Chelsea

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

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    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

    Ukranian restaurant Mriya is opening in Chelsea and will be staffed with 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

    Social Pantry to open Design Restaurant at Chelsea Harbour's Design Museum 

    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

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    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

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    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

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    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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  • The Chelsea Pig will be furniture designer Timothy Oulton's first pub

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    Updated 14/10/21 with opening date

    He has stores worldwide from Miami to Moscow, but now interior designer Timothy Oulton has returned back to the UK to open his first pub.

    The Chelsea Pig is a bit of an SW3 landmark, having been around since the 1890s. Now for the 2020s it's getting a new lease of life. Obviously, design is to the fore with a moonstone bar, vintage furniture from Timothy's own collection and

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  • Le Petit Beefbar hits Chelsea

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    The latest global restaurant chain to arrive in London is Beefbar. The meaty menu restaurant first opened in Monaco and since then has grown with branches in Saint-Tropez, Milan, Mykonos and Sao Paolo - which might give you an indication of what to expect. Here in London they've landed on Chelsea for their first UK opening, which is a bit of a diffusion line for the group as it's called Le Petit Beefbar.

    As owner

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  • Beaverbrook Town House opens on Sloane Street with a sushi restaurant and Art Deco bar

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    Sloane Street now has a new boutique hotel worth checking out. Beaverbrook Town House is the London outpost of the luxury Surrey hotel with 15 suites overlooking Cadogan Gardens.

    The hotel's Fuji Grill and Omakase Sushi Bar is going to be serving up sushi, sashimi and nigiri alongside dishes like ‘Charcoal’ Wagyu with Juniper Miso. You can also opt to let Head Chef Alex Del (ex-Roka) decide what to cook if you

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  • Ivy Asia Chelsea apologises for "totally inappropriate" promo video

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    Tone-deaf, culturally inappropriate and plain insulting - those are just some of reactions to a piece of promotion put out over the weekend by Richard Caring's new Ivy Asia Chelsea restaurant.

    The video, which has since been taken down, was viewed thousands of times on Instagram. You can still see the original on cookbook author ...