Jamaican Cuisine

Flash-grilled: April Jackson

04-Mar-2022 By James McAllister

The owner of Jamaican restaurant Wood & Water in London's Brixton on the importance of humility, how she is inspired by Monica Galetti, and her dream dinner party guests.

April Jackson to open Wood & Water at her Three Little Birds Brixton site

01-Nov-2021 By Restaurant

April Jackson is to open new restaurant Wood & Water on the site that was previously home to her Three Little Birds venue.

Usain Bolt to open a Jamaican restaurant in London

24-Sep-2018 By Georgia Bronte

The world’s fastest runner, Usain Bolt, will launch the first UK iteration of his Jamaican restaurant chain next month.

Rudie's is set for expansion in the New Year amid Caribbean restaurant boom

15-Dec-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Jamaican casual restaurant brand Rudie’s is doubling up in the new year, when it will open its second site in a unit at Shoreditch’s Boxpark.

Latest opening: James Cochran N1

23-Aug-2017 By Stefan Chomka

The second restaurant from James Cochran has a strong flatbread focus

SMALL TALK

Matin Miah on the rise of Jamaican food, expansion and that Caribbean vibe

20-Jan-2017 By Hannah Thompson

As co-founder of “real jerk” Dalston restaurant Rudie’s, Matin Miah knows a thing or two about the rise of Jamaican food. As the brand looks to expand its bar and confirms its second site, we talk “elevated” Caribbean cuisine, cocktails, and plans to...

Jamaican ‘patty’ concept hits London

13-Feb-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Jamaica Patty Co, a new fast-casual concept offering traditional Jamaican patties, is set to launch in Covent Garden next month as ‘the first of many across Britain’.