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Restaurant opening of the month: The Yard by chef Robin Gill

Opening of the month: The Yard

By James McAllister

Adding to an already considerable portfolio, Robin Gill has launched a modern-British restaurant within the recently opened Great Scotland Yard hotel in Westminster.

Umu michelin star restaurant enters administration

Two-Michelin-starred Umu enters administration

By Sophie Witts

The future of the Mayfair hospitality empire owned by tycoon Marlon Abela is in doubt after two-Michelin-starred restaurant Umu entered administration yesterday (3 February).

The Barrie brothers' Liverpool launch and Alan Yau, Dominique Ansel and Padella biggest restaurant openings

Restaurant Radar: February 2020

By Stefan Chomka

The Barrie brothers' Liverpool launch, a double-headed Durham restaurant and the latest ventures from Alan Yau, Dominique Ansel and the Padella duo are some of the biggest restaurant openings to look out for this month.

Silo and Amass to collaborate at inaugural Bigfoot festival

Silo and Amass to collaborate at inaugural Bigfoot festival

By Joe Lutrario

Silo chef Douglas McMaster, Two Lights’ Chase Lovecky and Matt Orlando from Copenhagen restaurant Amass have been announced as the culinary headliners for Bigfoot, a UK food and drink-focused music festival that makes its debut this summer.

Steven Edwards to make London debut at Bingham Riverhouse

Steven Edwards to make London debut

By Joe Lutrario

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Steven Edwards is to open an eponymous restaurant at the Bingham Riverhouse hotel in Richmond.

Six by Nico secures first London restaurant location

Nico Simeone confirms London restaurant debut

By James McAllister

Scotland-born chef Nico Simeone is bringing his ‘ever-evolving’ Six by Nico dining concept to London in March, having secured a site in Fitzrovia.

Flash-grilled: Aaron Dalton Four Restaurant

Flash-grilled: Aaron Dalton

By Joe Lutrario

With a cooking CV that includes Fera, Chez Bruce and Smoking Goat, Aaron Dalton is currently running pop-ups in Brighton and hopes to open a permanent restaurant soon. His most recent event saw him collaborate with 64 Degrees chef Michael Bremner.

Tom Aikens' Tom's Kitchen restaurant group is no more following closure of final restaurant

Tom Aikens closes final Tom's Kitchen site

By James McAllister

Tom’s Kitchen, the casual dining group founded by chef Tom Aikens, is no more following the closure of its single remaining UK location in London’s Chelsea earlier this month.

Flash-grilled with Angler restaurant executive chef Gary Foulkes

Flash-grilled: Gary Foulkes

By James McAllister

Gary Foulkes is executive chef at the Michelin-starred Angler restaurant, at the top of the South Place Hotel.

Neighbourhood restaurant Wild Tavern Chelsea Beast Goodman Burger & Lobster Elystan Street

Latest opening: Wild Tavern

By Stefan Chomka

A neighbourhood restaurant serving feasting plates of wild seafood, grilled meats and classic wines has opened in Chelsea.

Flash-grilled with Vivek Singh of The Cinnamon Club restaurant in London

Flash-grilled: Vivek Singh

By James McAllister

Vivek Singh, who founded London restaurant The Cinnamon Club in 2001, is one of the most influential figures in Indian cuisine.

Michelin eyes members only 'Michelin Club'

Michelin eyes members only 'Michelin Club'

By Joe Lutrario

Michelin is eyeing a members-only program called the Michelin Club that would give members ‘select privileges’ at participating guide-listed restaurants.

Melbourne Dinner by Heston goes into liquidation

Melbourne Dinner by Heston goes into liquidation

By Joe Lutrario

Dinner by Heston in Melbourne has entered ‘voluntary administration’ following an investigation by Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman that found the restaurant had been underpaying its staff.

2019: review of the year in hospitality and restaurants

2019: Review of the year in hospitality

By Joe Lutrario

2019 saw Jamie’s Italian disappear from the high street, Patisserie Valerie’s fall from grace, and the loss of two hugely-influential British chefs.

The biggest restaurant openings of 2020

Restaurant radar: 2020

By Joe Lutrario

From a huge restaurant based on the DC Universe to the debut restaurant from former Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra, there are plenty of big openings to look forward to in 2020.

Davies and Brook Claridge's London restaurant opening

Latest opening: Davies and Brook

By Joe Lutrario

Daniel Humm’s much-anticipated Claridge’s restaurant looks set to cause a stir with its casual yet polished service and incredibly precise cooking.

Should chefs always be in their restaurants

Chefs not all present, but correct

By Tony Naylor

Historically, in good restaurants, customers expected the chef-owner to cook every service. But is that outdated and unreasonable?

Opening of the month: Trivet restaurant London Jonny Lake The Fat Duck Heston

Opening of the month: Trivet

By Stefan Chomka

Jonny Lake and Isa Bal have swapped the flamboyance of The Fat Duck for something far more low key with their debut solo project. But they still know how to dazzle

National Restaurant Awards Explores: London Roux at Parliament Square chef Steve Groves

National Restaurant Awards Explores: London

By Stefan Chomka

Our series of restaurant tours that feature venues on Restaurant magazine’s list of the top 100 restaurants in the UK heads to the capital, where we check in on three top dining rooms.

Does fine dining in restaurants have a future?

Does fine dining have a future?

By Tony Naylor

The latest Michelin stars were a morale boost for high-end restaurants. But is fine dining mired in a generational crisis?

Steven Smith on Freemasons at Wiswell and Mr Smith's restaurant

Steven Smith on Mr Smith's

By James McAllister

Lancashire's Steven Smith already runs one of the UK's most ambitious pubs but is upping the ante with Mr Smith's, a 10-cover communal table that offers a more top-end and involved experience.

Wilder restaurant Boundary hotel London

Latest opening: Wilder

By Joe Lutrario

Sir Terence Conran and former The Typing Room chef Richard McLellan have opened a ‘contemporary British’ restaurant with a focus on wild food beneath the Boundary London hotel in Shoreditch.

Shortlist revealed for Restaurant's R200 Awards

Shortlist revealed for Restaurant's R200 Awards

By Stefan Chomka

Arcade Food Theatre, Emilia’s Crafted Pasta, Circolo Popolare, Nando’s, Bleecker Burger, Giggling Squid, Rockfish and Loungers are among the restaurant groups and new openings that have been shortlisted in this year’s R200 Awards.

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Why restaurants should revive the bar

By Johnnie Walker

How can the restaurant industry benefit from serving cocktails before and after food? In partnership with Gordon’s, Johnnie Walker and Baileys.

Opening of the month Jason Atherton's The Betterment restaurant

Opening of the month: The Betterment

By Stefan Chomka

Jason Atherton has returned to the square where he made his name a decade ago to oversee the food and drink at newly-opened The Biltmore London alongside chef Paul Walsh.

Latest opening: The Restaurant at The Capital in Knightsbridge

Latest opening: The Restaurant at The Capital

By James McAllister

Following Nathan Outlaw’s departure earlier this year, The Restaurant at The Capital has relaunched under the stewardship of the hotel’s new executive chef Adam Simmonds.

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