Notting Hill

• Test Driving Caractere in Notting Hill

  Emily Roux and former Le Gavroche Head chef Diego Ferrari are the husband and wife team behind this Notting Hill restaurant. We head down to check it out.

• Emily Roux and husband Diego Ferrari are opening Caractere restaurant in Notting Hill

  Emily Roux is teaming up with her husband, Diego Ferrari - former Head Chef at Le Gavroche. They'll be running Caractère, a restaurant that's part French, part Italian in Notting Hill.

• Marianne Lumb is moving on from Marianne restaurant

  

  Over the past five years, Marianne Lumb's restaurant Marianne has been quietly doing great business in Notting Hill. As David Sexton said in the Standard soon after the opening - "If then your idea of a good time is not seeing and being seen and making a lot of noise, just being unobtrusively extremely well-served, Marianne is a complete treat."

  But now things are changing for the restaurant as the chef is moving on.

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• Bucket in Westbourne Grove is going to be a sustainable seafood spot

  An ex-Gaucho team are taking over the old American diner Shack on Westbourne Grove and taking it in a decidedly seaside direction with sustainable seafood served in buckets and on boards.

• Andina comes to Notting Hill with Picanteria and Panaderia - Peruvian restaurant and bakery

  This is the latest from Martin Morales, the man behind Andina and Ceviche. It sees him bringing not only another Andina restaurant to Notting Hill but is bringing London's first Peruvian bakery to the area.

• Family-run flexitarian restaurant 184 Green and Grill comes to Notting Hill

  In the 80’s, Alex Giri opened West London’s Canal Brasserie. Now, 30 years later, she’s back with her son Oscar in tow to bring flexitarian food to Notting Hill’s Kensington Park Road, with a separate cocktail bar featuring sharing plates.

• A new Doughnut Time is coming to Notting Hill - and they'll have an Anna Scott doughnut

  

  Ever been wandering around Notting Hill, looking for something to satisfy a doughnut craving? Yes, that's quite specific, but bear with us - because a new Doughnut Time (the Aussie import that's been popping up

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• MAM in Notting Hill will be the new barbecue restaurant from the Salvation in Noodles team

  Colin Tu is branching out from his North and East London Salvation in Noodles restaurants with a new Vietnamese restaurant in Notting Hill

• Southam Street is the latest from the 108 Garage team in Notting Hill

  With the success of 108 Garage behind them, the same team are opening Southam Street. This is a three storey place taking in a grill, raw bar and champagne bar too. 

• Clare Smyth to open Core in Notting Hill, her first solo restaurant

  The former Chef Patron of Gordon Ramsay Royal Hospital Road is opening her first solo venture and it's going to be one of London's biggest openings.

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  Popular Italian

• Unico's Italian gelato comes to Notting Hill, and it'll be available as vegan

  

  Vegans rejoice - a new Italian delicatessen called Unico is coming to Notting Hill, and there'll be animal-free versions of everything on the menu. including lots of gelato.

  After opening a tremendously popular

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• All change, as Notting Hill’s Goode and Wright gets a big overhaul

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  What: Goode and Wright - but not as you know it

  In a nutshell: Experimental and traditional small plates, brunches at roasts with this all day diner.

  Summing it all up: Portobello Road’s Goode & Wright used to be a French bistro. That’s all history now, as a Spanish and Israeli pair of chefs have swept in and swapped duck a l’orange for brioche with

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• A piece of Malibu in Westbourne Park: We try out Pomona’s

  We take a look at the West Coast-inspired Pomona’s in Notting Hill.

• Ice cream for breakfast on Portobello Road with Four Winters

  

  What: Four Winters

  In a nutshell: Liquid nitrogen ice-cream with cereal, granola and mango yoghurt for breakfast

  Summing it all up: Those after a sugary way to start their day can now have a frozen sweet treat at Four Winters’ newest venue on Portobello road.