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Galante Argentine bar opens on Sloane Avenue
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Galante Argentine bar opens on Sloane Avenue

Opening right next door and by the same people behind Gaucho on Sloane Avenue, new South American bar Galante opens this week with a cocktail and bar menu inspired by the 1930s Art Deco cocktail era in Buenos Aires.

The bar has an impressive cocktail list put togther by Tato Giavanonni who was voted Read more

 
Jamie Oliver former trainee found dead in South London
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Monday, 23 January 2012
Jamie Oliver former trainee found dead in South London

The body of a chef who trained at Jamie Oliver's Fifteen has been discovered in a South London garden. The grim discovery was made just hours before the chef's former boss was due to go on to British television to launch a Missing Person appeal.

Kevin Boyle's disappearance prompted countless chefs Read more

 
Wahaca, OXO Tower and more win sustainability awards
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Monday, 23 January 2012
Wahaca, OXO Tower and more win sustainability awards

Congratulations are in order for two London restaurants today that picked up awards at the Sustainable Restaurant Awards ceremony this morning.

The award for Sustainable Restaurant Group of the Year was won by Wahaca who proved particularly strong in the Environment and Society sections. Co-owner Thomasina Read more

 
MPs complain about House of Commons chips
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Monday, 23 January 2012

We absolutely love the story today in the Daily Mail (sorry about that) where they've brought together all the MP's whinges about the food and drink operations in Parliament.

Apparently they're all from the suggestions tray in the subsidised restaurant at the House of Commons and have just been released Read more

 
Italian restaurant and wine bar Enoteca Super Tuscan opens in Spitalfields
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Italian restaurant and wine bar Enoteca Super Tuscan opens in Spitalfields

Italian restaurant and wine bar Enoteca Super Tuscan soft-launches today in Spitalfields. We caught up with owner Nick Grossi to find out more.

You share a name with Grossi wines who are supplying the wines for Enoteca Super Tuscan - but are no relation. How did your partnership with them come about? Read more
 
Is New York's Danny Meyer taking over from Gordon Ramsay at Claridges?
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Thursday, 19 January 2012

Updated 20/1/12: Looks like our sources could be wrong folks. Asked today on Twitter whether he's taking over at Claridges, Meyer replied: 'No such plans'. 

Hot Dinners heard the hottest of hot rumours yesterday that NYC restaurateur Danny Meyer will take over from Gordon Ramsay at Claridges when Read more

 
Hawksmoor to revamp Spitalfields restaurant with brand new bar
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Hawksmoor to revamp Spitalfields restaurant with brand new bar

Hawksmoor have been seriously busy over the past year opening new restaurants, so it's nice to hear that they're going back to their roots and are revamping their original Spitalfields restaurant. There's going to be a brand new 60 seat bar which will be opening in late February.

If you're wondering Read more

 
Alyn Williams does Cornish Grill Sunday lunch at Redhook
Written by Catherine Hanly   
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Alyn Williams does Cornish Grill Sunday lunch at Redhook

The Cornish Grill Sunday lunch events at Redhook in Farringdon kick off once more on a particularly strong note this year with Alyn Williams the first chef in their kitchens on Sunday 29 January 2012. Williams, if you didn't know, is the former head chef at Marcus Wareing who last last year opened his Read more

 
Roganic and Hakkasan win three rosettes each from the AA Guide
Written by Gavin Hanly   
Tuesday, 17 January 2012

The latest awards of the season have arrived with the announcement at midnight last night (very dramatic!) from the AA who have revealed seven new winners of three AA rosettes across Britain.  These rosettes (the range goes from one to five rosettes) include two London winners. And what do they Read more

 
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