year.

How I Got Here: Alex Hunter

18-Jul-2023 By James McAllister

The founder of restaurant-cum-fishmonger The Sea, The Sea, which has sites in Chelsea and Hackney, on his favourite place to eat in London, championing 'better restaurants', and who inspires him.

Fish Shop pair: “We don’t need to go further afield, we’ve got it all right here”

05-May-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Front and back of house duo Jasmine and Marcus Sherry have opened a stylish Highlands restaurant and fishmongers.

Rockfish to take cod off the menu this summer

13-Jun-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Mitch Tonks’ Rockfish restaurant chain will temporarily take cod off the menu this summer citing global supply chain issues.

Out in the cold: vodka, white fish and cereals among Russian products hit with higher tariffs

15-Mar-2022 By Restaurant

Russian food and drink products including vodka and white fish have had higher import tariffs imposed on them in a response to the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Latest opening: Goddard & Gibbs

04-Mar-2022 By Stefan Chomka

A British seafood restaurant has opened in Shoreditch in the space that was formerly home to Hoi Polloi.

2021: Review of the year in hospitality

22-Dec-2021 By Restaurant

A look back at another tough year for hospitality, which begun with businesses facing deep uncertainty in the face of Coronavirus restrictions, and ends the same way.

Fish restaurant Goddard & Gibbs set for One Hundred Shoreditch

01-Dec-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Upcoming East London hotel One Hundred Shoreditch is to launch with a sustainability-minded British seafood restaurant.

Counter intuitive: the new seafood bar concept that specialises in aged fish

01-Sep-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Alex Hunter and Leo Carreira look set to make waves with their East London-based follow-up to their Chelsea restaurant-cum-fishmonger The Sea, The Sea.

Fin and Flounder fishmonger to launch Bar Flounder seafood shack

25-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Prominent London fishmonger Fin and Flounder is to launch its own seafood shack at Netil Market in London Fields next month.

Books

Book review: Take One Fish

15-Jul-2021 By Stefan Chomka

The follow up to Josh Niland’s The Whole Fish cookbook continues the chef’s scale-to-tail ethos

Roberto Costa's Macellaio RC Group to launch Il Teatro della Carne in London's West End

14-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

Roberto Costa's Macellaio RC Group is to launch new dining concept Il Teatro della Carne next week in London's West End.

The Sea, The Sea heads to Hackney

09-Jun-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Top-end Chelsea fishmonger and seafood restaurant The Sea, The Sea will open a further location late next month in Hackney that will combine a counter restaurant with a processing and distribution centre for its wider business.

Food prices likely to rise as sector reopens

20-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Several months of falling food and non-alcoholic drinks prices are expected to come to an end as the hospitality industry reopens, the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing reveals.

Trends Week

2021 restaurant and dining trends: part 3

25-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

With talk of the easing of lockdown and restaurants set to reopen sometime in the spring, we've finally dusted down the crystal ball to see what 2021 might bring in terms of restaurant and eating out trends. Part three: ingredient and dish trends.

Prawn on the Farm to return this summer

16-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Prawn on the Lawn will re-open its Prawn on the Farm summer pop-up following the success of its inaugural run at Trerethern Farm near Padstow last year.

Rick Stein encourages unemployed hospitality workers to move to Cornwall

10-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Following the boom in staycations, Rick Stein is encouraging unemployed hospitality workers to move to Cornwall to fill 39 active vacancies within his business empire.

Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen to re-open... with just three tables

04-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Nathan Outlaw’s casual (but still Michelin-starred) Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen restaurant is Port Isaac in to re-open later this week with just three tables.

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Downtime Development: Alaska black cod with Jersey Royals and petits pois à la Française

30-Jul-2020 By Restaurant

Former Elystan Street head chef Toby Burrowes cooks a summery dish that pairs Alaska black cod with Jersey Royals and petits pois à la Française.

Comment

Some of the ways that we dealt with customers in the past must change

07-Jul-2020 By Richard Hilson

Communication and flexibility between suppliers and customers is needed if the industry is to move out of this pandemic successfully.

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Downtime development: pan-roasted Norwegian cod, pea sauce, asparagus and potato gnocchi

05-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

The Elephant chef-patron Simon Hulstone has created a bright dish that hints of the transition from spring into summer

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Downtime Development: Alaska black cod, green curry

01-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

Frog chef Adam Handling cooks a Thailand-inspired dish that celebrates Alaskan black cod’s ability to stand up to powerful flavours.

Nathan Outlaw's London restaurant Siren to close permanently

26-May-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Nathan Outlaw’s London restaurant Siren will not re-open post lockdown as part of a planned scaling back of The Goring’s F&B department.

Lussmanns Sustainable Fish and Grill to open first Oxford location

04-Dec-2019 By James McAllister

Lussmanns Sustainable Fish and Grill is to open its first restaurant outside of Hertfordshire early next year having secured a site in the Jericho district of Oxford.

Rockfish reports sales uplift in 'turning point' year for business

01-Nov-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Rockfish, the seven-strong seafood chain run by Mitch Tonks, has reported a sales uplift of 15% to £7.95m for the year end 2019.

