Oblix at The Shard, London opens today
07 May 2013
Rainer Becker, the creator and founding force of Zuma and Roka restaurants, opens OBLIX in The Shard, today.
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Shhh! It's a soft launch for The Pearson Room
03 May 2013
Food aside (we’ll come on to that), The Pearson Room has some good credentials. Firstly it’s located in Canary Wharf – captive audience, tick. Secondly it’s designed by the people behind Bubbledogs and Le Gavroche’s bar – style, tick. Now for the food, after all, that’s what you go there for! Head Chef is Vagner Matos (previously at The Swan, Shoreditch and Cecconi’s) who creates a menu focusing on sharing platters with dishes such as fish tacos with chipotle aioli, queenies and a buttermilk fried chicken burger all featuring. There's a Pearson Burger too, which offers tobacco onions, pulled pork or wild boar bacon as optional extras. Gourmet twists on everyday dishes such as lobster mac'n cheese, steaks, pies and a meat board also put in an appearance.
Read moreGordon Ramsay opens in Vegas today!
18 Dec 2012
Visitors to Las Vegas can now dine at yet another top chef’s restaurant in the gambling city. Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill opens today at Caesars Palace and Gordon Ramsay BurGR will open at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Saturday (Dec 22).
Read moreClaude and Cedric Bosi to open The Malt House
03 Dec 2012
Claude Bosi and brother Cedric have acquired their second pub in South West London, The Malt House in Fulham. Situated in a quiet street in the heart of Fulham Broadway, the pub will open its doors in February 2013 after a major refurbishment.
Read moreBO LONDON to open in Decmber 2012
05 Nov 2012
Bo London will open its doors on Thursday 6th December 2012. Located in Mill Street in Mayfair, the restaurant will feature the “X-Treme” Chinese cuisine of chef patron Alvin Leung from 2 Michelin starred Bo Innovation in Hong Kong. A native of the UK (Alvin was born in London), Bo London realises the chef’s lifetime ambition - to open a restaurant in the capital and become part of its dynamic restaurant culture.
Read moreKitchen Table opens at Bubbledogs
06 Oct 2012
Kitchen Table, the intimate chef’s table dining room tucked away behind Bubbledogs, opened on 2nd October, initially for dinner service only.
Read moreBrindisaTapas Kitchens opens fourth restaurant in Shoreditch
13 Sep 2012
Named Tramontana, Brindisa’s fourth restaurant celebrates the cuisine of the Spanish Mediterranean. This includes the Catalan and Levantine Coasts, from northern Catalunya to Almería and the Balearic Islands. Fresh fish, rice and pasta along with an exceptional array of Mediterranean vegetables and fruit are strong elements of this cuisine. The warm and unique climate of this area of Spain provides a colourful, diverse range of dishes and a balanced way of eating.
Read moremaze Launches Sushi Bar
21 Aug 2012
maze restaurant and Bar in Mayfair celebrates the latest addition to their French Asian menu; maze sushi bar will open mid September 2012 adding an exciting new dimension to the restaurant. Guests will be able to enjoy the sushi and sashimi dishes in various ways; at the counter itself, as a selection with drinks in the bar or to accompany the menu in the main restaurant. Chef Gohei KISHI will bring his unique style given his French Japanese heritage and experience to this award wining Mayfair restaurant.
Read moreSushiSamba gets first European Opening in London
26 Jul 2012
SUSHISAMBA will debut its first European location in London in the summer of 2012. Located on the 38th and 39th floors of the Heron Tower, SUSHISAMBA promises to deliver a unique blend of Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian cuisine, culture, music and striking design to the City of London.
Read moreDuck and Waffle
19 Jul 2012
The company behind Sushi Samba have been busy, having only recently geared up for their first European opening this summer in London, they are also the brains behind Duck & Waffle set to open in August this year. Encouraging a shared experience for guests through its menu featuring small plates, artisanal cocktails & expansive rum selection, they will be open 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. With panoramic views of London from the 38th and 39th floor of Heron Tower in the City, it will be the place to party this summer.
