Chef Tom Simmons confirms plans for his biggest project yet
Cardiff-based chef Tom Simmons has revealed more details about his upcoming project at Park House.
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New York restaurant royalty: the ex-River Café cook behind one of the city’s top places to eat
Launched in 2016 in SoHo, Jess Shadbolt’s Italy and France inspired King restaurant remains one of the hottest tickets in Manhattan.
Flash-grilled: Paul Leonard
The head chef at Lake District hotel and restaurant The Forest Side on Michael Wignall, classic foundations and pairing stilton with Stella.
Book review: Blood, Sweat and Asparagus Spears
Andrew Turvil’s book gives a fast-paced and fascinating insight into the 1990s restaurant revolution.
Ross Shonhan: “This is far and away the hardest thing I’ve ever done”
The former Nobu executive chef and creator of Bone Daddies has gone all out with one of London’s most striking restaurant launches in years that pays homage to the childhood home of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
“New chapter” begins for The Freemasons at Wiswell as Mike Shaw named chef patron
Former Gilpin Lodge head chef Mike Shaw has been appointed chef patron at top Lancashire gastropub The Freemasons at Wiswell.
Heavyweight UK chefs to step into the boxing ring for charity
Some of the UK’s top chefs including Jason Atherton, Andy Beynon and Alex Bond will swap their aprons for boxing gloves early next year to raise funds for better food education.
Korea progression: the couple bringing a slice of Seoul to a Bristol suburb
Chefs Kyu Jeong Jeon and Duncan Robertson are breaking new ground in Redland with their fiercely authentic Korean restaurant Dongnae.
Flash-grilled: Giacomo Peretti
The head chef and co-founder at Marjorie’s in Soho on and his admiration for Clare Smyth and the Big Mac.
People on the move: October 2025
This month’s key personnel changes in hospitality.
Heard mentality – the Michelin-starred chef who swapped fine dining for fast food
With his elevated fast food brand Heard, chef Jordan Bailey is out to prove there’s space for a multi-site concept that reimagines the humble burger with a fine dining philosophy.
Flash-grilled: Hari Shetty
The co-founder of new London live-fire restaurant Nela on his penchant for a late-night kebab and never having received a bad review for his cooking.
Keira Carolan named Young National Chef of the Year
Keira Carolan from Simon Rogan’s Windermere restaurant Henrock has been named the Craft Guild of Chefs’ Young National Chef of the Year.
Danny Young crowned National Chef of the Year
Danny Young from The Torridon in the Scottish Highlands has been named as this year’s UK National Chef of the Year.
LIMA welcomes new head chef as it enters ‘exciting new phase’
LIMA has appointed Diego Recarte as head chef as the Peruvian restaurant embarks on a new chapter.
Food on the Edge reveals 2025 line-up as it celebrates 10 years
Galway international symposium Food on the Edge has announced its speakers for 2025.
Something Wicked this way comes: Gemma Austin on bringing A Peculiar Tea back to Belfast
The Great British Menu star is relaunching her sellout story-driven restaurant concept within a former prison that’s also home to a distillery.
Former Sète and Rose Inn chef Billy Stock to launch Margate pub and dining room
North Kent Coast-based chef Billy Stock will open a pub and dining room with his partner, Ellie Topham, later this year.
Flash-grilled: Johnnie Crowe
The executive chef and co-founder of Restaurant St. Barts and Nest in London on why tasting menus trump à la carte, his love of pizza, and why truffle is overrated.
Heston Blumenthal: “I had created a monster and was hanging onto its tail”
As The Fat Duck celebrates its 30th anniversary, its founder reflects on the huge pressure behind retaining creative momentum, its continued reinvention, and a lightbulb moment about what gastronomy really means.
Gizzi Erskine returns to Mare Street Market as chef creative director
Gizzi Erskine is returning to London’s Mare Street Market as chef creative director, developing ‘revitalised’ menus across both its sites and launching a new health concept.
There’s something about Maré: Rafael Cagali on his new South Coast restaurant
The chef behind acclaimed East London restaurant Da Terra has opened a Hove restaurant that balances ambition and accessibility.
Former Native chef Ivan Tisdall-Downes goes solo with Hackney restaurant
Former Native chef Ivan Tisdall-Downes will launch a restaurant in Hackney later this year.
Oliver McGeorge named the new UK candidate for the Bocuse d’Or
Freelance chef Oliver McGeorge has been named the new UK candidate for the Bocuse d’Or following a cook-off at the University of West London earlier this week.
Nokz Majozi departs The Pie room at Rosewood London
Nokz Majozi has announced her departure from Rosewood London hotel after 11 years.
Daniel Alt named head chef at upcoming Canary Wharf restaurant Nora
Former The Barbary and Ottolenghi chef Daniel Alt has been named head chef at soon-to-launch Canary Wharf Turkish restaurant Nora.
