Restaurant awards

It's always a glittering party for those writing in the food and drink world, and last night's Fortnum's awards held at The Royal Exchange, and hosted by Andi Oliver and Angela Hartnett, proved no exception. The annual ceremony focuses on writing and broadcasting, and covers a host of topics from cookery books through to content creators.

It was a good year for the likes of Food Behind Bars, a charity who work on food education and wellbeing in prisons across the UK and for BBC's Sheila Dillon, who picked up a gong for her work on The Food Programme. But we were surprised to see

The Michelin juggernaut arrived in Dublin this week for the 2026 reveal of its UK and Ireland stars. It was the first time that the ceremony had been held in Ireland and a quick look at Instagram in the run up showed a host of London-based chefs enjoying themselves in Dublin pubs.

Having covered many, many Michelin events in the past, we know that it's always a slightly painful experience to watch live; clearly no-one at Michelin has ever heard of an autocue. But we have to say that the addition of Lisa Hogan (Jeremy Clarkson's very much better half) on stage didn't improve things

It's time again for the main awards of the season as The Michelin Guide has unveiled its new stars for 2026. Here's who won this year. 

It's nearly time for this year's Michelin guide announcement, which this year is taking place in Dublin. But it's not all about the stars. 

One of the precursors to the new stars is the announcement of the Bib Gourmand awards. Last year, they made the poor decision to not even announce these, hiding them on a press release after the main stars were announced. This year, they've rectified that mistake by announcing them a week in

After tallying all the votes, we can now share the winners of this year's readers' vote, which range from a Michelin-chasing new star in Herne Hill to a surf & turf spot in King's Cross. 

As we reach the end of another year's worth of eating and drinking, it's time to look back at it all. Here's part one of what we think are our favourite dishes and desserts, best scene and more of 2025, with part two to follow later this week...

For a while, it looked like the business lunch was at risk of being made redundant, due to everyone now dining al desko. So we're delighted to hear that the scene appears to be in ruder health than ever.

This week, the FT held its inaugural awards to celebrate restaurants that do a particularly good job when it comes to having lunch with your clients or colleagues. A panel, which included the likes of FT food and

It's always the main restaurant awards of the season. Find out when the 2026 Michelin stars for London and the UK are being announced - and what to expect.

The 2026 AA Restaurant Guide is now out and with it comes a slew of awards for London restaurants. The folks who'll be celebrating hard today are the team at Jason Atherton's Row on 5 restaurant in Mayfair. That received the guide's highest mark of all, 5 Rosettes, which is given to restaurants reaching "the pinnacle of culinary achievement".

Claude Bosi is probably also cracking open the Champagne, having won Restaurant of

It's one of the most prestigious wine awards in the world, so getting a mention by the Star Wine List is a big deal for any London restaurant. So we're delighted to learn that four London restaurants are popping their corks, having won key awards this year. The ceremony, which was held in Vienna last week, looks at the best wine lists across the globe. And it was a restaurant in Mayfair that

It's been quite the journey for The Ritz under its Executive Chef, John Williams. Easily one of the best restaurants in London for a while, it took far too long to get its second Michelin star, but over the past few years, its reputation has been growing and growing. This year, it's reached the very top of the National Restaurant Awards top 100 list,

It's a couple of weeks until the World's 50 Best Restaurants unveils its list for 2025, but in advance of that, they always release the long-list of 51-100. This year sees a big demotion for London as we go from five restaurants on the list to only two. Core by Clare Smyth and Brat have dropped out, but Tomos Parry's Mountain has moved up from 94 to 74. Lyle's has also dropped out, but that's

The cocktail shakers will be out in force in Bethnal Green tonight with the news that local bar Satan's Whiskers has topped the UK's Top 50 Cocktail Bars list once again. The bar has managed the top spot twice before, and is back again in pole position having edged out last year's winner Scofield's in Manchester.

For a second year running, the capital was also home to the highest new entry - Dram, the whisky

Every year, before the main stars are announced, Michelin usually reveals the Bib Gourmands a few days or more in advance. But this year, for some reason that we can't fathom, the guide didn't really announce them at all. Instead, at the awards event, they revealed how many new Bibs they had awarded and seemed to want the audience to applaud the number without saying who