Top 10 new London restaurants to watch in 2019
While restaurants are closing with alarming frequency in London, 2019 looks set to be another exciting year for big name chef openings in the capital. We’ve rounded up the 10 most anticipated launches this year and their opening dates.
Two more London restaurants close their doors
The provocatively named Flavour Bastard and modern Irish restaurant and cocktail bar Nuala have both barely one year after opening, highlighting the ongoing challenges faced by restaurateurs in London.
Top 10 food and drink trends for 2019
From the fermenting fad and canned wine craze to motherless meat, we round up what we predict will be the 10 biggest food and drinks trends in the UK this year.
Lyle’s owners to open wine bar and bakery
In what is set to be a growing trend this year, the owners of Michelin-starred Shoreditch restaurant Lyle’s are to open a bakery that doubles as a wine bar.
Jackson Boxer to open Scottish resto in Notting Hill
Jackson Boxer, who runs Brunswick House in Vauxhall and St Leonards in Shoreditch, is to open a Scottish restaurant in Notting Hill with chef Andrew Clarke next year.
Six drinks books that make ideal stocking fillers
With Christmas just a fortnight away, we round up six drinks tomes that make ideal stocking fillers, from the definitive guide to amber wine, to how to make like Tom Cruise and open your own bar… from the comfort of your living room.
In focus: London sommeliers that make wine
Mirroring the trend of chefs growing ingredients on their own patches of land, a clutch of sommeliers in London are making their own wines in Europe and beyond, to give them something special to sell.
Stevie Parle’s Rotorino to close
Rotorino, chef Stevie Parle’s Italian restaurant in London’s trendy Dalston district, is to close its doors after five years in business.
WLC Eats: Sushisamba Covent Garden
WLC’s resident sybarite, Lucy Shaw, heads to the new Sushisamba in Covent Garden for wagyu gyozas, poussin teriyaki, yuzu saké and an edible zen garden.
Jason Atherton to open 16-seater resto
Indefatigable British chef Jason Atherton is to open a 16-seater restaurant next door to his Michelin-starred flagship, Pollen Street Social in Mayfair.