‘I’m following a dream – giving people my soul food’: the global restaurants...
These 15 small venues – all run or founded by immigrants to Britain – are part of the fabric of the nation’s high streets. But after two hellish years, can they survive?Plus 15 great recipes – from...
View ArticleBayside Social, Worthing: ‘Riotous colour and wake-me-up flavours’ –...
The coast in winter can be bracing, but Bayside Social in Worthing proves to be a glorious refugeBayside Social, 1 Beach Parade, Worthing BN11 2FG (01903 867050; baysidesocial.co.uk). Small plates...
View ArticleCalories on menus ‘may not be helpful’ in drive against obesity
Campaigners say compulsory menu labelling could put too much emphasis on calorie countingA Big Mac has 508. Wagamama’s hot chicken katsu curry has 1,089. And a large mixed grill with chips at...
View ArticleSpice up your life! 22 sensational seasonings that aren’t salt or pepper
Why stick to the same condiments when you can zhoosh dishes up with za’atar or add some yummy yaji? Some of Britain’s best chefs suggest their favourite additionsHistorically, Britain has been timid...
View ArticleAndi Oliver restaurant admits delay in handing tips to staff
Chef’s business partner says payments were held up as company waited to receive Covid support grantsCelebrity chef Andi Oliver’s east London restaurant business has admitted taking weeks to hand over...
View ArticleWolseley restaurant owner Corbin & King goes into administration
CEO denies largest shareholder’s claim that parent company of prominent London venues is insolventThe owner of high-end London restaurants including the Wolseley and the Delaunay has fallen into...
View ArticleMessages on menus can double number of diners choosing plant-based options
Themes of making a small change for a big impact and joining a movement are effective in nudging consumers, research findsSimple changes to messages on restaurants’ menus can double the frequency of...
View ArticleRestaurateur Jeremy King found fame and fortune on a roll of the dice
Pure chance led to the co-owner of Le Caprice and the Wolseley’s choice of careerJeremy King is a devotee of the dice. The restaurateur behind the Wolseley and the Delaunay gave up his place at...
View ArticleJuke & Loe, Sheffield: ‘Bold cooking designed to satisfy’ – restaurant review
A louche lunch at Sheffield’s Juke & Loe proves there’s no better place to be on a Friday afternoonJuke and Loe, 617 Ecclesall Rd, Sheffield S11 8PT (0114 268 0271, jukeandloe.com). Lunch – two...
View ArticleOn my radar: Rose Matafeo’s cultural highlights
The Starstruck creator and star reveals her passion for Joan Collins, J-pop and all-you-can-eat vegetarian buffetsBorn in Auckland, New Zealand in 1992, comedian and actor Rose Matafeo started...
View ArticleFood House, London: ‘Full on, in a very good way’ – restaurant review
The address has long been a family favourite, but the new owners provide a great reason to revisitFood House, 46 Gerrard Street, London W1D 5QH (020 7287 2818). Starters £5.80-£9.80; large dishes...
View ArticleOn my radar: Caleb Azumah Nelson’s cultural highlights
The Costa first novel award winner on Dave, the jazz photography of Roy DeCarava, and his restaurant obsessionThe writer and photographer Caleb Azumah Nelson was born to Ghanaian parents and raised...
View ArticlePeople injured as mezzanine floor collapses at east London bar
Emergency services at scene of partial building collapse in Hackney Wick, east LondonSeven people have been rescued from the Two More Years bar in east London, and a number of people have been treated...
View ArticleSugarcane London: ‘This is all comfort food’ – restaurant review
The food is terrific, but it is the story of care leaver Chef Tee’s Sugarcane London that’ll feed your soulSugarcane London, 517 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 4PA (020 7498 8758). Starters £4-£6, mains...
View Article‘The numbers don’t lie’: why no-tipping policies can hurt US restaurant workers
There’s no argument that a tipping model has its problems – but without it, some restaurants can’t absorb the higher cost of wagesA restaurant in Bloomington, Indiana, has eliminated tipping and is...
View ArticleLiving in a woman’s body: hospitality workers have always suffered abuse. In...
Many women working in restaurants and bars say men routinely asked them to remove their masks in return for tips, putting their lives at riskAfter working as a bartender in Washington DC for many...
View ArticleOpening nightmare: launching a restaurant into a world stricken by Covid and...
The past two years have been the hardest ever for restaurants. Amid critical shortages of staff, food supplies and even customers, can a new venture from the man behind Polpo survive? Every morning...
View ArticleCumbria restaurant L’Enclume wins third Michelin star
Hyper-local produce helps Simon Rogan’s restaurant become first three-star venue in north of EnglandL’Enclume in Cumbria has become the first restaurant in the north of England to win three Michelin...
View ArticleEating out is an indulgence – so is putting calorie counts on menus doomed to...
Yes, we need to do something about obesity. But this new legislation seems unlikely to helpEverything I am, I owe to calories, as Sophia Loren never quite said. I have built myself, one edible unit of...
View ArticleThe Plimsoll, London N4: ‘Nostalgia, simplicity and brazen oddness’ –...
‘The most undiluted, multi-sensory fun I have had since 2020’The Plimsoll is a pub down a side road in Finsbury Park, north London, doing an ebullient trade serving burgers and more, that knows exactly...
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