Death

Dom Taylor, the chef who was behind the successful Good Front Room restaurant, has died. 

Taylor ran a private chef business before taking part in the Channel 4 show Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef, judged by Michel Roux. Upon winning that competition, he was given the chance to open his own pop-up restaurant inside The Langham's Palm Court, called The Good Front Room. That restaurant took more of a fine dining approach to modern Caribbean cuisine, with dishes

Back in the eighties, were you really an A-lister if you hadn't dined at Poon's? The Covent Garden restaurant which Bill and Cecilia Poon opened in 1973 was one of those restaurants which defined both the city and the decade. Bill was born in China, later moving to Macau and was a seventh generation chef. On arriving in London in the seventies, he found a capital city that, in his opinion, was crying out for good Chinese food. So he opened his first restaurant in Chinatown, followed by the more high-end Poon's in Covent Garden, which went on to receive a Michelin star in 1980.

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News broke yesterday of the sudden death of one of the most interesting chefs on the London and UK restaurant scene. After a short illness, having been diagnosed with a rare skin cancer last year, chef Skye Gyngell died on 22 November, "surrounded by her family and loved ones".

A statement released by the family said: "Skye was a culinary visionary who influenced generations of chefs and growers globally to think about

We're sorrier than we can say to have to relay the news of the death of Richard Vines. The former restaurant critic for Bloomberg, Richard was one of the best-known characters associated with London's restaurant scene and someone we knew as a friend for the many years we've been running Hot Dinners.

For a quarter of a century, Vines was the Chief Food Critic at Bloomberg - a perhaps unlikely final job for someone who first

London's restaurant scene suffered another blow yesterday with the news of the untimely death of food writer and restaurateur Bill Granger. A statement released by the family said: "It is with great sadness that the family of Bill Granger announce he has passed away on 25th December at the age of 54. A dedicated husband and father, Bill died peacefully in hospital with his wife Natalie Elliott and three daughters, Edie, Inès and Bunny,

Profound shock was the abiding feeling today right across London's restaurant scene with the news that restaurateur Russell Norman has died. The news was announced by Restaurant Magazine who had been contacted by Russell's long-time business partner Richard Beatty, who said in a statement:

"It is with the greatest sadness that I announce the loss of my best friend Russell Norman. After a short battle in hospital, he died