Forget expensive restaurants. The best meals are had with people you love |...
Yes, Michelin starred food can be cheap. That’s because a lot more than money goes into great diningTo call oneself a “foodie” has become an important marker of self-regard among a certain kind of...
View ArticleDamien Hirst and Mark Hix: ‘We could do Viagra oysters at the restaurant’
The artist and the restaurateur behind Pharmacy 2 form a comic double act with tales of magic mushrooms, mortuaries, and why ‘food is like art without the evidence’Damien Hirst has arrived early for...
View ArticleA naked restaurant? The very idea has me shrinking in horror | Luke Holland
Sure, you get to make a load of sausage, bap and melon jokes, but other than that, you can stick London’s latest weird eatery where the sun don’t shineI’m not totally convinced anyone really – truly –...
View ArticleEl Gato Negro, Manchester: ‘I’m finding it hard to forgive the ham. It’s...
It’s a gorgeous place to hang out. Should you mistakenly imagine yourself in Madrid, there’s a mosaic of Frank Sidebottom and John Cooper Clarke to keep it realTThere are two things I always order in...
View ArticleCurry restaurants in crisis as immigration rules keep out chefs
Around 600 curry houses have shut in 18 months, with fears that a third of the industry could closeDavid and Samantha Cameron enjoy a curry. They tucked into chicken korai and saag paneer at...
View ArticleGive all families tap water to fight childhood obesity, restaurants told
LGA survey finds 13% of parents feel awkward about asking for free water when eating out as alternative to sugary drinksRestaurants should routinely offer tap water to families to help fight child...
View ArticleSavini at Criterion: restaurant review
It’s a stunning room and deserves something grand. Instead the Criterion has been lumped with overpriced foodSavini at Criterion, 224 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HP (020 7930 1459). Meal for two, including...
View ArticleZizzi cuts staff perks days after introduction of new living wage
Pizza chain reduces workers’ tips and restricts choice of free meals in changes it says are not linked to fair pay schemeWaiting staff at the pizza chain Zizzi have had the amount they earn from tips...
View ArticleA cure for curry house chef shortages may be close to home | Letters
Mark Leftly (Curry house owners call for new visa rules to end chef crisis, 23 April) is right to highlight the need for British curry houses to recruit more chefs lest this now essential part of our...
View ArticleEverybody should get a taste of life as a waiter | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
If people realised how badly serving staff are treated by the public and their employers they might realise how unfair Zizzi’s tips move isIt is a firm and longstanding belief of mine that every...
View ArticleRestaurant Group warns of profit decline after fall in customer numbers
Frankie & Benny’s owner expects annual sales to be down by 2.5-5%, after being hit by fewer people visiting retail parksThe company behind the restaurant chains Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito and...
View ArticleCooking with cannabis: ‘I have a fish guy, a meat guy and a weed guy’
In the two years since Colorado legalised cannabis, chefs in the state have been finding new ways to make a meal of it“This is delicious, Roz Bielski says, dabbing her mouth with a napkin. “Like eating...
View ArticlePadella, London SE1: ‘I hoover up wriggly worms of pici pasta like a deranged...
‘If they do embark on an expansion plan, anyone lucky enough to welcome a Padella to their neighbourhood should put out the bunting’Among the many enraging things about the internet’s obsession with...
View ArticleLe Pain Quotidien ended paid staff breaks ahead of 'national living wage'
Cafe chain also accused of failing to pass on all staff tips as Sajid Javid prepares to release investigation into abuse of tippingThe Belgian coffee shop chain Le Pain Quotidien has been criticised...
View ArticleThe Ninth: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
For great food, service, price and surroundings, Jun Tanaka’s latest venture – his ninth – ticks every boxThe Ninth 22 Charlotte Street, London W1 (020 3019 0880). Meal for two, including drinks and...
View ArticleTips should go to workers, not employers, says government report
Charges on gratuities in restaurants, hotels and bars should be scrapped or limited, according to a review of tipping practicesTips in restaurants, hotels and bars should go to workers and not their...
View ArticleHome help for the shortage of chefs | Letters
Tim Evans makes a brilliant point about there being “highly qualified chefs in the UK already in the women who cook for their families every day... Why are they not encouraged to move into the...
View ArticleFamous California vegan restaurateurs under fire over revelation they eat meat
Animal rights activists circulated photos of the husband and wife team behind Cafe Gratitude and Gracias Madre eating a burger and keeping freezer full of beefThe California-based husband and wife...
View ArticleCurry restaurants in crisis as immigration rules keep out chefs
Around 600 curry houses have shut in 18 months, with fears that a third of the industry could closeDavid and Samantha Cameron enjoy a curry. They tucked into chicken korai and saag paneer at...
View ArticleZizzi cuts staff perks days after introduction of new living wage
Pizza chain reduces workers’ tips and restricts choice of free meals in changes it says are not linked to fair pay schemeWaiting staff at the pizza chain Zizzi have had the amount they earn from tips...
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