Animal rights activists and Inuit clash over Canada's Indigenous food traditions
Seal meat on a Toronto restaurant’s menu has stirred up a decades-long conflict over anti-hunting campaigns, which the Inuit say threaten their existenceA newly opened restaurant in Toronto sparked...
View ArticleJöro, Sheffield: ‘Some dishes are merely extremely good, others are downright...
Our waiter seems to know as much about every dish as if he’d cooked it himself. Maybe he has: it’s a dinky operation I am not one to complain, but lunch in a shipping container on the Sheffield bypass...
View ArticleFishers in the City, Edinburgh: ‘It needs a friendly whack’ – restaurant...
A few enduring niggles overshadow great cooking and good service at this Edinburgh seafood restaurant, says Jay RaynerFishers In the City, 58 Thistle Street, Edinburgh EH2 1EN (0131 225 5109). Meal for...
View Article'We have nothing against Abba': the Mamma Mia restaurant under attack
Björn Ulvaeus plans to build a ‘singing theatre’ party restaurant – in the heart of a community co-op area in London’s Waterloo. The residents have other ideasDown a narrow side street near Waterloo...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2017: Young Chef of the Year – Tom Adams
He was only 22 when he co-founded Pitt Cue. Then came serious illness and the idea for a Cornish hideaway … with a lot of pigs“I’m not sure I merit one of these,” says Tom Adams of his OFM Young Chef...
View ArticleAntonio Carluccio obituary
Chef, broadcaster and cookery book writer who enjoyed great success with his eponymous restaurant chainAntonio Carluccio, who has died aged 80, was a standard-bearer for Italian cooking. His voice, his...
View ArticleOFM Awards 2017: Young Chef of the Year – Tom Adams
He was only 22 when he co-founded Pitt Cue. Then came serious illness and the idea for a Cornish hideaway … with a lot of pigs“I’m not sure I merit one of these,” says Tom Adams of his OFM Young Chef...
View ArticleTemper City, London EC2: ‘There’s so much going on here, you don’t know where...
‘Korean haggis’ is the sort of madness you’d scribble on a pad at 4am, so I can’t not order itI once met the brother of 1980s heart-throb Matt Dillon, and found myself transfixed by his distorted...
View ArticleRestaurants fear Brexit will turn boom to bust
A quarter of the 3 million people in Britain’s hospitality sector are EU nationals. Many are going, with few arriving to replace themIt’s just after lunchtime in the kitchen of Damian Wawrzyniak’s new...
View ArticleNude diners, do spare a thought for your waiters | Barbara Ellen
Working at a naked restaurant could be a recipe for diasterParis has opened its first nude-dining restaurant, called O’Naturel. Customers eat in the buff, leaving their clothes in a cloakroom, and they...
View ArticleThe Cartford Inn, Lancashire: ‘Long may it flourish’ – restaurant review |...
A contender for dessert of the year is the icing on the cake at this supreme exponent of inventive pub grubThe Cartford Inn, Cartford Lane, Little Eccleston, Lancashire PR3 0YP (01995 670 166). Meal...
View ArticleTen years of posh burgers – how they changed Britain's dining habits
It’s a decade since the first Byron branch opened in west London and flipped the meat sandwich from junk food to high-quality restaurant dish. Now, with premium outlets all over the country, how much...
View ArticleDelia Smith sticks the knife into 'poncey, chefy' restaurants
Honoured by the Queen, much-loved UK cookery writer says too often she finds the joy has gone from eating outDelia Smith has spent her career bringing simple cooking into the homes of millions of...
View Article'Poncey, chefy food'? The UK is full of eateries that Delia Smith would love
The writer has laid into the trend for ornate dishes at British restaurants – but cooking rooted in traditional technique is thrivingFamously, in 2005, with her beloved Norwich City trailing, the...
View Article‘Too poncey’? Delia Smith’s just going to the wrong restaurants | Felicity...
Some eateries do place too much emphasis on ‘theatre on a plate’, but still I’m surprised Delia can’t find more traditional pleasuresI have some sympathy with Delia Smith, who has been roundly set upon...
View ArticleBanning swearing in the kitchen is a start. Now let’s tackle the sexism |...
Chef Asimakis Chaniotis’s move offers hope to women entering an abusive work culture where misogyny is the norm. I wish kitchens had done this years agoEven in today’s modern world, there are still...
View ArticleHome, Leeds: ‘One holds food this ambitious to a higher standard’ –...
I’m in Leeds, I wail, I want something hot Can any restaurant called Home be good enough? When I go home – I mean primal, family home-home – there’s a way of doing things. It includes watching Frasier...
View ArticleThe Kitchen, Inverness: 'A place that really looks after you' – restaurant...
After a miserable lunch at Boath House, Jay is relieved to find himself at the Kitchen in InvernessThe Kitchen, 15 Huntly Street, Inverness IV3 5PR (01463 259119). Meal for two, including drinks and...
View ArticleHow Wagamama changed the way we eat | Sophie Wilkinson
It’s 25 years since Wagamama opened its first branch. Sophie Wilkinson reveals how the chain stays freshA waiter scribbles on my placemat, asking: “Have you eaten here before?” Yes, of course, because...
View ArticleOn my radar: Alexei Sayle’s cultural highlights
The writer, actor and comedian on the joys of cheap restaurants, Otto Dix and that single seat under the stairs on London busesBorn in Anfield, Liverpool, Alexei Sayle studied art before training to be...
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