Mexico

Ex-Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra finally set to make London debut

08-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Former Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra is to finally open his long-awaited debut restaurant Kol next month on Seymour Street in London's Marylebone.

Ex-Noma Mexico chef to open London's Kol in 2020

28-Nov-2019 By Sophie Witts

Former Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra is to open his long-awaited London restaurant in March 2020.

Scott Hallsworth fails to get his Freak on

03-Jan-2018 By Joe Lutrario

Chef Scott Hallsworth’s crowdfunding campaign to take his Asian concept Freak Scene from a pop-up to a permanent London site has failed to hit its target.

East London's Del74 join the UK's taco boom with a second site

20-Nov-2017 By Georgia Bronte

East London Taco group Del74 is expanding to a second site in Dalston this month, with a host of new menu items.

Latest opening: Freakscene

18-Aug-2017 By Joe Lutrario

Scott Hallsworth is back with a pleasingly low-budget restaurant located within a former grab-and-go spot in Clerkenwell

Breddos finally confirms the opening of its Soho restaurant

05-Jul-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Taco restaurant Breddos has finally confirmed that it will be opening a second site, just off London’s Carnaby Street.

Martha Ortiz reveals name and menu for London restaurant

24-Jan-2017 By Emma Eversham

The name of Martha Ortiz's first London restaurant has been revealed along with details of the menu the Mexican chef will serve at the Park Lane site. 

Club Mexicana secures first permanent site

12-Jan-2017 By Sophie Witts

Vegan pop-up Club Mexicana is to open its first permanent restaurant in London later this month 

Corn Stars: The Hart Group on new taco restaurant El Pastor

15-Dec-2016 By Joe Lutrario

Somewhere making its way across the Atlantic is a shipping container packed with three metric tonnes of corn. According to the calculator on Sam Hart’s iPhone, that should be enough to make 225,000 10cm tortillas, which should keep his soon-to-open Borough taqueria...

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Mexican chef Martha Ortiz on her new London restaurant

03-Nov-2016 By Stefan Chomka

The chef-patron at Dulce Patria in Mexico City – ranked number 48 on the Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants list – will open her as yet unnamed restaurant at InterContinental London Park Lane next March. BigHospitality's sister publication Restaurant...

Wahaca asks for customer feedback on new ‘beta’ summer menu

15-May-2015 By Noli Dinkovski

Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca is inviting customers to try a beta version of its new summer menu and offer their feedback through social media.

Wahaca Covent Garden to host Mexico's top chefs

25-Nov-2014 By Carina Perkins

Wahaca has announced plans to host a series of one night culinary showcases with some of Mexico’s top chefs at its Covent Garden restaurant next year. 

Ferran Adria made tourism ambassador for Spain

04-Mar-2010 By Paul Wootton

The first European Congress of Tourism and Gastronomy was launched at the Spanish Embassy in London this week by El Bulli’s chef-patron Ferran Adrià, the country's new tourism ambassador, and Spain’s Secretary of State for Tourism, Joan Mesquida.