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. 

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New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Marcus Rohlén named new head chef of Frenchie London

Chef Marcus Rohlén will lead the kitchen at Gregory Marchand’s Frenchie in London’s Covent Garden, serving the modern French cuisine that the restaurant is renowned for.

Mirazur in France named world’s best restaurant

Mirazur, Mauro Colagreco’s three Michelin-starred restaurant in the town of Menton on the French Riviera, has been named the world’s best restaurant.

Unfiltered: Nicola Perrone, Orrery

Italian-born Nicola Perrone, head sommelier at French neighbourhood restaurant Orrery in Marylebone, explains how his wine list is “his baby” and reveals that the one wine he can’t get along with hails from his motherland.