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- Murano is celebrating its 15th birthday with a facelift (and new chef)
How best to celebrate your 15th birthday? Well, if you're Angela Hartnett's Michelin-starred restaurant Murano then you give yourself a bit of time off for a makeover.
Hartnett's Mayfair restaurant will close for three weeks over August and September before returning with a new look and a new head chef. George Ormond has just taken over the kitchen here from Emily Brightman, having worked alongside her for the
... - Jason Atherton is opening a second Mayfair restaurant, on Bruton Place
Jason Atherton is a very busy man at the moment, and is really establishing himself in Mayfair right now.
Not only is he getting ready to open a restaurant on Savile Row very soon, but he's also getting ready to open one on Bruton Place which
... - Test Driving Dovetale - chef Tom Sellers goes big in Mayfair
Tom Sellers' second restaurant opening of 2023 sees him opening a grand restaurant in Mayfair's hippest new hotel. We head down to see what the Michelin-starred chef has cooked up.
- Test Driving Pavyllon - top French chef Yannick Alléno takes on London
Yannick Alléno is a hugely influential chef in France with multiple Michelin stars to his name. Pavyllon sees him bringing his cooking to London - we went down to try it out.
- Chef Tom Sellers is opening Dovetale in Mayfair
13/07/23 - updated with more details
You couldn't really get more of a prime London spot to open a restaurant than the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street, so Tom Sellers has chosen well for his next venture. The chef behind two Michelin-starred Restaurant Story, is opening Dovetale at the upcoming 1 Hotel Mayfair. It's the hotel group's first UK hotel and they say it's going to
... - Tendril (mostly) Vegan Kitchen & Bar goes permanent in Mayfair
7/7/23 - updated with the opening date
Rishim Sachdeva has been popping up with his Tendril restaurant in a couple of spaces, but now he's getting ready to launch the restaurant in its permanent home.
He describes the restaurant as "mostly vegan" and that's coming through in the new name - Tendril (mostly) Vegan Kitchen & Bar. The permanent
... - The Dorchester rooftop bar is reopening with an English country garden makeover
You know it's definitely summer when The Dorchester reopens its rooftop bar. This year the space will bring the English country garden vibes and serve up an all-day brunch menu by the hotel's culinary director Martyn Nail (ex-Claridge's).
Brunch, Dorchester-style, means dishes like caviar, oysters and fruit de mer, grilled Cornish lobster fregola, côte de boeuf and truffle
... - Test Driving Claridge's Restaurant - a new era for the Mayfair hotel's dining scene
After 18 months closure, Claridge's has a new restaurant called... Claridges Restaurant. We were first in the door to look at the new room and try the new menu.
- Anya Hindmarch's Ice Cream Project is back - this year's flavours include Branston pickle and petit pois
Last year, the launch of Anya Cafe's ice cream pop-up from Anya Hindmarch caused a bit of a stir. Rather than use plain old flavours like vanilla, they had mayonnaise, ketchup and even Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce.
Well, it proved to be something of a hit (TikTok certainly helped) and now they're back with another helping for
... - Claridge's have reopened their restaurant as... Claridge's Restaurant
It's been almost eighteen months since Claridge's hotel in Mayfair closed their Davies and Brook restaurant following a disagreement with chef Daniel Humm over the direction it was going in (he wanted to go fully vegan, they weren't so sure). Now, very quietly, the hotel has reopened their signature restaurant space.
In charge of things as Head Chef is Coalin Finn. He's was at Davies & Brook as
... - Yannick Alleno is also opening Bar Antoine in London
We've known for some time that multi-Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alleno was opening a top-tier restuarant, Pavyllon, in London (they're apparently deep in soft opening mode right now). But news that he's also going to be running a bar alongside that surprisedlu us today.
Bar Antoine, named after the chef's late son, sounds like it might be just the place to try some of Alleno's cooking, without the
... - Test Driving The Grill by Tom Booton at The Dorchester - a restaurant that's so much more just a grill
The Grill at The Dorchester has had a light rebrand to The Grill by Tom Booton, to showcase their star chef. We went down to see just what the grill is cooking up right now.
- Sushi Kanesaka brings omakase to 45 Park Lane
We're still a little surprised when it happens but occasionally the odd restaurant does manage to launch in a fairly stealthy fashion. The latest of those is Sushi Kanesaka which is opening at 45 Park Lane, the hotel right opposite The Dorchester.
It comes from top sushi chef Shinji Kanesaka who also has a two-Michelin-starred restaurant by the same name in Tokyo. The London
... - Yannick Alléno is opening Pavyllon London at the Four Seasons on Park Lane
Updated 2/6/23 with the opening date
After a while, all roads lead to London. Chefs across the globe may open their multi-Michelin-starred restaurants wherever they choose, but it does appear that to be considered a truly global culinary star, they need to have a London outpost to cement their reputation. In recent years we've had Scandinavian giants Niklas Ekstedt and Björn
... - Test Driving 20 Berkeley - high-end British food in a Mayfair townhouse
20 Berkeley sees the team behind Sumi and Humo try their hand at "sophisticated British dining" in Mayfair. We went down to their townhouse to check it out.
