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- The best restaurants in Kensington
We've picked out the best restaurants in Kensington. From top Michelin-starred restaurants to glittzy fare from Big Mamma, here are the best places to eat out in the area.
- Test Driving Fantômas - Chelsea gets a sexy new restaurant where the food's as stylish as the surroundings
Fantômas sees the power restaurant duo George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev teaming up with chef Chris Denney in Chelsea. We wandered down the King's Road to check it out
- Simon Rimmer and Tom Kerridge team up for a charity Sunday Brunch burger
If you fancy trying the combined culinary efforts of a TV host and Michelin-starred chef then you'll need to head to Chelsea this month. Sunday Brunch host Simon Rimmer and chef Tom Kerridge have pooled their creative talents to create a burger that's being sold throughout November for charity.
‘The Everyday Sunday Brunch’ burger is a beast of a burger and features a patty topped with cheese, Lyonnaise
... - The Wee Sister is chef Anna Haugh's new wine bar in Chelsea
Five years after throwing open the doors of her Irish restaurant just off the King's Road, chef and writer Anna Haugh is now in the process of unveiling her latest enterprise in the area. The Wee Sister is Haugh's new wine bar and it really is a close sibling, being right next door to the restaurant.
The bar has taken over another wine space, Last Drop Wines. As Anna explained to us, "It's an Irish wine bar
... - Bottarga takes over from Chicama, shifting to the Mediterranean
Recently Chicama, from the people behind Pachamama, closed in Chelsea. However, they've hung on to the space and are opening a new restaurant there pretty sharpish, called Bottarga.
This new opening will actually be closer to the group's restaurant in Notting Hill, Zephyr, albeit a more casual version, and will see them switch to a Mediterranean influence. The menu here also
... - Fantomas sees ex-Fiend chef Chris Denney join the Wild team in Chelsea
19/9/24 - Updated with lots more detail about what to expect
Restaurant duo George Bukhov-Weinstein and Ilya Demichev appear to be vying for the title of busiest restaurateurs in London. Having only very recently opened the hugely successful Lita and with places like Goodman, Wild and Belvedere under their belts, just to name a few, they're now getting ready to open
... - Alley Cats Pizza are heading to Chelsea
Updated 15/7/24 with opening date
They've been hugely popular in their first Marylebone location, with near-constant queues since they opened last year, but now Alley Cats Pizza are looking to open their second restaurant.
They've settled on Chelsea as their next location, opening on the King's Road (taking over from another pizzeria, Humble Pizza) where fans can
... - Birley Chocolate shop opens its doors in Chelsea
Just over a year since Birley Bakery opened its doors on Chelsea Green the same team have now opened a chocolate shop and cafe on the same street. Birley Chocolate is ostensibly, as the name would suggest, a chocolate shop. But the new space has a proper cafe space at the rear of the store where they're going to be serving breakfast and lunch.
On the menu there'll be overnight oats and croque madame croissants for breakfast
... - Dez Amore pick Chelsea for their first proper restaurant, that'll look like your Nonna's house
You may have tried their pasta or burgers at one of their stalls across London - either at one of the Mercato Metropolitanos, dotted around Canary Wharf or at Camden Market and Crate Walthamstow. But now Dez Amore are going one step further, opening their first standalone restaurant.
They're heading South West to Fulham Road where they'll be opening up a few junctions down from popular newbie Josephine.
... - Jason Atherton to open Three Darlings, a Chelsea neighbourhood bistro
Jason Atherton has been rumoured to be opening quite a few restaurants of late, but the chef/restaurateur still manages to surprise us when he actually announces something. First, there was the launch of Mary's, taking over from Pollen Street Social. Then
- The Pig's Ear in Chelsea is the Gladwin Brothers' first pub
10/5/24 - updated with the opening date
In March, after just over two years in business, The Chelsea Pig closed. But a pub has been in that space for a very long time, it's coming back in another form pretty sharpish. The Gladwin Brothers have announced they're getting into the pub game, opening The Pig's Ear.
The Gladwins are behind restaurants like Rabbit in
... - Cheeky overnight: sushi and maximalism at Beaverbrook Town House
Fancy pretending you're on Made in Chelsea? Booking an overnight stay at the gorgeous Beaverbrook Town House hotel would be a good start.
- Test Driving Josephine Bouchon - Claude Bosi brings Lyon to London
Claude Bosi's third new opening in the space of a year is a more personal affair as he teams up with his wife Lucy for a neighbourhood Lyonnaise bouchon. We headed west to Chelsea to take a look for ourselves.
- Claude Bosi is opening Lyonnaise restaurant Josephine in Chelsea
Updated 23/1/24 with a new opening date
It's been quite the year for chef and restaurateur Claude Bosi. He began with the opening of his bistro Socca in Mayfair with Samyukta Nair and then followed that up with the unveiling of his glamorous rooftop restaurant
- Tabisca Italian steakhouse opens in Chelsea
Opening very under the radar between Christmas and New Year in Chelsea is Tabisca, an Italian restaurant which started in Lecce. The original restaurant over there describes its offering as "dishes with particular attention to the flavours of Salento and Puglia".
The restaurant has an enormous menu featuring everything from crostini to meat and cheese platters. But the main focus is meat with
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