As 2020 (finally) draws to a close, Wine List Confidential would like to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
News
39 million fewer pints poured over Christmas in UK
It’s going to be the quietest Christmas on record for UK pubs as “punishing” coronavirus restrictions ensure that as many as 39 million pints won’t be poured over the festive period this year.
Roganic and StreetXO have permanently closed
London has two more high profile restaurants, as Simon Rogan’s Roganic and StreetXO, the London outpost of Spanish chef David Muñoz, have both permanently closed.
Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites
This week in restaurant news: a petition to create a minister for hospitality will be debated in January, MasterChef: The Professionals crowns its 2020 champion, and London’s Roganic will relocate in the new year.
Star Wars director JJ Abrams recreates The River Cafe in Lego
In news that sounds like an April Fool, Star Wars director JJ Abrams has recreated celebrated London restaurant The River Café out of Lego.
Ottolenghi opens pop-up wine shop in Belgravia
Jerusalem-born London-based chef Yotam Ottolenghi has turned his deli on Motcomb Street in Belgravia into a pop-up wine shop in the run up to Christmas
UK hospitality loses £53 billion in sales so far in 2020
The UK’s hospitality sector has suffered over £53bn worth of lost sales this year, with more losses to come from the collapse of Christmas trading.
Glasgow pub team recreates East 17 music video
The bartending team at The Gate pub in Glasgow’s East End Quarter have recreated East 17’s Christmas hit Stay Another Day to help promote their new range of bottled cocktails.
Table Talk: Jeremy Lee
The ebullient head chef of Quo Vadis on the joyful union of langoustines and white Burgundy, eating porcupine offal, and being treated to rare bottles of Rhône by Bill Baker.
London restaurateurs react to tier three ruling
After only two weeks of trading since the last lockdown, hospitality businesses across London have been forced to close yet again, with just over 24 hours’ notice. Eloise Feilden speaks to four restaurateurs in the UK capital to find out what being moved into tier three will mean for their businesses.
Top London restaurants offering delivery
With London restaurants shuttered again following the capital’s move into tier three, we’ve rounded up some of the best delivery offerings to sink your teeth into over the holidays.
London restaurants with Christmas and New Year hampers and wine
We round-up a selection of London restaurants, which featured in this year’s Wine List Confidential guide, that are offering Christmas and New Year hampers, meals and wines for delivery and collection.