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Jonathan MacDonald on Formula 1, dining culture, and burnt aubergines

Jonathan MacDonald on Formula One, Scottish dining and burnt aubergines

By Georgia Bronte

Chef and owner of Glasgow-based restaurant Ox and Finch Jonathan MacDonald has a colourful employment history, having previously worked as head chef for the McLaren Formula 1 team, feeding everyone from engineers to Jay Z. He will open BABA, in partnership...

Latest opening: Coal Rooms

Latest opening: Coal Rooms

By Stefan Chomka

A new restaurant in a former ticket office in Peckham Rye’s train station that is big on grilling

1909 restaurant Brighton

Latest opening: 1909

By Joe Lutrario

Well-known Brighton chef Jake Northcote-Green has opened an organic small plates restaurant in a jewellery shop

Claw chooses Soho for first permanent site

Claw chooses Soho for first permanent site

By Georgia Bronte

CLAW, the street-food concept whose sustainable seafood dishes won Virgin Foodpreneur 2015, is opening its first standalone restaurant in Soho in mid-Autumn.

Charles Seo to open Olle in Chinatown

Charles Seo to open Olle in Chinatown

By Georgia Bronte

Charles Seo, founder of Japanese restaurant Kyoto Soho, is to launch a Korean barbecue restaurant in London’s Chinatown later this week.

Pickled Fred's Ben Lusty

Pickled Fred's Ben Lusty on how a monkey inspired his new restaurant

By Rachel Graham

Launched last month by friends Ben Lusty and Can Turker, Pickled Fred is a Shoreditch-based pan-Asian restaurant that – as the name suggests – brings pickles and other ferments to the fore. As Lusty (pictured right) explains, they’ve even put them in...

Murmur Brighton latest opening

Latest opening: Murmur

By Joe Lutrario

Michael Bremner and Carla Grassy’s follow-up to 64 Degrees is a relaxed, all-day restaurant with fantastic beach views

The lowdown: McDonald's designer burger boxes

The Lowdown: McDonald's designer burger boxes

By Georgia Bronte

McDonald’s UK is pairing with Julien Macdonald to unveil his interpretation of a luxe burger box for the McDonald’s Signature Collection, its range of gourmet beef burgers.

Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2017 preview

Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2017 preview

By Rachel Graham

More than 700 food and drink producers will exhibit at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair, which takes place 3 – 5 September at West London’s Olympia.

Nestlé Professional’s Paul Lumley on today's on demand culture

In partnership with Nestlé Professional

Nestlé Professional’s Paul Lumley on today's on demand culture

By Paul Lumley

Not so long ago, lunches were long, mealtimes took place around a table and queuing for dinner was commonplace. Fast forward a decade and it’s a very different picture. In this article, Nestlé Professional brand & communications manager, Paul Lumley,...

Treacle tart recipe Belen Aloisi chef masterclass

Chef Masterclass: Belen Aloisi's treacle tart

By Bill Knott

The extraordinary thing,” writes Fergus Henderson in his classic Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking, “is that however full you’re feeling, when it comes to treacle tart you can always manage to find space for it.”

SRA reveals shortlist for 2017 Food Made Good awards

SRA reveals the shortlist for 2017 Food Made Good awards

By Georgia Bronte

Gourmet Goat, Pizza Hut, Petersham Nurseries, boutique Sussex hotel The Gallivant and Jamie’s Italian are among the list of restaurants and companies making up this year’s Sustainable Restaurant Association’s (SRA) Food Made Good Awards shortlist.