Lydia Winter

Lydia Winter editor

Contributor

Lydia suffers from constant food FOMO, which means she has to eat everything she comes across (except coriander). When not thinking about her next meal, she can be found stalking other people's cats – or trotting the globe for, er, her next meal.

Lydia Winter's articles

Q&A: Som Saa's Andy Oliver on his love for Thai food, and why you should never compromise on flavour

Som Saa is back – and this time for good. Chef Andy Oliver tells us about the challenge to find authentic Thai ingredients in London

Thomasina Miers on Mexican food in London and building a restaurant empire

She brought authentic Mexican food to London with Wahaca and DF Mexico. Now, Thomasina Miers London's ready to move on from bad Tex-Mex

Flavour of the Week: Padella

Pasta, cheese and olive oil form the holy trinity at Padella, the new opening from the guys behind Trullo and the latest addition to Borough Market

Q&A: Hemsley + Hemsley on home-cooking and their new café in Selfridges

Until recently, the food scene was divided into two camps: either you loved food, or you loved being healthy – but super-bloggers Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley have shown us that the two don't have to be mutually exclusive. We meet them on the eve of the launch of their new café

Q&A: White Lyan's Mr Lyan on food waste and making wine without grapes

Conquering the world of cocktails isn't enough for White Lyan's Ryan Chetiyawardana. He's now trying his hand at wine, beer and cheese, and all with his own unique slant

Thomasina Miers' Wahaca restaurant group goes carbon-neutral

There's now even more reason to love Wahaca's market-style Mexican food – it's become the first restaurant group in the UK to be certified carbon-neutral

Q&A: Ollie Dabbous on social media, trends and keeping yourself challenged as a chef

Chef and co-owner of Dabbous and Barnyard, Ollie Dabbous likes to stay on his cheffing toes. He tells us about staying ahead of the curve

Flavour of the Week: Le Bab

Posh kebabs? Really, really good posh kebabs from former Le Gavroche chefs? And wine? You'll think twice about visiting your local doner van ever again

5 of the best department-store restaurants

Some of London's biggest, baddest shops have pretty good eats, too. Here are our favourites

Yeo Valley's staff canteen shortlisted for People's Favourite category at Food Made Good Awards

Thought your work canteen made a tip-top lunch? Since Yeo Valley's was opened to the public, it's garnered acclaim as a restaurant in its own right, culminating in a nomination at the Food Made Good Awards

Flavour of the Week: The Ninth

This week, we get stuck into pickled mussels, barbajuans and rosemary ice cream at Jun Tanaka's The Ninth, his first restaurant as chef-patron

Q&A: Le Bab's Stephen Tozer on why single-dish restaurants are the way forward

Le Bab is the latest in a slew of London restaurants tackling the kebab's bad rep. Co-founder Stephen Tozer tells us what makes the kebab great

Flavour of the Week: Frenchie

From bacon scones to bagnums of wine, there's a lot to love at Covent Garden's Frenchie, where Gregory Marchand is turning classic French cuisine on its head

Q&A: Albert Adrià on pop-ups, life at elBulli and waiting to open a restaurant

2,800 people snapped up tickets to 50 Days of Albert Adrià at Hotel Café Royal. We chat to the acclaimed chef about life at elBulli and why, sometimes, it's good to be patient

Q&A: Bubbledogs' Sandia Chang on bar dining, wine, and fine-dining dude-food

Bubbledog's Sandia Chang's new pop-up is anything but a dog's dinner. We talk to the super-sommelier about English sparkling wine's unique flavour and the quirks of the London food scene

5 places celebrating Chinese New Year in London

Chinese New Year is on 8 February. Better do the decent thing and celebrate with a feast, then...

Flavour of the Week: Oklava

Turkish-Cypriot cuisine with a delicate fusion touch: Selin Kiazim's Oklava arrives in Shoreditch, bringing mouthwateringly tasty food and wine along with it

Q&A: Lucky Chip's Ben Denner on burgers, Mark Wahlberg and £500 wines

Lucky Chip blazed a trail with its burger van long before street food was cool, but it's only just opened its first permanent site, Burgers & Wine. We chat to founder Ben Denner the day after the launch

Flavour of the Week: Palm Court

Way more than afternoon tea: Michel Roux Jnr. brings a bit of French allure to The Langham, London's Palm Court

Who's Cooking Dinner? An annual charity event with a Michelin-star-studded lineup

20 of the UK's best chefs come together for an exclusive, one-off dinner – with all money raised going to support research into the causes and treatment of leukaemia and blood cancer