OFM Awards 2015 best ethical restaurant: the runners-up
Sustainable, environmentally friendly and charitable: readers’ choices from across BritainBest ethical restaurant: the winnerMarket Bistro, King’s LynnNorfolk producers are championed at this family...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2015 best ethical restaurant: The Clink, HMP Brixton
There’s local food, recycling, composting … but at a restaurant staffed by inmates, it’s the sustainability of people that’s most importantRead the full list of regional runners-up hereA waiter, in a...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2015 best Sunday lunch: The Camberwell Arms
Rabbit and smoked bacon pie. Fried duck eggs. No Yorkshire puddings. There’s nothing ordinary about Sunday afternoons at this London pubFull list of runners-up from across Britain“I’m bricking it a...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2015 best Sunday lunch: the runners-up
Roasts and vegetarian dishes from pubs and restaurants across Britain, as voted for by OFM readersBritain’s best Sunday lunch – click here for the winnerHole in the Wall, Little WilbrahamIt’s the...
View ArticleObserver Food Monthly Awards 2015: the winners - in pictures
All the winners from this year’s awards, from best food personality to best cookbook, photographed exclusively for Observer Food MonthlyContinue reading...
View ArticleRestaurant chains criticised over children's menus and soda refills
Soil Association says menus dominated by chips, burgers and fizzy drinks that can be topped up make it almost impossible to choose healthy foodChildren’s menus at some of the UK’s leading restaurant...
View ArticleBin the kids’ menu. Give them food instead | Jay Rayner
No more breaded turkey dinosaurs: children aren’t a different species – they should be restaurant-friendly, and eat what adults doFor anybody who has ever fed themselves and their families on the...
View ArticlePidgin, London E8 – restaurant review | Marina O’Loughlin
‘This fixed-menu idea is nothing new, but the Pidgin team have made it fresh and vibrant as a citron pressé’In the restaurant business, there are bad amateurs and good amateurs. The bad ones will have...
View ArticleChipotle's silence on sustainability practices make it a target for CSR...
Chipotle is copping flack on all sides for refusing to demonstrate that its claims regarding GMOs and other sustainable practices are supported by fact and actionSometimes life does imitate art. Last...
View ArticleHow to order wine at a restaurant: find the oldest year and an unfamiliar grape
A really good wine buyer or sommelier will almost always have a special wine in their median price range somewhere on the list – here’s how to find itPicking out a wine at a restaurant can be...
View ArticleMy 50 favourite UK restaurants: critic Marina O'Loughlin's choice
The Guardian’s restaurant critic picks her 50 favourite restaurants in the UK, from a seaside pub in Kent that serves some of the best food on the planet to a Glasgow old-timer that’s a city...
View ArticleMarina O'Loughlin's 50 favourite restaurants: post your webchat questions now
Guardian restaurant critic Marina O’Loughlin has chosen her 50 favourite restaurants in the UK. Ask her your questions in a live web chat from 1pm GMT on Monday 26 OctoberRead Marina’s 50 UK favourites...
View ArticleTwitter campaign targets fake restaurant reviews on TripAdvisor
Restaurateurs and food critics back #noreceiptnoreview campaign to deter fraudulent postsA growing number of frustrated restaurateurs, food writers and diners, backed by Observer restaurant critic Jay...
View ArticleVico: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
An overcomplicated concept mars an otherwise sound scheme for an urban restaurant serving Italian classicsVico, 1 Cambridge Circus, London WC2. No booking. Meal for two including drinks: £25-£45The...
View ArticleOn my radar: Sharon Horgan’s cultural highlights
The award-winning Catastrophe star on documentary Palio, the magic of Metronomy, Kate Bush live and standup comedian Bridget ChristieSharon Horgan was born in Hackney, east London in 1970. When she was...
View ArticleI've been brainwashed: I went to Europe and I couldn't stop myself tipping
As someone who lives in America and has worked in the service industry, going out to eat and not tipping makes me so uncomfortable that I have to do it – even if those on the receiving end are just as...
View ArticleTaken back 35 years by bleeding radiators | Letters
Tim Dowling (Notebook, 22 October) reminded me of a wonderful, now sadly deceased, housemaster at my boarding school in 1980, who I now realise took mischievous pleasure in telling his teenage, rather...
View Article‘I made a giant mess’ – newspaper editor Tony Gallagher on working in the...
After he was sacked last year, the former Daily Telegraph boss went to work at his favourite restaurant. How did he handle the heat – and the gloating politicians?One of my final acts as editor of the...
View ArticleEat, drink and save when you take the children out for a half-term treat
Rip-off restaurant prices can make family dining expensive, but there are ways to keep the bill downEating out with children can be difficult. And research released last week by the Soil Association...
View ArticleMaître d' teaches Calais migrants a taste of the gastronomique
Gil Galasso has set up a school in the infamous Jungle camp and is using the art of the table to transform his students’ lives The Jungle in Calais is not a place associated with luxury, or fine...
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