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Seven of the weirdest death row meals and drinks requests
If you knew a meal was going to be your last, what would you choose? It’s a difficult question that some people really have had to tackle after being sentenced to death. Here is our round-up of some of the strangest ever death row meal requests.
Unfiltered: Harry Lobek
The co-founder of floating restaurant and British seafood specialist London Shell Co. shares his defining moments with Douglas Blyde.
Tom Kerridge brings gourmet fish and chips to Harrods
Tom Kerridge, owner of the world’s only two-Michelin-starred pub, is bringing his gourmet fish and chips to luxury department store Harrods’ Dining Hall.
Sally Abé to open suffragette-inspired restaurant
Sally Abé, the former head chef of Michelin-starred gastropub the Harwood Arms, is to open a suffragette-inspired restaurant in July with an all-female senior team.
Pubs to serve 42 million pints over bank holiday weekend
The British Beer & Pub Association says removing all restrictions in pubs is essential to the survival of the sector, with 42million pints expected to be served this bank holiday weekend – 21 million fewer than normal.
Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites
We round up the latest restaurant news this week, including the return of Mei Mei Lates’ Singaporean BBQ to Borough Market, the reopening of 100 Wardour Street and a new tasting menu from Hibiscus, inspired by its 900-year-old Abbey surrounds.
db meets: Luisa Martinello of OenoHouse
The general manager of OenoHouse, a new fine wine retail and bar concept in the City of London, reveals what we can expect from the venue, and which rare drops will be on sale.
Unfiltered: Charles Carron Brown
Launched in 2019, Henrock is Simon Rogan’s ‘informally elegant’ restaurant in the scenic grounds of Linthwaite House in the Lake District. Douglas Blyde catches up with its head sommelier, Charles Carron Brown.
In focus: How the UK on-trade is faring since reopening
Pubs have been fully reopen less than two weeks, so it is too early to know whether the hoped for spending spree is taking place despite the plethora of press photos of customers brandishing glasses in celebration. But initial reports are hopeful.
Unfiltered: Sarah Helliwell
Sarah Helliwell is head of wine at Wilding, a new restaurant, wine bar and wine shop in Oxford’s bohemian Jericho area founded by Kent Barker of Bibendum, Enotria and Oddbins. It is the sequel to Eight Stony Street in Frome.