Primrose Hill

It's all change over in Primrose Hill, where the social enterprise restaurant Home Kitchen, run by Adam Simmonds, has changed both names and chefs. It'll now be known as 130 Primrose and it's brought in another top chef in the form of Monica Galetti.

The TV chef is behind a new all-day menu at the restaurant, but will also be playing a key position in the business's other role, to hire and train up people who've been affected by homelessness and those in addiction recovery.

"My first task is to create an exciting new menu that attracts customers to support our mission -

3/9/24 - updated with the opening date and menu

Things move fast in the London restaurant world. Just over a week after we learned that chef Bryn Williams was closing his much-loved Primrose Hill restaurant Odettes after 16 years, a replacement was already lined up.

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High-profile restaurant closures are continuing in London. Following the recent closure of places like Galvin at Windows comes the announcement that Odette's in Primrose Hill is closing after 16 years. 

The announcement came from chef Bryn Williams today who said "Sixteen years ago I bought

24/8/23 - updated with the opening date

Last summer we brought you news of a special menu operating at Caravan's roastery in Islington. It was a collaboration between New York fashion photographer Dan Martensen (recent commissions have included Julianne Moore and Winona Ryder) with

What's a thespian to do, when all the theatres are shut? According to London actress Sirine Saba, it's the perfect time to make a sideways step into hospitality. Sirine has just opened Reenies, an ice-cream parlour in Primrose Hill, next to longstanding veggie spot Manna.

"Reenie’s is our Covid baby," explains Sirine, "conceived and born out of a desire to connect with, uplift and delight our community at a time when