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15 Mar 2012
March 2012 will see the opening of the Galvin Demoiselle restaurant in Harrods, bringing high quality French cuisine, family hospitality and exceptional service to a unique location above the Food Halls. Galvin Demoiselle will be the fifth London addition to the restaurant portfolio of Michelin-starred brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin. The menu will focus on seasonal ingredients of the highest quality, combining the chefs' signature dishes such as confit pork cheeks and tarte tatin with exclusive creations for Galvin Demoiselle.
Read more12 Mar 2012
This spring sees a welcome new addition to the South Kensington restaurant scene as exciting Asian eatery Umami opens its doors on 14 March. Ideally located on Cromwell Road, Umami will offer a creative and authentic menu of both small and sharing plates, with influences from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea. Served in two sizes, to taste or to share, tapas-style dishes will include perennial favourites such as chicken satay and Thai fish cakes alongside signature creations like sweet basil, garlic and peppercorn tossed squid.
Read more08 Mar 2012
The British Street Food Awards have begun a new working relationship with Land Securities, the largest commercial property company in the UK. This comes off the back of Richard Johnson, the founder of the British Street Food Awards and the author of Street Food Revolution, declaring that his aim was to develop street food in Britain on private land rather than public.
Read more06 Mar 2012
As always, the Michelin Guide France remains the most waited of all the guides, what with it being the birth place of the coveted stars and all that. This year it does not fail to disappoint with 4,457 hotels and 4,289 restaurants recommended, 426 establishments listed for the first time, one new restaurant with 3 stars, 10 with 2 stars, 58 with 1 star and 124 new Bib Gourmand restaurants. In 10 years, the number of starred restaurants in France has risen by 15% and the number of Bib Gourmands by 40%. Dining every day in a wide variety of restaurants across all price categories, the Michelin guide inspectors can attest to fact that quality everywhere in on the rise.
Read more03 Mar 2012
March 2012 sees the launch of the unique online reservations experience for The Fat Duck. Guests dining at Heston Blumenthal’s renowned restaurant in Bray, will be sent an invitation in anticipation of their visit, allowing them to enter a secret location to view an exclusive animated world of The Fat Duck. The tour ends with a trip to a make-believe sweetshop. Actor John Hurt narrates as the shopkeeper, as listeners journey through The Fat Duck imaginary sweetshop, evoking the guests own childhood memories of excitement, discovery and expectation.
Read more29 Feb 2012
Woolworths’ mobile shopping revolution continues with the unveiling of Australia’s first virtual supermarket. Tjeerd Jegen, Woolworths Director of Supermarkets said: “The walls of Town Hall Station in Sydney have been converted into a virtual supermarket and will feature more than 120 of Woolworths’ most popular products across all product categories, including our famous fresh food”.
Read more27 Feb 2012
When Dominique Ansel Bakery opened in November, the New York Times hit the nail on the head by calling it “not your everyday bakery”. The chef was the first in Manhattan to offer the Breton-specialty, Kouign Amann, which he calls DKA (“Dominique’s Kouign Amann”). Ansel has had to quadruple the production of these caramelized croissant-like pastries, and has been selling out every day since opening. Following the buzz behind his Kouign Amann, Chef Ansel also helped fuel the cannelé craze. His recipe for these small flan-like “brownies” enriched with rum and vanilla received high reviews from various publications that have deemed cannelé the “new cupcake”. In January he expanded his menu with more French classics that are seldom found outside of France, and a few of his own unique creations.
Read more23 Feb 2012
GQ has announced The Ten Best New Restaurants in America for 2012. The annual feature appears in the March issue of the magazine.
Read more22 Feb 2012
Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy, the partners behind Michelin recommended vegetarian restaurant Vanilla Black, have opened Orchard, a British vegetarian eatery.
Read more20 Feb 2012
Britain is falling in love with porridge it would seem. Recent data from PepsiCo report that sales of their brands Quaker and Oats So Simple are bubbling up just like the microwavable breakfast that's gaining popularity.
Read more16 Feb 2012
A bright, airy new Vietnamese restaurant has just opened its doors in the middle of Tooley Street, London and it’s getting quite a lot of attention. Now, this could be for one of two reasons – the new hi-tech ordering system or the great food. In this case however, it’s both – and that rarely happens.
Read more13 Feb 2012
dougieDog Hot Dogs, a popular Vancouver eatery renowned for its creative all-natural hot dogs, has just added the Dragon Dog to its menu - with a price tag of $100.
Read more09 Feb 2012
Labelled ‘Top 5 Gourmet’ by Time Out NYC, ‘Best Pizza in Manhattan’ by Daily News and ‘Best of Manhattan’ by NY Press, these pizzas are something to write home about.
Read more06 Feb 2012
Nestlè Professional & thefoodpeople celebrate the best of British with series of trend inspired recipes that help chefs implement the latest food trends across their menu using the quality stocks from CHEF® .
Read more03 Feb 2012
Peruvian food and drink has a long and distinguished history and for many has come to be considered one of the finest and fastest growing international gastronomic movements today. In Spring 2012 chef Virgilio Martinez and the Gonzalez brothers, will open LIMA in Fitzrovia, London, a new restaurant integrating traditional and contemporary Peruvian cuisine.
Read more31 Jan 2012
When you think of street food, do you think of greasy burgers from a battered van or Goan seafood from a modern trailer? We’re witnessing a street food revolution and thefoodpeople have been keeping a close eye on this global food trend.
Read more31 Jan 2012
Toffee Break Desserts, a suburban Chicago-based artisanal toffee maker, was recently awarded Best Toffee in America by The Taste Awards.
Read more29 Jan 2012
A collaboration between celebrated chef and food writer Mark Hix and the Thompson Hotel Group, sees the opening of Hix Belgravia and the second of Hix's award-winning Mark's Bar opening on 1st February.
Read more26 Jan 2012
Due to open any day soon, Donostia will serve food in the style of the Basque region in Northern Spain.
Read more23 Jan 2012
Located in the heart of London's West End on Whitfield Street, Dabbous is the first solo venture for Ollie Dabbous, laterly of Michelin-starred Texture and one of a handful of young chefs Restaurant magazine recently hailed as shaping the UK culinary scene, and award-winning mixologist Oskar Kinberg, formerly bar manager of the Cuckoo Club.
Read more20 Jan 2012
Award-winning Restaurant Mark Greenaway, who has received acclamation nationwide since the opening of his first signature restaurant in Edinburgh last year, is currently running a promotional campaign inviting diners to eat what they want and pay what they want to prove that fine-dining doesn't have to be expensive.
Read more17 Jan 2012
Seniors in Thornton, Lancashire, has been named the best British fish and chip shop after battering its rivals in the National Fish and Chip Awards 2012 today.
Read more14 Jan 2012
One of Belgium's oldest and best loved restaurants, Chez Leon, famed for its exceptional moules frites and hearty Flemish classics, has chosen London for the setting of their first international branch of its Leon de Bruxelles franchise, opening on 17th January. They're going for a 'soft' opening between 17th and 20th January, when all food will have 50% off.
Read more12 Jan 2012
Tomorrow sees the opening of The Lounge at ODEON Whiteleys London - a boutique take on cinema-going. Rowley Leigh will be partnering with The Lounge as Consultant Chef, developing a menu that offers a playful, grown-up take on classic film food to be ordered and enjoyed from the comfort of your seat.
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