Jon Hawkins

Jon Hawkins

Contributor

Jon is Foodism's ex-editor-in-chief, and a man who'll do (almost) anything and go (almost) anywhere for a dry-aged rib-eye. Ask him nicely and he'll talk for hours about the optimum martini ratio (5:1, if you're interested) – ask him even more nicely and he'll shut up about it. When he's not full of steak or gin, you'll mostly find him on his bike.

Jon Hawkins's articles

Foodism Sustainability

How food and drink brands are tackling sustainability

Inspiring, visionary and dedicated: meet the companies and organisations that are leading the way when it comes to sustainability – and learn how you can, too

Published: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Review of The Frog

Flavour of the Week: The Frog E1

Rising star Adam Handling goes out on his own with The Frog, a none-more-Shoreditch industrial space where his high-impact cooking gets plenty of space to shine

Published: Wednesday 20th July 2016
Harcourt review

Flavour of the Week: The Harcourt

Traditional boozer meets modern Nordic-inspired cooking on a quiet Marylebone side street. The Harcourt probably shouldn’t work, but it does

Published: Tuesday 5th July 2016
The art of homebrewing

The craft beer revolution and the art of the homebrew

Once an important differentiator, 'craft beer is a term that’s fast becoming ubiquitous. We talk to some of the beer revolution's guiding lights, and find that the best way to keep it craft is to do it yourself

Published: Wednesday 15th June 2016
A dish at Morito Hackney Road

Morito Hackney Road, Hoxton: restaurant review

Sam and Sam Clark add a new and sexy outpost on Hackney Road to the existing Exmouth Road favourite. Expect sharing plates and lots of sherry

Published: Tuesday 31st May 2016
The Osteria is the Barbican's new flagship restaurant

Flavour of the Week: Osteria

The Barbican gets a brand new flagship restaurant, where classic Italian cooking and cocktails are given a 'bistronomy' makeover by Michelin-starred Anthony Demetre

Published: Wednesday 13th April 2016
The Eden Project from above

Learning to make booze with fruit at Cornwall's Eden Project

There's a whole lot of fruit in Britain that's waiting to be turned into alcohol. We head to Cornwall's Eden project for a lesson in apple alchemy

Published: Friday 11th December 2015
A fish dish at Wazen

Flavour of the Week: Wazen

This week, we find ourselves distracted by the sheer beauty of the dishes at Wazen in King's Cross – but we're pleased to say they more than deliver on taste, too

Published: Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Going behind the trend of long ageing in the world of high-end beef

For extreme beef flavour, it’s all about age. We find out why dry-ageing and older cows have become catnip for adventurous eaters

Published: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Antidote

Flavour of the Week: Antidote

This week, we take a trip to inventive Carnaby Street wine haven Antidote

Published: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Lobos Meat & Tapas

Flavour of the Week: Lobos Meat & Tapas

You're never stuck for food options in Borough, and new neighbourhood-style tapas joint Lobos Meat & Tapas keeps the bar high.

Published: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Blenheim Forge

Peckham's cutting-edge boutique knifemaker Blenheim Forge

The founders of Blenheim Forge made their first kitchen knife in the back garden of their Peckham home. It took two years of trying and failing to make anything as good again, but it was worth the wait

Published: Monday 6th July 2015
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Flavour of the Week: Verden

Slick but friendly winebar and restaurant with clever cooking, stellar wines and a street-corner location in Clapton.

Published: Wednesday 18th February 2015
The food at the Corner Room

Corner Room, Bethnal Green: restaurant review

Bethnal Green’s Town Hall Hotel is blessed with not one, but two fantastic restaurant, and evidently the competition’s no bad thing

Published: Monday 22nd December 2014
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Flavour of the Week: Peyote

13 Cork Street, W1S 3NS; peyoterestaurant.comNearest Tube: Green ParkWHAT'S THE DRAW: High-end Mexican, with some Mayfair gloss and a few authentic rough edges

Published: Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Flavour of the Week: Dim sum at Hutong

When it comes to being lazy, you have to pick your moments. Sleeping at work, for example, isn't ideal. But tiny parcels of food that you barely have to chew, l

Published: Wednesday 21st May 2014
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Number 90, Hackney Wick: restaurant review

A restaurant and bar in the middle of a canal-side multi-use arts space on an industrial estate in Hackney Wick, Number 90 sounds suspiciously like a Portlandia

Published: Tuesday 25th March 2014
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Flavour of the Week: Sticks'n'Sushi

Two years after its introduction to the capital's food scene, Danish-Japanese fusion Sticks'n'Sushi has just opened its second London location. Jon Hawkins finds out what the fuss is about.

Published: Tuesday 11th March 2014