Ellory, London E8: ‘Everything about it indicates a restaurant très serieux’...
There comes a point where purity teeters towards Puritanism Chefs have attracted groupies since the days when Marco Pierre White and his visionary ex-band manager agent, Alan Crompton-Batt, made a...
View ArticleManagers at upscale London restaurant accused of taking waiters' tips
Unite has claimed management at STK London on the Strand is creaming off cash meant for serving and kitchen staffAn upmarket steakhouse at an exclusive London hotel is being accused of topping up...
View ArticleRising costs put third of Britain’s curry houses at risk of closure
Tough new immigration restrictions on skilled chefs spark crisis talks in London this weekIt’s only midday on a grey Friday lunchtime, but from the kitchen tucked away in the back of the Prince of...
View ArticleBrunswick House: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Part architectural salvage, part urban gyratory, Brunswick House in London’s Vauxhall is filled with unexpected treasuresBrunswick House, 30 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 (020 7720 2926). Meal for two,...
View ArticleOn my radar: Hollie McNish’s cultural highlights
The poet on the Shambala festival, the magic of Withered Hand, Laura Dudsworth’s Bare Reality and an inspiring visit to a Roman fortHollie McNish was born in Reading in 1983 to Scottish parents....
View ArticleOpen for business: the railway arches serving customers as well as trains
Attracted by the low rent and industrial aesthetics, entrepreneurs are flocking to disused railway arches to start their own venturesFor Peter Jackson, setting up a microbrewery in a railway arch a...
View ArticleChipotle closing for company-wide meeting leaves customers confused
Mexican fast-food chain closes all stores across US for four hours on Monday to brief staff on the company’s future following disastrous E coli outbreakIt was the lunchtime rush hour when two tourists...
View ArticleCoffee in the anti-cafe: hipsters beware Vienna’s Cafe Am Neumarkt
Waiters wear string vests, elderly men mutter in corners and fridges buzz insistently. Cafe Am Neumarkt certainly isn’t cool and edgy – but that’s what this novelist loves about itCafe Am Heumarkt is a...
View Article‘You’ve got to be pretty ballsy’ – the perils of cooking when your other...
The partners of chefs Angela Hartnett, Russell Norman, Monica Galetti, Cyrus Todiwala, José Pizarro and food critic Marina O’Loughlin explain what it’s like to cook for themAccording to tradition (if...
View ArticleMy favourite Chinese restaurant: food bloggers reveal the restaurants they love
To welcome in the Year of the Fire Monkey, foodiehub writers share their top tips for Chinese restaurants in Asia and beyond• Tell us about your favourite Chinese restaurant whether it’s in Hull or...
View ArticleGuy’s, Glasgow: ‘It’s one of those rare places that defies conventional...
The menu may be anchored in Caledonia, but it doesn’t so much wander around the globe as stagger drunkenly across it There is nothing that should work about Guy’s. Really: nothing. Its location in a...
View ArticleChef drops foie gras from Valentine's menu after death threats
Mark Dixon of Kings Arms at Fleggburgh criticises ‘harassment’ by vegan activists after receiving menacing phone callsDeath threats from anonymous callers claiming to be vegan activists have forced a...
View ArticleHill & Szrok: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Serious about meat and beer? Then this is the place for you. But keen pricing is no excuse for not getting it spot on…Hill & Szrok Public House, 8 East Road, London N1 (020 7324 7799). Meal for...
View ArticleWhy the Spanish love tea, Marmite and Cathedral City cheddar
Spain is now the fifth-biggest export market for British food products. So what does one of Britain’s top Spanish chefs make of his compatriots’ penchant for British grub?I’m very pleased that the...
View ArticleWhat makes a meal really memorable?
It’s not dishes served in sheep skulls or any manufactured ‘wow factor’. It’s much more subtle and emotional than thatFrom Observer Food Monthly, free this Sunday with the Observer. Click here for £1...
View ArticleRick Stein, Sandbanks: ‘I’m not buying it’ – restaurant review
It’s all too corporate and slick, overproduced and soulless, safe and anodyne: an M&S cashmere of a restaurant Sandbanks, despite its location in an area of natural beauty, is deeply unattractive....
View ArticleHoppers: restaurant review
Not one for queuing up, Jay Rayner made an exception for Soho’s newest Sri Lankan place – and was rewarded for his patienceHoppers, 49 Frith Street, London W1. No bookings. Meal for two, including...
View ArticleFood’s special relationship: five chefs and their suppliers
From pig farmers in Herefordshire to scallop divers on Mull, Britain’s best suppliers develop a bond with the chefs who put their food on the tableBack in March 2009, Richard Vaughan of Huntsham Farm...
View ArticleOn my radar: Gordon Gano’s cultural highlights
The Violent Femmes frontman on a classic silent film, Lou Reed & John Cale’s Songs for Drella – and the best cheese enchilada in DenverIn 1983, Violent Femmes reached chart-topping heights with...
View ArticleThe restaurants that shaped my life
I can measure out my life in restaurants from Berni Inns to favourite haunts like Kettner’s. They all tell the story of Britain’s changing tastesNo doubt Nick Jones, the owner of private members’ club...
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