Turkish Cuisine

Notting Hill restaurant The Counter to open Soho site

03-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Kemal Demirasal is opening a follow up restaurant to his popular The Counter Notting Hill in Soho this May.

‘Challenging’ recruitment landscape forces Ottolenghi to cut opening hours as group sees turnover rise

30-Nov-2023 By James McAllister

The Ottolenghi group has had cut operating hours across some of its sites as a result of challenges to recruitment caused by Brexit and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ottolenghi to open in Hampstead

20-Oct-2023 By Restaurant

Ottolenghi will open its sixth deli and restaurant, in Hampstead, later this year.

Zahter announces the passing of 'visionary' chef founder Esra Muslu

31-Aug-2023 By James McAllister

London-based Istanbulite restaurant Zahter has announced the passing of its founder and head chef Esra Muslu.

Chef Sertaç Dirik leaves Mangal 2

21-Aug-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Chef Sertaç Dirik has left his family’s progressive Turkish restaurant Mangal 2.

Pomegranate to launch in Bath later this year

29-Jun-2023 By Restaurant

Restaurateur Hidir Dersuniyelioglu will launch a Mediterranean restaurant on Bath’s Walcot Street later this year.

Kemal Demirasal: “We might sell kebabs, but we’re not a kebab house”

21-Apr-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The high-profile Turkish chef behind Ladbroke Grove’s The Counter on importing his ingredients direct, advanced offal cooking techniques and his partnership with goat champions Cabrito.

Latest opening: The Counter

03-Mar-2023 By Joe Lutrario

High-profile Turkish chef Kemal Demirasal’s UK debut has largely flown under the radar but the Ladbroke Grove restaurant now looks set to shake up London’s Turkish food scene.

Starry Chigwell restaurant Sheesh heads to London

05-Sep-2022 By James McAllister

A restaurant in Chigwell, Essex, which counts businessman Alan Sugar, boxer Tyson Fury and footballer Harry Kane among its regulars is to launch a London outpost in Mayfair.

How I Got Here: Civan Er

31-May-2022 By James McAllister

The Turkish-born chef behind Yeni in London's Soho on what drew him to restaurants, the importance of travel, and why he wants to abolish allocated time slots.

Haz to make West End debut

17-Jan-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Currently City-based Turkish restaurant group Haz is to make its West End debut following the acquisition of the former 28-50 Wine Bar & Kitchen site on Covent Garden’s Upper St Martin’s Lane.

Turkish delight - chef Esra Muslu on her first London restaurant

10-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

With the opening of Zahter in Soho, chef Esra Muslu is out to show central London the breadth of Istanbulite cuisine.

Esra Muslu’s Zahter to launch later this month

02-Nov-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Former Ottolenghi chef Esra Muslu will open her debut restaurant, in Soho’s Foubert’s Place, on 30 November.

Ottolenghi chef Esra Muslu to open Zahter restaurant this autumn

26-Aug-2021 By Restaurant

Esra Muslu, former head chef at Ottolenghi Spitalfields, will open her debut London restaurant this autumn.

Podcast: Selin Kiazim on ditching the service charge

07-Jul-2020 By Stefan Chomka

Selin Kiazim says the reopening of her restaurants post lockdown has given her a blank canvas on which to draw on, which is why the time is right for her to scrap service charge.