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Atul Kochhar to open new London restaurant Kanishka
Atul Kochhar, the first Indian chef in the world to receive a Michelin star, has announced plans to open a new restaurant called Kanishka in March that will showcase cuisine from India’s lesser-known regions.
Mayfair’s Neo Bistro rumoured to be closing
Executive chef Mark Jarvis has cut ties with Mayfair’s Neo Bistro amid rumours that the restaurant is set to close in the new year.
Jason Atherton to open 16-seater resto
Indefatigable British chef Jason Atherton is to open a 16-seater restaurant next door to his Michelin-starred flagship, Pollen Street Social in Mayfair.
Staff at this Michelin-starred restaurant in Scotland only work four-day weeks to ‘fuel creative flare’
A Michelin-starred restaurant in Edinburgh is trailing a four-day working week for its staff to improve their creativity and promote a healthy work-life balance.
Damien Hirst to close Devon restaurant The Quay
British artist Damien Hirst is to close his Ilfracombe restaurant The Quay, which is located close to one of his sculptures – an imposing bronze statue of a developing foetus inside a figure’s womb.
Maine investigates restaurant that gives lobsters pre-boil marijuana
Following news last week about a restaurant giving cannabis to crustaceans, officials in the state of Maine are now investigating the procedure with the restaurant reportedly halting production of its ‘smoked lobster’.
Restaurant chain lost £145m in value after dead rat found in soup
Chinese restaurant chain Xiabu Xiabu saw its stock value slide by £145 million after video footage emerged on social media of a diner fishing out a dead rat from a bowl of bubbling broth.
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.
Restaurateur blames bad reviews on ‘cursed’ chicken foot and snake sculpture
The owner of the Matlock Gurkha Inn in Derbyshire has blamed bad reviews and a temporary loss of business on the discovery of a bejeweled chicken foot and a three-headed snake statue outside his restaurant.
Abba-themed restaurant coming to London
An ABBA-themed restaurant will be coming to London next year, founded by Björn Ulvaeus himself, but it won’t be in Waterloo.