Snackistan, London SE15: ‘How could I resist?’ – restaurant review | Marina...
What’s this? ‘It’s a Wotsit,’ our server says, ‘Everyone likes Wotsits.’ We snigger like childrenWhat has happened to Peckham since I last wafted down these parts? Rye Lane, with its stalls draped with...
View ArticleThe Jetty, Dorset: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
From your table at the Jetty in Dorset you can almost see your dinner swimming in the harbourHarbour Hotel, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 3NT (01202 400 950). Meal for two, including drinks and service:...
View ArticleCharge the 'rich' to feed the poor: Madrid's Robin Hood homeless cafe
Charity restaurant makes money from customers by day to offer homeless people a dignified dining experience by nightA little before nine o’clock on Tuesday night, Antonio Gutiérrez found himself facing...
View ArticleMeet the regulars: what makes people want to eat in the same place every day?
From a steak tartare in London’s West End to a burrito in Bath, seven diners explain what keeps them coming backI stumbled across the Wolseley by accident when it had only just opened in 2003. I...
View ArticleOsteria Francescana: does the world’s best restaurant live up to the hype?
Tanya Gold goes very, very fine dining in Modena, ItalyThe entrance is a glass door in a pink wall on a cobbled street. A brass plate with the outline of a chicken is pinned to the wall; for some...
View ArticleVegetarian cafe refuses to accept £5 note made with animal byproduct
Rainbow cafe in Cambridge under fire for taking stand over new polymer notes manufactured using tallow A vegetarian restaurant owner’s decision not to accept the new £5 note because it contains traces...
View ArticleSambal Shiok, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
By day, it’s a pleasant north London café; by night Sambal Shiok takes over to become a red-hot pop-up laksa barSambal Shiok (inside Blend ), 587 Green Lanes, London N8 0RG (020 8341 2939). Walk-ins...
View ArticleRobochops – on the road with a food-delivery droid
The future’s here and it’s delivering lamb chops from a Turkish restaurant in south LondonNot many futuristic technological advances involve lamb cutlets served with a choice of chips or salad. But...
View ArticleShake Shack and Five Guys: ‘Teenagers have terrible taste in food’ –...
‘This is gooood,’ swoons the teen, falling into a bacon double cheeseburger. ‘Gooood foood.’ And, lordy, it is It had to be burgers. (“Nando’s,” says the actual teen. “Should be Nando’s.”) There’s no...
View ArticleA foodie’s tour of Aberdeenshire: it’s fit for a prince
Local holidaymaker Prince Charles has opened a restaurant near Balmoral, eastern Scotland, one of many showcasing the area’s superb fresh ingredientsBlimey, it’s wet here. The 40-minute drive from...
View ArticleTemper, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Smoke gets in your eyes at Temper, but it’s the sumptuous rendered meat that will make you weepTemper, 25 Broadwick Street, London W1F 0DF (020 3879 3834). Meal for two, including drinks and service:...
View ArticleThe best thing I ate in 2016
From a homemade birthday cake to wild pig in the Yucatán, the big names in food, including Nigella Lawson, René Redzepi and Nadiya Hussain, recall their favourite eating experiences of 2016Fat chips...
View ArticleMichel Roux Jr apologises for paying chefs less than minimum wage
TV chef claims he didn’t notice staff’s long working hours and their underpayment was unintentionalFormer BBC1 MasterChef host and Michelin-starred, Le Gavroche restaurant owner Michel Roux Jr has...
View ArticleJust Eat online takeaway service pays £200m for UK rival Hungry House
Internet company embarks on £300m buying spree that will also see it acquire the Canadian service SkipTheDishesThe online takeaway food service Just Eat is to spend up to £300m on a buying spree,...
View ArticleMichel Roux Jr admits restaurant staff get no share of service charge
TV chef who apologised for not paying minimum wage says charge at Le Gavroche in London is treated ‘as revenue’ The TV chef Michel Roux Jr has admitted his Michelin-starred Le Gavroche restaurant keeps...
View ArticleMichel Roux Jr to scrap service charge and increase menu prices
Chef announces decision after admitting Le Gavroche restaurant did not share extra 13% fee with staffThe TV chef Michel Roux Jr has said he will scrap the the service charge on all diners’ bills from...
View ArticleMy Neighbours The Dumplings, London E5: ‘I’m besotted’ – restaurant review |...
It’s every bit as cool-kid as its location suggests, but the food is worth it It’s often said that fashion is affected by its social and political environment. Same goes for food: the bloated 80s...
View ArticleMichel Roux Jr, here’s a recipe for tipping | Deborah Orr
His Le Gavroche restaurant has criminally underpaid staff and holds on to service charges. We need more naming and shaming to root out other employersTelevision chef Michel Roux Jr has emerged this...
View ArticleLong hours and low pay the norm for young chefs, says Michel Roux Jr
Guardian revelation that kitchen aristocrat paid staff less than minimum wage has brought issue of service charges to the foreMichel Roux Jr, born into chef aristocracy and trained under his father,...
View ArticleVeneta, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Veneta may have been a lacklustre way to round off 2016. But the year has had many highlights. Jay Rayner picks his bestVeneta, 3 Norris Street, London SW1Y 4RJ ( 020 3874 9100). Meal for two,...
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