Chef Philip Britten has launched a delivery-only – and coronavirus-friendly – fine dining restaurant based out of a so-called ‘dark kitchen’ in Battersea.
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Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites
We round up this week’s news, including the opening of a restaurant serving a six-course menu inspired by a chip shop, and a cheese-focused eatery based on a barge.
Kandylis to leave 67 Pall Mall to join Australia’s Lucas restaurant group
Head sommelier of wine members’ club 67 Pall Mall, Terry Kandylis, is to leave his post at the end of the month to take on the role of beverage and wine director at Australian restaurant group Lucas.
Gerard Basset’s memoirs to be published
The long-awaited memoirs of legendary wine professional Gerard Basset will launch later this month after hundreds of wine trade professionals raised money to see them published.
WLC Eats: Loyal Tavern
WLC’s resident bon vivant, Lucy Shaw, heads to Loyal Tavern on Bermondsey Street for a brooding Barbera and a buttermilk-poached cod and white bean stew that would make José Pizarro proud.
Who’s exhibiting at the Wine & Spirits Show 2020?
Some pretty big names in the world of wine are due to rock up at One Whitehall Place next month. We’ve profiled a small selection of who to expect, and what they’re bringing to our two-day drinks extravaganza.
WLC Eats: Wilder
WLC’s resident hedonist, Lucy Shaw, heads to exciting newcomer Wilder in Shoreditch for pig’s head on toast, pollock with trotter relish and a beguiling young Burgundy.
Floating cheese barge to open in London
Paddington is set to get its third floating restaurant this spring when Mathew Carver, founder of Pick & Cheese, opens The Cheese Barge in Sheldon Square.
Unfiltered: Andrés Rangel, Gymkhana
Andrés Rangel, assistant head sommelier of London’s Gymkhana, on moving from rugby to wine and pairing tandoori masala lamp chops and Côte-Rôtie.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to close Bristol restaurant
Celebrity chef, writer and restaurateur Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is to close his River Cottage Kitchen restaurant in Bristol owing to “challenging market conditions”.
Public Health England slams size of restaurant wine glasses
Restaurant wine glasses should be no bigger than 250ml, according to Public Health Europe, in order to prevent instances of binge drinking in the UK.
Le Cordon Bleu offers click and collect service
World-renowned cookery school Le Cordon Bleu is to offer a click and collect service at Cord, the 90-cover restaurant at its new London outpost on Fleet Street.