Chelsea

• BÓHA London mixes Irish and British influences on the King's Road

  

  A very different kind of British/Irish restaurant has just opened its door in Chelsea that's aiming straight for the luxury end of the London dining scene. BÓHA London has taken over the old Chelsea Lodge site on the King's Road with its restaurant and soon-to-open cocktail bar.

  Behind the scenes are a founding team that includes several folk from the drinks business like Jay Bradley CEO of The Craft Irish

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• Lobster roll pop-up kicks off Café Pier's takeover programme in Chelsea

  

  Last month we reported on the revival of an early 20th century cabmen's shelter in Chelsea which had been turned into the diminutive Café Pier. Now the riverside spot is about to get its first pop-up.

  Chef Charles Bryant is going to be the first one to take over the space with

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• Café Pier takes over the old cabmen's shelter on Chelsea Embankment

  

  Dotted around the city, cabmen's shelters are a living piece of London's history, dating back to the late Victorian era when cabbies needed somewhere warm to sit and grab a bacon sarnie and a cup of tea. There are still 12 working shelters left in London, with access to those strictly reserved for London's black cab licence holders. But one recently restored shelter in Chelsea is about to open its doors to all

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• 5 food and drink things to look out for in this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show

  

  If you're heading down to Chelsea for this year's flower show there are a few food and drink themed gardens and displays, along with some new bars and restaurants. Here's our guide.

• A preview visit to The Campaner at Chelsea Barracks

  

  We took in an early doors preview of this new SW1 restaurant, tucked away in the Chelsea Barracks.

• Meat The Fish sees the team behind Mayha opening in Chelsea

  

  Having stormed the Marylebone scene with their sushi spot, Mayha, the Lebanese restaurant group behind that are now gearing up to open Meat The Fish in the heart of Chelsea.

  Picked out by the World's 50 Best Discovery list and praised for their amazing sandwiches, Meat The Fish is a grocery delivery service turned restaurant chain that's hoping to serve London with dishes made using the best premium

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• The Campaner at Chelsea Barracks sees Barcelona's Martinez team take on London

  

  Updated 2/5/23 with new opening date

  In Barcelona, Terraza Martinez is best known for being the place to enjoy a seafood paella overlooking the sea from their position on the slopes of Montjuic. So it's going to be very interesting to see what the team behind that do with their first London restaurant.

  The Campaner (the name means bell ringer in Spanish) is taking over the

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• Andreas on Chelsea Green is opening a new shop, and restaurant Kale Street

  

  For more than a decade Andreas Georghiou and his family have been providing the well-heeled residents of Chelsea and many of London's top chefs with their five-a-day. Now the grocer beloved by the likes of Nigella and Gordon is making plans to expand.

  Andreas and his family are getting ready to unveil a brand new grocers shop - they've taken over the building next door to them on Chelsea Green.

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• King's House in Chelsea sees MasterChef winner Dhruv Baker serve up Basque steaks and more

  

  Back in the day, The Jam Tree was quite the King's Road institution. Now its former owner, Ashley Letchford, is back in charge along with Riding House Cafe's Clive Watson. They're relaunching it as new restaurant and bar, King's House.

  Anyone who knows the space well (most recently it was The Lost Hours) will remember that one of the big draws is the massive garden at the back. That's now been given a total

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• Duck + Champagne is serving up duck burgers and grower champagnes at the Chelsea Funhouse

  

  We're always looking out for interesting new pop-ups and residencies and a new one down in Chelsea has caught our eye. Duck + Champagne at the Chelsea Funhouse on King's Road sounds definitely worth a punt.

  The key thing is that the people behind it. Steve Huggett and Claire Hodgson, have a frankly stellar CV of having worked for top restaurants here in London and New York. Steve's background includes two

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• Ukrainian restaurant Mriya is opening in Chelsea, giving work to Ukrainian refugees

  

  19/7/22 - Updated with the opening date

  Ukrainian Chef Yurii Kovryzhenko has been an ambassador of Ukrainian cuisine for years, something that has only taken on greater importance in recent months as he's now been forced to stay in the UK due to the war with Russia. 

  Recently he's been cooking with top chefs like Tom Sellers and Jason Atherton

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• Social Pantry to open Design Restaurant at Chelsea Harbour's Design Centre

   

  They have a couple of cafes across London - at Lavender Hill and Crane's Kitchen in Peckham - and now Social Pantry are coming to Chelsea Harbour for their first full-blown restaurant. 

  They're teaming up with the Design Centre there, and will be setting up shop in what used to be the Dome Café. As with their other cafés, they'll source from a small

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• Ottolenghi heads to Chelsea's Pavilion Road for his next deli opening

  

  10/1/22 - updated with opening date

  The foodie hub that is Chelsea's Pavilion Road is soon going to be home to one of Yotam Ottolenghi's biggest neighbourhood delis. The all-day spot will open from breakfast through to early evening and they're promising some rather special new dishes that will be exclusive to Chelsea folk.

  Running along the same lines as other Ottolenghis, there'll be

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• First look - we check out The LaLee at The Cadogan

  

  Chelsea has a new neighbourhood dining spot. Newly opened at The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, on Sloane Street is The LaLee.

• The Cadogan in Chelsea launches new restaurant, The LaLee

  

  Just opened and taking the place of the departed Adam Handling restaurant, the Belmond-owned Cadogan hotel in Chelsea has opened its new restaurant The LaLee. 

  Based around one of the hotel's most famed residents, Lillie Langtry (whose townhouse became part of what's now The Cadogan), it's pitched as a neighbourhood grand café with a "love of entertaining" at the heart of it - and that means you can expect a fair bit

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