Source: Craft Guild of Chefs Leading hospitality names such as chefs Simon Rogan, Adam Handling and Tom Shepherd were among those who received a prestigious accolade at the 2023 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards. Held on Thursday 1st June at the Park Plaza, Westminster in London, the event was attended by 700 of hospitality’s leading […]
Michelin-starred Pedro Almeida and cult carnitas chef Lauro Romero are ditching preconceived notions from kitchen hierarchy to snobby vibe. Mexican chef Lauro Romero, mastermind of Northeast underground restaurant Clandestino, will soon have a new address: the 35-story Ritz Carlton Portland, slated to open late summer in downtown. A recent Q&A interview with Romero and Almeida […]
Eighteen new restaurants including Henry Harris’ Bouchon Racine in London have been added to the Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland’s selection this month. It is the first set of new additions to the red book since it announced its 2023 star winners in March. Michelin reveals new recommendations monthly based on its inspectors’ travels and the […]
404 Bakery comes from a couple of Hong Kong bakers who took their home city by storm when they set up an online bakery driven by their obsession with chocolate cakes. However the bakery had to close when they decided, like so many others, to leave Hong Kong for London. But Hong Kong’s loss it […]
“Scott’s in Richmond is certainly an effective clone of the original in Mayfair,” wrote critic, Andy Hayler of the sensational two-floor riverside venue which launched in September 2022 – some 169 years after the Mayfair original whose roots reach back to fishmonger, John Scott’s ‘Scott’s Oyster Rooms’. “No expense seems to have been spared in […]
From a Fitzrovia restaurant devoted to Spanish tortillas to a fin-to-gill Greek seafood spot in Marylebone, this June is set to see several enticing London openings. Kima You’ve heard of nose-to-tail eating, but what about fin-to-gill? Andreas Labridis and Nikos Roussos, the Hellenic duo behind OPSO, INO and Pittabun, are heading to Marylebone to open […]
