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

Unfiltered: Elena Serban, Heritage Restaurant and Bar

Head sommelier of Soho’s Swiss-inspired Heritage Restaurant and Bar, Elena Serban, recalls trying a bottle of 1982 Cheval Blanc, how she almost ended up as a human rights lawyer and why a tray of Bellinis still gives her shivers.

Emmanuel Macron opens presidential wine cellar to public for the first time

France’s presidential wine cellar in the Elysée Palace has officially opened to the public, in a move by president Emmanel Macron intended to promote national heritage.