Great meals are often about timing – our visit to Tom Brown at The Capital couldn’t have been better. The day this year’s Michelin stars were announced happened to be the very day we had booked to visit one of the newly starred restaurants: Tom Brown at The Capital. We honestly didn’t have any inside […]
Corenucopia by Clare Smyth – a Chelsea Bistro
Comfort Food and Elevated Dinner Party Classics in this Luxury Bistro – Restaurant of the Month With household budgets under pressure and global uncertainty dominating the news cycle, moments of indulgence are becoming increasingly rare and increasingly valuable. At times like this, our appetites turn to comfort eating, an understandable human instinct (which my waistline […]
Nut Tree Inn
The Nut Tree Inn is a local village pub, and while clearly popular for a drink, it is also a destination restaurant for those of us who are not fortunate enough to call it our local. The pub was bought in 2006 by chef Mike North and his wife, Imogen, who live next door with their family. Two years after they took over the pub, it was awarded a Michelin star – along with 3 AA rosettes – which it has retained ever since 2008.
A culinary visit to the Ribble Valley
The Three Fishes: A Historic Gastropub in the Heart of Ribble Valley The Three Fishes, a sixteenth-century historic coach house, is located in the village of Mitton in the beautiful Ribble Valley, Lancashire. This pub and restaurant, named in the top fifty gastropubs, has been lovingly renovated by the renowned chef Nigel Haworth, formerly of […]
Tamarind Terrace – Mayfair
Tamarind was the first Indian restaurant to gain a Michelin star. It has now gained a new Terrace created by up-and-coming designer Stephanie Barba Mendoza, and we are excited to have been asked to review
Pied à Terre – Exemplary Fine Dining
It’s easy to take a restaurant such as Pied à Terre for granted, but that’s a mistake. Operating at such a high level for so long is an incredible achievement, and new Head Chef Alberto Cavaliere is opening an exciting new chapter for the restaurant.
Angler Restaurant
As the name suggests, Angler restaurant has a strong pescatarian bias and an emphasis on seasonal ingredients and modern British cooking techniques. The dishes are beautifully presented and focus on fresh, high-quality produce that highlights the ingredients.
Pétrus by Gordon Ramsay
Now in Kinnerton St, Belgravia, with head chef 35-year-old Orson Vergnaud having just retained Pétrus’ Michelin star, it seems like the perfect time to check it out and see what this new phase in the restaurant’s history offers.
Restaurant Interlude, Leonardslee, Sussex
Self-deprecation is a very British trait. In a world that seems to celebrate the brash, the vulgar and the downright dishonest, a little modesty is a welcome corrective. Calling Restaurant Interlude, near Horsham in West Sussex, ‘A Restaurant with Rooms’ is a classic example of understatement. The 28-cover restaurant in the Leonardslee House opened in 2018, winning its first Michelin star in 2019, three AA rosettes in 2020 and a Michelin Green Star in 2023.
Trivet Restaurant Bermondsey
A 2-Star is Born It’s raining. No. Scrub that. A biblical-level downpour is threatening to wash away all known human life in the Bermondsey area. Somehow I’ve got to navigate my way to Trivet, where I’m meeting Fiona for lunch. I’m at London Bridge station about to be engulfed in a vertical tsunami of dirty […]