Masterchef

Tributes paid to MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo

02-May-2023 By James McAllister

Tributes have been paid to Glasgow-born chef and MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo, who has died at the age of 46.

Flash-grilled: Natalie Coleman

02-Dec-2022 By James McAllister

The former MasterChef winner, who is now head chef at The Oyster Shed in the City of London, on the importance of stages, an unusual customer allergy, and Tom Kerridge.

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.

Latest opening: Bayside Social

27-Sep-2021 By Joe Lutrario

MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt has opened a second venture in his hometown of Worthing following the success of his debut restaurant Pitch.

MasterChef finalist Andrew Kojima's Koj has closed permanently

24-Sep-2020 By Restaurant

MasterChef finalist Andrew Kojima says he will not reopen his Cheltenham-based casual dining Japanese restaurant Koj as a direct result of the Government’s further restrictions on hospitality during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Simon Wood closes Wood Chester to focus on a tasting menu format

01-Jul-2020 By Restaurant

MasterChef 2015 winner Simon Wood has announced that his restaurant Wood Chester at Hotel Indigo will not reopen after the Coronavirus lockdown has been lifted because his revised food offer is at odds with the venue.

Leeds-based restaurant Home to reopen in July with ‘more experimental’ approach

22-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

Leeds-based restaurant Home will reopen at the end of July with a new regularly changing menu designed to create a ‘more experimental’ dining experience.

Masterchef: The Professionals chef Arbinder Dugal to head up new restaurant Attawa

09-Jun-2020 By Restaurant

Chef Arbinder Dugal it to head up the kitchen at new restaurant Attawa when it opens in Dalston, east London, for takeaway this week.

Flash-grilled: Andrew Kojima

07-May-2020 By James McAllister

British-Japanese chef Andrew Kojima - who owns Cheltenham-based casual dining Japanese restaurant Koj, and previously competed on MasterChef - talks about life in lockdown, and his problem with oysters.

Marius Gedminas to replace Stu Deeley as The Wilderness head chef

21-Jan-2020 By James McAllister

Marius Gedminas has been named as the new head chef at modern British fine-dining restaurant The Wilderness in Birmingham.

Taster expands offering with launch of three new concepts

15-Jan-2020 By James McAllister

MasterChef winner and Nanban founder Tim Anderson is to launch a katsu sando concept in partnership with delivery-only kitchen business Taster.

Restaurant NineB to open in Leicester later this month

07-Jan-2020 By Restaurant

Chef Stewart Westwater will head up the kitchen at new independent restaurant NineB when it opens in Leicester later this month.

MasterChef: The Professionals winner to open debut restaurant

20-Dec-2019 By James McAllister

This year’s MasterChef: The Professionals winner Stu Deeley is to open his first solo restaurant early next year, in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.

Generation Next

How MasterChef's Larkin Cen built a mini restaurant empire

13-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

In just a few years former MasterChef contestant Larkin Cen has opened four Woky Ko restaurants in Bristol and is now one of the UK’s most exciting Chinese chefs

MasterChef contestant to take charge at new West African restaurant

30-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

A former MasterChef: The Professionals finalist is to oversee the kitchen at ‘a new and progressive’ West African restaurant opening in London’s Fitzrovia in October.

MasterChef winner Tim Anderson to double up with a second Nanban

23-Jul-2019 By Stefan Chomka

MasterChef winner Tim Anderson will open a second Nanban in the capital this year, in KERB’s forthcoming Seven Dials Market.

The Lowdown: the MasterChef restaurant

28-Mar-2019 By James McAllister

With the TV show having been exported to countries across the globe, the world’s first MasterChef-themed restaurant is set to open in Dubai next month.

Larkin Cen to open third Woky Ko restaurant in Bristol

05-Mar-2019 By Sophie Witts

MasterChef finalist Larkin Cen is to open his third Woky Ko Asian restaurant in Bristol later this month.

Alex Rushmer's Vanderlyle to open at the start of April

11-Feb-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Vanderlyle, the forthcoming restaurant from Alex Rushmer, the former owner of The Hole in the Wall in Cambridge, will open on 3 April.

MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt to open in Worthing

11-Feb-2019 By Joe Lutrario

2018 MasterChef winner Kenny Tutt is to open a restaurant and cookery school in his home town of Worthing later this year.

Laurence Henry claims MasterChef: The Professionals 2018 title

21-Dec-2018 By Stefan Chomka

Laurence Henry, sous chef at two Michelin-starred Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham, has been crowned MasterChef: The Professionals Champion 2018.

Masterchef 2018 semi-finalist launches restaurant at Hampshire hotel

18-Oct-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Masterchef contestant Greg Emmerson will launch his debut restaurant next month, having secured a hotel site in Hampshire.

Robin Gill to take the plunge with Darby's restaurant in London's Nine Elms

11-Oct-2018 By Stefan Chomka

Chef and restaurateur Robin Gill will open a restaurant in London’s Embassy Gardens towers in Nine Elms next year, underneath a swimming pool.

Marianne Lumb's former restaurant has closed

02-Oct-2018 By Sophie Witts

Marianne Lumb’s eponymous restaurant in Notting Hill appears to have closed, two months after the chef’s departure.

MasterChef champion launches pan-Asian restaurant in Selfridge's

17-Sep-2018 By Georgia Bronte

MasterChef winner Ping Coombes has launched a restaurant at Selfridge’s in collaboration with Malaysian brand PappaRich.

MasterChef winner Simon Wood to open two new restaurants

14-Sep-2018 By Sophie Witts

MasterChef winner Simon Wood has revealed he has two further restaurant openings in the pipeline.