The Fish Butcher: Josh Niland on how we've been doing fish all wrong

15-Oct-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Australian chef Josh Niland has penned a groundbreaking book that calls for a total rethink of how restaurants buy, store and serve fish. Part cookbook, part manifesto, it is essential reading for any chef that handles fish.

How I Got Here: Robin Moxon

09-Oct-2019 By James McAllister

Robin Moxon is the owner of the Next Door fish restaurant in East Dulwich, which he operates as part of his London-based fishmongers business Moxon's Fresh Fish.

Video: Unlocking seafood’s potential

27-Jun-2019 By Restaurant

Restaurant magazine teamed up with Seafood from Norway earlier this month to host a seafood focused workshop, discussion and lunch at Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden.

No small fry: why you should have fish and chips on your menu

07-Jun-2019 By Seafood From Norway

National Fish and Chip Shop of the Year owner David Miller reveals the secrets of his success and why he won't settle for anything other than Norwegian fish

FishWorks to open flagship site as part of company rebrand

10-Apr-2019 By James McAllister

Restaurant and fishmonger group FishWorks is to open a flagship site in Covent Garden next month as part of a wider company rebrand.

Gone fishing: we join chefs on the hunt for Skrei in Norway

27-Mar-2019 By Sophie Witts

Every year from January to April the icy waters of Northern Norway are teeming with migratory Skrei cod. Restaurant magazine joined a troop of chefs on an expedition to find out what makes this seasonal fish so very special.

Flash-grilled: Alex Povall

15-Mar-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Alex Povall is head chef at Covent Garden restaurant Oystermen, which was recently expanded due to popular demand.

Restaurant's Readers’ Choice Awards 2019 winners revealed

09-Jan-2019 By Stefan Chomka

The winners of Restaurant magazine's annual Readers’ Choice Awards have been revealed.

Bonnie Gull co-founder to launch Chelsea restaurant and fishmongers

08-Jan-2019 By Helen Salter

Bonnie Gull co-founder Alex Hunter is to open a fishmongers cum seafood bar in Chelsea this April.

Video: Making seafood the star of your menu

29-Oct-2018 By Restaurant

Restaurant magazine teamed up with Seafood from Norway last month to run a seafood focused development workshop, discussion and lunch at Adam Byatt’s restaurant, Upstairs at Trinity.

How I Got Here: James Porter

25-Oct-2018 By Joe Lutrario

James Porter founded Island Poke as a street food business in 2015. Now backed by Chris Miller's White Rabbit Fund, he currently oversees five bricks and mortar sites.

Traditional fish and chips still a hit for Brits

05-Sep-2014 By Lauren Houghton

As The National Fish & Chip Awards draw closer, organiser Seafish has conducted research into fish and chip eating trends throughout the UK, with traditional takeaways and salt and vinegar as a topping popular with customers.

Classic Cuisine unveils new seafood range

08-Jul-2014 By Melodie Michel

Frozen food manufacturer Classic Cuisine has launched a range of seafood dishes.

Business Profile: Kerbisher & Malt

04-Jul-2014 By Joe Lutrario

New wave fish and chip group Kerbisher & Malt has tweaked the standard chippy formula to bring affordable, quality fish and chips to West London – and it’s now starting to cast its net further afield 

Restaurants get mobilised for #WorldOceansDay

06-Jun-2014 By Melodie Michel

Restaurants across the UK and abroad participated in a campaign to raise awareness of sustainable fishing ahead of World Oceans Day on 8 June.

On and off the menu: What fish is safe to serve?

24-Jan-2013 By Emma Eversham

With fish charity the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) making updates to its Fish to Eat list, downgrading previously sustainable and popular fish mackerel and gurnard, we take a closer look at what fish and seafood it does and doesn't recommend...

Mitch Tonks takes RockFish concept to Plymouth’s National Marine Aquarium

16-Jan-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Fishmonger, chef and restaurateur Mitch Tonks is taking his RockFish seafood concept to Plymouth with plans submitted for the opening of a 200-cover restaurant in the building adjacent to the city’s National Marine Aquarium.

Get illegal seafood off the menu, caterers warned

20-Aug-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The catering industry is at risk of purchasing unsafe, poor quality or illegal seafood if they do not check it has come from a reputable supplier, government bodies have warned.

Sustainable fish to be focus of Dorset Seafood Festival

09-Mar-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Sustainable fishing will be the key focus this year at the Dorset Seafood Festival, in an effort to promote education on the use of less well known species of fish.

Not the End of the Line for sustainable fish restaurants

16-Jun-2009 By Becky Paskin & Emma Eversham

With the release of documentary The End of the Line we speak to suppliers and restaurants about what theyre doing to ensure the fish they sell doesnt mean the end of the line for fish stocks or their business

Diners call for restaurants to serve sustainable fish

09-Jun-2009 By Becky Paskin

As the issue of sustainable fishing practices is becoming more prevalent, almost 90 per cent of diners are calling for restaurants to serve only ethically sourced seafood

Raymond Blanc shows support for Scottish fisheries

18-Nov-2008 By Becky Paskin

Scottish fisheries have received backing by Raymond Blanc after news of EU plans to cut catches casts uncertainty over the industry’s future