Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites

In restaurant news this week: Dining out in the UK is predicted to fall by over a third in September, London wine bar Top Cuvée gets ready to open a shop, and a MasterChef: The Professionals finalist prepares to open a West African restaurant in October. 

Corkage

New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Emily Roux’s London restaurant launches BYO wine lunches

Caractère in Notting Hill will offer guests the opportunity to bring their own wine for lunch on a Tuesday or Wednesday, whether it’s “a rare white Châteauneuf-du-Pape or a bottle from your local supermarket”.

Hot tip: La Trompette

£5 corkage on Sunday and Monday evenings