Flash-grilled: Holly Middleton-Joseph
The head chef at Peckham restaurant Hausu on jalapeno poppers, Gordon Ramsay and the perils of after-work drinks.
Apricity chef Chantelle Nicholson launches Copenhagen restaurant
Apricity founder Chantelle Nicholson has made her international debut with a restaurant in Copenhagen.
Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen restaurant to make its UK debut next year
Gordon Ramsay will bring his Hell’s Kitchen restaurant brand to the UK for the first time next year with the opening of a site within Marble Arch’s Cumberland Hotel.
Deepak Mallya promoted to head chef at The Ritz
Deepak Mallya has been promoted from executive sous chef to head chef at The Ritz.
Jamie Oliver blames getting the basics wrong for the downfall of his restaurant empire
Jamie Oliver has admitted that getting the basics wrong led to the downfall of his restaurant group.
Le Manoir chef Luke Selby to join Palé Hall as chef partner
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons executive chef Luke Selby is to oversee the culinary direction of North Wales country house hotel Palé Hall as chef partner, it has been confirmed.
Flash-grilled: Sian Almond
The breakfast development chef at Pavyllon London at the Four Seasons Hotel on Park Lane on working in McDonald’s, dealing with ridiculous customer requests, and being confident in the kitchen.
Former Lita chef Luke Ahearne to front huge Fitzrovia ‘London-Italian’ restaurant
Luke Ahearne is joining forces with fellow chef Stevie Parle to open a large ‘London-Italian’ restaurant in Fitzrovia this October.
John Javier named executive chef at Caia
Former The Tent (at the end of the universe) chef John Javier has been appointed executive chef at Notting Hill bar and restaurant Caia.
The Thin Duck? Rise in Ozempic use prompts Heston Blumenthal to rethink portion sizes
The Fat Duck could soon offer smaller portion sizes due to the number of diners on weight loss drugs, according to its founder Heston Blumenthal.
Matt Tebbutt to replace Gregg Wallace as judge on MasterChef: The Professionals
Matt Tebbutt is to replace Gregg Wallace as judge for the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals.
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Rebooting Hell’s Kitchen is at odds with attempts to shed the industry’s shouty chef persona
Gordon Ramsay appears poised to relaunch Hell’s Kitchen on TV in the UK, but the show’s highly pressurised and often combative representation of how a restaurant operates feels outdated.
Stuart Ralston acquires the former site of Fhior for wine-led restaurant and cocktail bar
Edinburgh-based chef and restaurateur Stuart Ralston will open a wine-led restaurant and separate cocktail bar on the former site of Fhior next month.
What’s driving the current fascination with non-Neapolitan-style pizzas?
Neapolitan pizza may have been dominant trend in the UK over the past decade, but an increasing number of players are opting for the myriad of other styles at their disposal.
Flash-grilled: Leonard Tanyag
The executive chef at LUNA Omakase on finding inspiration from his mother, negative energy, and singing Happy Birthday to a dog.
Updated: Ben Murphy to lead the kitchen at WSH Restaurant’s new project on former Mere site
Former Launceston Place chef Ben Murphy will lead the kitchen at WSH Restaurant’s soon to launch new project within the former site of Mere in London’s Fitzrovia.
Gordon Ramsay Academy launches first accredited culinary course
Gordon Ramsay Academy is launching its first accredited culinary training programme at its flagship site in Woking Surrey, marking the first time it has offered professional chef training.
Ceviche founder Martin Morales to return to London’s restaurant scene for one night only charity dinner
Ceviche and Andina founder Martin Morales is making a return to the UK restaurant scene for one night only for a special fundraising dinner.
Book review: BiBi The Cookbook
Chet Sharma’s debut book tells the story of one of the UK’s most progressive and exacting Indian restaurants.
Finding an OTHER way: how ex-Casamia chef Zak Hitchman left fine dining behind
Best known for his two-year stint running Peter Sanchez-Iglesias’ Bristol flagship, Zak Hitchman and his partner Emma Lyons are switching things up with their progressive Bedminster bistro.
Anthony Demetre to oversee food offer at relaunched Belgravia pub
Wild Honey chef Anthony Demetre has joined The Lunar Pub Company’s soon-to-open Belgravia site, The Elizabeth, as culinary director.
Flash-grilled: Sacha Townsend
The head chef at 670 Grams in Birmingham on the McDonald’s dessert that’s better than any she’s had in a Michelin restaurant, and her problem with Turkey Twizzlers.
Chef Cleverson Cordeiro promoted to proprietor of Frog by Adam Handling
Adam Handling has announced the promotion of Cleverson Cordeiro from head chef to proprietor of Frog by Adam Handling, his Michelin-starred flagship restaurant in London’s Covent Garden.
Fulham FC adds high-profile chefs to matchday line-up
Chefs Sally Abe, Judy Joo and Ben Murphy have joined the line-up at Fulham FC’s The Gourmet restaurant within its Riverside stand.