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. 

Ormer

New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Unfiltered: Svetoslav Manolev MS, Ormer

Svetoslav Manolev MS, head sommelier of London’s Ormer, on moving from economics to wine, serving boxer Wladimir Klitschko and why he loves working in London.

Ormer Mayfair names Svetoslav Manolev as new head sommelier

Ormer, the critically-acclaimed restaurant at Flemings Mayfair hotel, part of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, has appointed Svetoslav Manolev as head sommelier.