On my radar: Susan Greenfield’s cultural highlights
The scientist and writer on The Affair, a Swedish arts centre and a book that tackles machine intelligenceBaroness Susan Greenfield was born in London and studied experimental psychology at Oxford,...
View ArticleA member's view: 'It's just how I remember the restaurants in Jerusalem'
Caroline Crumby is a former chef who now travels extensively as a food product developer. She joined other members for a supper club hosted with joyful zest by London’s celebrated Palomar restaurantI’m...
View ArticleThe Cauldron, Bristol: ‘Mad: a bit. Delicious: absolutely’ – restaurant...
‘Not a lot of Cauldron makes sense but, somehow, they pull it off’As city centres become increasingly repellent to the indie restaurateur, the quirkier ’burbs are where to head if you want to find the...
View ArticleRiley’s fish shack, Tynemouth: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Jay is in love, and he doesn’t care who knows it. The object of his desire? A pair of shipping containers half an hour’s drive from Newcastle…Riley’s Fish Shack, King Edward’s Bay, Tynemouth. Meal for...
View ArticleLeone Exton Beale obituary
My aunt, Leone Exton Beale, who has died aged 94, was the restaurant and catering director at the Westminster theatre, London.She came to the role as the daughter of Leo and Grace Exton, who owned five...
View ArticleLondon Wahaca restaurants close due to suspected norovirus cases
Mexican food chain closes nine outlets after 205 staff and 160 customers reportedly fell illThe Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca has been forced to close several branches after more than 350 customers...
View ArticleRefuge by Volta, Manchester: ‘It’s a glamourpuss’ – restaurant review |...
To do what they’re doing on this scale, and still score hit after hit, is quite the achievement The Palace Hotel building has loomed over Manchester’s Oxford Street since the 1890s, a glum, Gothic...
View ArticleFour Wahaca branches remain closed after suspected norovirus cases
More than 350 customers and staff affected by diarrhoea and vomiting bug at Mexican restaurant chainFour London branches of the Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca remain closed after a suspected outbreak...
View ArticleJaya, Llandudno: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
The Welsh town is famous for its Edwardian elegance and grand seafront. But for Jay the real delight is this hidden gem… Jaya, 36 Church Walks, Llandudno LL30 2HN (01492 818 198). Meal for two,...
View ArticleBritish-run cafe named France's best village bistro by Le Fooding
The Epicerie de Dienne run by Manchester-born Chris Wright takes top prize for ‘unstuffy and cosmopolitan approach’A small cafe run almost singlehandedly by a British chef has been named France’s best...
View ArticleFarmacy, London W2: ‘I pray I never eat here again’ – restaurant review
This glittering, plant-filled restaurant from Camilla Fayed, daughter of Mohammed Al, is in the centre of clean eating’s spiritual homeOn entering Farmacy in Westbourne Grove, I immediately feel as...
View ArticleMargot, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
There’s a new high-end Italian place in Covent Garden, where the waiters wear DJs and the customers swoonMargot, 45 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AA (020 3409 4777). Meal for two, including drinks...
View ArticleSweetest goodbye: Melbourne dessert chef farewells seven years of 'pop-up'...
Pierre Roelofs shows how Melbourne does dinner – as long as dinner is a four-course meal made of sugar, soft fats and tea My dinner companion and I meet in the damp concrete passageway that runs beside...
View ArticleThe Wilderness, Birmingham: ‘This is dinner as theatrical performance’ –...
‘It looks like a stage set, and the food is every bit as dramatic’It was a barney that brought The Wilderness to my attention. When chef Alex Claridge’s former pop-up went permanent back in May, its...
View ArticleMichel Roux Jr's failure to pay chefs minimum wage 'not acceptable'
Sustainable Restaurant Association, headed by Raymond Blanc, says Le Gavroche owner scored ‘massive own goal’Michel Roux Jr’s failure to pay chefs the minimum wage at his Mayfair restaurant has been...
View ArticleYosma, London: restaurant review
For great Turkish food you normally head to the suburbs… but Yosma in Baker Street is the exceptionYosma, 50 Baker Street, London W1U 7BT (020 3019 6282). Meal for two, including drinks and service:...
View ArticleIs the jig finally up for coffee shop Wi-Fi freeloaders?
Cafe proprietors say those making use of free internet access have plunged once-lively establishments into office-like silence – and now they’re fighting backFleabag– the BBC 3 sneak-attack that became...
View ArticleItaly's most famous chef threatens to leave over referendum vote
Massimo Bottura, of Osteria Francescana restaurant in Modena, believes rejection of constitutional overhaul would be disasterThe biggest name in Italian cuisine has threatened to leave the country if...
View ArticleAA Gill opens restaurant review with cancer disclosure
Sunday Times critic wanted to alert readers to any effect of chemotherapy on his taste buds and says he has no ‘bucket list’ Restaurant critic AA Gill has been diagnosed with “an embarrassment of...
View ArticleDenmark's top Michelin-starred restaurant fined over hygiene breaches
Three-star Copenhagen eatery Geranium stored shellfish for too long in warm areas and had ‘splotches’ growing on shelvesIt should have been a year of celebration for Copenhagen restaurant Geranium,...
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