Gordon Ramsay signs US$100m restaurant deal
Shouty chef Gordon Ramsay has secured a US$100m investment from private equity firm Lion Capital to open 100 new restaurants in America by 2024.
Mirazur in France named world’s best restaurant
Mirazur, Mauro Colagreco’s three Michelin-starred restaurant in the town of Menton on the French Riviera, has been named the world’s best restaurant.
These are the world’s 50 best restaurants
The world’s 50 best restaurants, including two forward-thinking London venues, were revealed at a glittering ceremony in Shanghai last night.
American rapper Nas to open London restaurant
American rapper Nas is to open a UK branch of his fried chicken and waffle restaurant Sweet Chick in London’s affluent Fitzrovia district this year.
Magnum of Brangelina’s rosé sells for €2,600
A magnum of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s latest rosé release, Muse de Miraval, has sold at auction for €2,600, making it the most expensive rosé in the world.
Former Fat Duck chef to take over Londrino site
Jonny Lake, the former head chef of Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck, is to open his own restaurant with sommelier Isa Bal on the site of the recently closed Londrino in London Bridge.
Richard Corrigan to take over former Nuala site
Irish chef Richard Corrigan is to take over the former site of Irish restaurant Nuala in London’s Old Street and will launch a new restaurant later this year.
Robin Gill to head up food offering at Great Scotland Yard
Having just opened Darby’s next to door the US Embassy in Nine Elms, chef Robin Gill is to head up the food offering at the Great Scotland Yard hotel in Westminster.
London gets its first saké on tap
We’ve had craft cocktails and frizzante Prosecco on tap, now the latest drink to get the keg treatment is saké, which is being served on tap at The Arts Club in Mayfair.
Lancashire restaurant named best in the UK
Moor Hall, a restaurant with rooms in Lancashire that scooped two Michelin stars in two years, has been named the best in the UK at the National Restaurant Awards.