News
Mumm Champagne to open restaurant in Reims
Champagne GH Mumm is to open a restaurant in Reims called La Table des Chefs, which is due to serve its first dishes to the public on 12 May.
Chef wins court case after charging no-show customer €510
Chef Paulo Airaudo was taken to court after charging a customer €510 for failing to turn up for their booking at two Michelin Star restaurant Amelia in San Sebastián.
WLC recommends: Woven by Adam Smith at Coworth Park
Douglas Blyde visits Woven, Adam Smith’s Berkshire restaurant. While there, he tastes a trio of English wines, including London Cru’s Pinot Precoce 2021 alongside Cornish turbot with lobster, a “nod” to the dish that Smith won the Roux Scholarship with in 2012.
Unfiltered: Jonathan Ellson
The director of food and beverage for Coworth Park talks to Douglas Blyde about applying his neuroscience degree to Woven by Adam Smith, which scooped a Michelin six months after opening, the importance of homegrown wines, and who would play him in a film…
X Muse vodka announces plans for Art of Bartending competition
Scottish heritage grains vodka brand X Muse held an event at The Connaught hotel’s Red Room to announce details of its upcoming Art of Bartending Competition.
Thailand’s Le Du crowned ‘best’ at Asia’s Top 50 Restaurants
Le Du in Bangkok was awarded the accolade of ‘best restaurant’ in Asia in a live ceremony hosted in Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa.
Shepherd’s pies served in pint glasses horrify beer fans
Images of pubs serving main meals in beer pint glasses have been re-emerging online, with people vocalising their horror at the stunt.
Balthazar boss slams English people for being the worst tippers
NYC restaurateur Keith McNally has complained that English people are the worst tippers, “especially if they’re middle or upper class”.
WLC Eats: Amphora, Cambridge
Douglas Blyde visits Cambridge wine bar Amphora, the brainchild of “aspirant Master of Wine” Cong Cong Bo, and samples some of the “knowingly esoteric” list.
Waitress fired for ‘mixing own blood’ into cocktails
A Japanese cafe has given an employee the boot after accusing her of using her own blood in place of coloured syrup to make cocktails.