Read moreSkye Gyngell to become Culinary Director at Heckfield Place
02 Jul 2012
Skye Gyngell will be taking on the role of Culinary Director at Heckfield Place, Hampshire – a country house hotel due to open March 2013 - and at a new London restaurant, due to open later this year. The London restaurant will be supplied with produce from Heckfield Place’s estate, while Skye’s distinctive philosophy will inform every aspect of dining both at Heckfield and the London site, from sourcing and menus through to plating and presentation.
Read moreExmouth Market Caravan opens Second Site
17 Jun 2012
Caravan is due to open a second site in Kings Cross in July, following the success of founders Miles Kirby (formerly head chef of The Providores) and Chris Ammermann’s first venture on Exmouth Market. Caravan Kings Cross will be located in the Grade II-listed Granary Building, which is part of the extensive 67-acre development site between King’s Cross Station and St Pancras International. The regeneration of the former grain store, which dates back to 1851, received the Mayor’s Award for Planning Excellence in January 2012.
Read moreBo London brings x-treme Chinese to the capital
25 May 2012
Alvin Leung, 2 Michelin starred chef of multi award-winning Bo Innovation in Hong Kong, is bringing his X-treme Chinese cuisine to London in September 2012. Bo London in Mayfair will be the chef’s first establishment outside Hong Kong and a return to the city of his birth.
Read moreThe Draft House crosses the river to Fitzrovia
10 May 2012
Charlie McVeigh’s Draft House has finally crossed the river, securing a fifth site on the smoking hot corner of Charlotte Street & Goodge Street. The former Northumberland Arms, at 43 Goodge Street W1, has been watering Fitzrovians since the early 1800s. The Draft House will open in July and aims to continue that tradition, dispensing the very finest cask and keg beers, accompanied by established Draft House classics such as foot-long scratchings and hamburger specials The Yolk, The Smoke and The Poke.
Read moreChampagne & Hot Dogs at Bubbledogs
12 Apr 2012
Husband and wife team James Knappett and Sandia Chang are to open Bubbledogs this July at 70 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia. Knappett (The Ledbury; The Berkeley; Noma; Per Se) will be Head Chef while Chang (Roganic; TheBerkeley; Noma; Per Se) will be General Manager.
Read moreUmami Opens in London
12 Mar 2012
This spring sees a welcome new addition to the South Kensington restaurant scene as exciting Asian eatery Umami opens its doors on 14 March. Ideally located on Cromwell Road, Umami will offer a creative and authentic menu of both small and sharing plates, with influences from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea. Served in two sizes, to taste or to share, tapas-style dishes will include perennial favourites such as chicken satay and Thai fish cakes alongside signature creations like sweet basil, garlic and peppercorn tossed squid.
Read moreVanilla Black Team Announces Opening of Orchard
22 Feb 2012
Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy, the partners behind Michelin recommended vegetarian restaurant Vanilla Black, have opened Orchard, a British vegetarian eatery.
Read moreLIMA is coming to London
03 Feb 2012
Peruvian food and drink has a long and distinguished history and for many has come to be considered one of the finest and fastest growing international gastronomic movements today. In Spring 2012 chef Virgilio Martinez and the Gonzalez brothers, will open LIMA in Fitzrovia, London, a new restaurant integrating traditional and contemporary Peruvian cuisine.
Read moreHIX Belgravia
29 Jan 2012
A collaboration between celebrated chef and food writer Mark Hix and the Thompson Hotel Group, sees the opening of Hix Belgravia and the second of Hix's award-winning Mark's Bar opening on 1st February.
Read moreDabbous
23 Jan 2012
Located in the heart of London's West End on Whitfield Street, Dabbous is the first solo venture for Ollie Dabbous, laterly of Michelin-starred Texture and one of a handful of young chefs Restaurant magazine recently hailed as shaping the UK culinary scene, and award-winning mixologist Oskar Kinberg, formerly bar manager of the Cuckoo Club.
Read moreLeon de Bruxelles opens first international branch in London
14 Jan 2012
One of Belgium's oldest and best loved restaurants, Chez Leon, famed for its exceptional moules frites and hearty Flemish classics, has chosen London for the setting of their first international branch of its Leon de Bruxelles franchise, opening on 17th January. They're going for a 'soft' opening between 17th and 20th January, when all food will have 50% off.
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