Lydia Winter
Lydia Winter's articles
Q&A: Gill Meller on sustainability at home and in the food industry
As a veteran of Devon's River Cottage, Gill Meller knows a thing or two about sustainability. Here he tells us how easy it can be to be sustainable in the city
Published: Monday 18th September 2017
Massimo Bottura on soup kitchen Refettorio Felix and Food for Soul
What happens when a superstar chef takes on social inequality and London's surplus food problem? We find out from world-famous Italian chef Massimo Bottura
Published: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Meatopia announces its chef line up for 2017
Flames, food, and festivities – carnivorous carnival Meatopia returns to London's Tobacco Dock this September, and we've got the scoop on the line up
Published: Monday 21st August 2017
Smoke & Salt, Brixton: restaurant review
Smoke & Salt navigates the transition from residency to restaurant with ease at its new Pop Brixton site, where we hoover up merguez-spiced lamb tartare and tomatoes with smoked ricotta
Published: Wednesday 16th August 2017
London's best garden cafés, restaurants and bars
You might live in a city, but you can still stop and smell the blooms at these flower-filled London joints
Published: Monday 14th August 2017
Q&A: Allegra McEvedy on new restaurant Albertine and what she loves about cooking
Having co-founded Leon and run her own restaurant Blackfoot, Allegra McEvedy has returned to a restaurant with a special story. She tells us about its history
Published: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Neo Bistro, Soho: restaurant review
Having mastered the modern British tasting menu at Anglo, chef Mark Jarvis teams up with Alex Harper, formerly of Michelin-starred The Harwood Arms, to try his hand at contemporary European cooking at a sleek new space just off Oxford Street
Published: Wednesday 19th July 2017
The Foodism guide to... Egerton and south Kent
We embark on a food-fuelled trip around south Kent and find a firm focus on local produce
Published: Monday 10th July 2017
Machiya, Soho: restaurant review
The founders of ramen favourite Kanada-Ya turn their attention to home-style Japanese cooking with Machiya, on Soho's Panton Street
Published: Wednesday 21st June 2017
Green ain't always clean: the rise of vegan comfort food
Vegan doesn't have to mean bland and beige. In fact, it's a way of eating that's experiencing a colourful renaissance. We discover the more indulgent side to London's plant-based eating scene
Published: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Q&A: Pidgin's James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy on new venture Magpie and dim sum-style dining
When you're awarded your first Michelin star, what's next? According to Pidgin's James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy, you open a second, larger site, with a whole new concept. They give us the low-down on their new venture, Magpie
Published: Monday 12th June 2017
Q&A: the founders of Westerns Laundry on their new restaurant
Davig Gingell and Jeremie Comette-Lingenheim, co-founders of Primeur, on new site Westerns Laundry, seafood, and mastering the neighbourhood restaurant
Published: Friday 9th June 2017
The best music festivals for food
Wellies? Check. Tent? Check. Huge appetite, ready to devour delicious food from your top-notch chefs, all the while listening to great music? Check! Here's our guide to the food offering at some of our favourite music festivals
Published: Thursday 8th June 2017
Westerns Laundry, Lower Holloway: restaurant review
This week, we head to Westerns Laundry and get our chops 'round plenty of fresher-than-fresh seafood – including a drool-worthy dish of baked lobster fideuà pasta
Published: Wednesday 31st May 2017
Our favourite tiny restaurants
Bigger isn't always better, so try one of these 25-cover-and-under London restaurants on for size
Published: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
London's best day festivals with food 2017
London's best street food and musical talents collide at this summer's crop of day festivals, so hurry up and get those hot sauce-coated fingers in the lasers
Published: Friday 19th May 2017
London's best outdoor spaces for wining and dining
Remember that yellow thing in the sky? It's back – when it feels like it. And as true Brits, where will we be? Eating outside of course
Published: Monday 15th May 2017
Hawksmoor Borough, London Bridge: restaurant review
You'll find an even greater focus on seasonal, sustainable cooking at Hawksmoor's latest site, which sees the kitchen collaborate with Borough Market's raft of top-notch producers for a menu of Market Specials
Published: Wednesday 10th May 2017
Q&A: Mexico's Martha Ortiz on her new London restaurant Ella Canta
Martha Ortiz's Duce Patria in Mexico stands at 48 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list – and she's now coming to London
Published: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Oklava's Selin Kiazim on modern Turkish-Cypriot cuisine
When, at the age of 25, Selin Kiazim said she’d revolutionise Turkish food in London, she really wasn't kidding. She tells us why London was so ready for her unique style of cooking