Leonid Shutov

Latest opening: Bébé Bob

10-Oct-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Leonid Shutov has made a play for marginally more casual territory with a restaurant that majors on rotisserie chicken.

Bob Bob Ricard to launch more informal spin-off in Soho

14-Aug-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Leonid Shutov has acquired the former Folie site in Soho for a more informal spin-off to his glamorous British French restaurant Bob Bob Ricard.

Bob Bob Ricard secures funds to expand

19-Aug-2022 By Restaurant

Bob Bob Ricard has secured funds from lender ThinCats to help it expand its presence in the UK as well as abroad.

Flash-grilled: Ben Hobson

01-Jul-2022 By James McAllister

The head chef at Bob Bob Ricard City in London on a troubling Michelin memory, what he'd be doing if he wasn't in kitchens, and his dream dinner party guests.

Latest opening: Bob Bob Ricard City

17-Nov-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Leonid Shotov has given his City restaurant a makeover to bring it more in line with its opulent and wonderfully OTT Soho sibling.

Bob Bob the builder: how Leonid Shutov reimagined his City site for a post pandemic world

01-Nov-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Closed for 18 months, Bob Bob Cité has reopened with a new look and name that brings it in line with its opulent Soho sibling

Bob Bob Cité to relaunch later this month

08-Oct-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Bob Bob Cité will reopen as Bob Bob Ricard City on 26 October with former Galvin at Windows chef Ben Hobson at the helm.

One sheet to the wind: how the pandemic changed wine lists

11-Sep-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Coronavirus has all but brought an end to the hefty leather-bound wine list, and not just because of the safety implications of passing such an object from table to table.