Travel - Something for the weekend
- Written by Gavin Hanly
Grant Achatz's mantlepiece - if he has one - must be groaning with awards. His Chicago restaurant, Alinea, has won a lot of them in the decade since it opened. It's picked up three Michelin stars along the way, bobbed in and out of the Top 10 of the World's 50 Best list (currently at 26) and, crucially, is much loved. When the World's 50 asked the public to cast their votes for the first time, Al…
Read more: Alinea's Grant Achatz on Madrid & Miami pop-ups, what's to come in Chicago and more
- Written by Catherine Hanly
We popped out to the countryside to see what's happening at Raymond Blanc's Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. Got a big celebration coming up? Or just want to really, really treat yourself? Then this is the place.…
Read more: Raymond Blanc's country fiefdom - we check into Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
- Written by Catherine Hanly
We check into Claridge's, one of London's most prestigious hotels, to try the whole package from dining in Fera to tea on the terrace.…
- Written by Catherine Hanly
Cocktails in The Cub Room, a ride in the hotel Daimler - we'd happily move in let alone check into The Beaumont.…- Written by Catherine Hanly
From Guernsey butter and Spanish jamon to French shellfish - here's how to do a Euro foodie tour with someone else doing all the hard work.…
Read more: Setting sail on Britannia - a culinary tour around the Bay of Biscay
- Written by Catherine Hanly
A vineyard you can be sipping wine at less than 60 minutes from London? We take a short hop out to Bolney in Sussex…
Read more: Weekend bites: Taking the Grand Gourmet Tour at Bolney Wine Estate
- Written by Eleanor Sanderson
With fabulous natural produce and jaw-dropping scenery, a foodie road trip around rural Wales is a feast for all the senses.…
Read more: Weekend bites: we're won over by Wales's natural larder
- Written by Eleanor Sanderson
Great English wines, fresh seafood and Michelin-star restaurant - Sussex is a great place for a foodie weekend away…
Read more: English wine, fresh-landed seafood and Michelin fare: our weekender guide to Sussex
