Jugemu, London W1: ‘This is one of those rare reviews I’ve hesitated to write’
‘I’m not sure I understand it all, but then, I’ve always had a mild sense of inferiority in top Japanese restaurants’It’s a galumphing cliche to attribute the obsessive pursuit of perfection to a...
View ArticleReplacing EU hospitality workers after Brexit 'will take 10 years'
British Hospitality Association says hotels and restaurants could go bust unless ministers allow staff from EU countries to remain in jobsThe shortage of British workers in UK hotels and restaurants is...
View ArticleBarbecoa, London: restaurant review
Jamie Oliver’s flashy new meat and smoke joint in Piccadilly is ambitious in everything, including its prices194 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EX (020 3005 9666). Meal for two, including wine and service:...
View ArticleBreak an egg! A theatre critic reviews Leon’s singing staff
Employees at the West End branch of the restaurant now sing showtunes for customers. Will it lead to empty chairs at empty tables?Charlotte Chalkey and Aaron Rahn have only recently graduated from...
View ArticleIf you don’t like the menu, you know what you can do …
Too noisy, or too meaty? Don’t moan at me if a restaurant doesn’t cater to your every need or whimRecently I received an email from a woman who wanted me to do something about chefs using nuts in...
View ArticleTrump Turnberry, Ayrshire: ‘I’m drooling with the wrong kind of anticipation’...
‘I can’t hate the whole glittery, meretricious shebang, because the staff are lovely’Obviously I go to Trump Turnberry with prejudices fully erect. Of all the lies the orange plank spouts on an hourly...
View Article‘The manager was selling coke to staff’: the truth about top restaurants
Stolen tips, long hours, diminishing pay: the restaurant business has found itself in hot water lately. That’s just the half of it, reveal chefs, waiters and maître d’sDo you work in the industry?...
View ArticleTell us about working in the restaurant industry
Stolen tips, bullying, drug use at work – chefs and maître d’s have lifted the lid on life in top restaurants. Now we’d like to hear from youIf you work in the restaurant industry you may be no...
View ArticlePeach Tree and Momo-No-Ki, Shrewsbury: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
A modern British bistro and a Japanese ramen house out of one kitchen? Somehow it works and it’s lots of funThe Peach Tree and Momo-No-Ki, 18-21 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AE (01743 355055). Meal...
View ArticleHow hard is it to be a chef and a mother with young children?
Five professional cooks discuss how having kids changed their lives, in the kitchen and at home Margot, 52, co-owns Rochelle Canteen and catering company Arnold & Henderson in Shoreditch, east...
View ArticleCalifornia waiter fired for asking customers to prove residency
Huntington Beach restaurant employee demanded proof of legal residencyBrenda and Diana Carrillo thought waiter was joking but ‘he didn’t have a smile’A waiter has been fired from a restaurant in...
View ArticleSpain’s best restaurants – in the middle of nowhere
In our second extract from his book Grape, Olive, Pig, Matt Goulding reveals the amazing small restaurants and grills serving classic country dishes on the back roads of Spain How paella got punked –...
View ArticleFrom field to truck to plate: how undocumented workers feed a city
It’s not impossible that food in a restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina could have involved undocumented workers at every stage of processing – and that deporting them would seriously hurt the whole...
View ArticlePopolo, London EC2: ‘I’d go back weekly if I could’ – restaurant review |...
Italian-Middle Eastern-Mexican fusion? Why not, if it works this beautifully? When Waterstones opened its “secret”, unbranded bookshops in small towns, book purchasers were up in arms at the...
View ArticleWilsons, Bristol: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Good ingredients, cooked well and served in an unshowy room… Wilsons shows the joy of keeping things simpleWilsons, 24 Chandos Road, Bristol BS6 6PF (0117 973 4157). Meal for two, including drinks and...
View ArticleIs the Sexy Fish Uber deal the new Granita pact?
The fancy London restaurant has been mooted as the birthplace of a cosy arrangement between the Cameron government and the travel appName: Sexy Fish.Age: Two years.Related: Sexy Fish: what to wear to...
View ArticleThe Con Club, Altrincham, Cheshire: ‘Every dish surprises’ – restaurant...
It happily swerves the old bish-bash-bosh, even though it could probably get away with itHard as it may be for the fanatical likes of me to believe, not everyone treats dinner as part of the obsessive...
View ArticleThe Other Naughty Piglet, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
When Andrew Lloyd Webber chooses a restaurant for his new theatre, it’s going to be good. Weirdly, the wine isn’t, says Jay RaynerThe Other Naughty Piglet, at The Other Palace, 12 Palace Street, London...
View ArticleGeorge Calombaris's restaurant empire hands staff $2.6m in unpaid overtime
‘I am devastated by what has happened and we have been working extremely hard to fix this,’ celebrity chef saysMore than 160 people employed by the restaurant empire controlled by the celebrity chef...
View ArticleKangaroo on the barbie as Australia goes to town for the superstar chefs |...
Tourism bosses spent a fortune to bring the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony to Melbourne. And they certainly know how to put on a showStrange as it may seem, before the star-studded World’s...
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