Lydia Winter
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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
Published: Monday 14th March 2016
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
Published: Thursday 10th March 2016
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
Published: Thursday 10th March 2016
5 of the best department-store restaurants
Some of London's biggest, baddest shops have pretty good eats, too. Here are our favourites
Published: Tuesday 8th March 2016
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
Published: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
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
Published: Friday 19th February 2016
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
Published: Wednesday 17th February 2016
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
Published: Friday 12th February 2016
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
Published: Wednesday 10th February 2016
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
Published: Monday 8th February 2016
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...
Published: Friday 5th February 2016
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
Published: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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
Published: Monday 1st February 2016
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
Published: Thursday 28th January 2016
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
Published: Thursday 21st January 2016
Flavour of the Week: Perilla
Perilla's founders may be young, but they know their stuff: their East Dulwich pop-up is a triumph of great service, incredible food and seriously good wine
Published: Wednesday 20th January 2016
Flavour of the Week: Balls & Company
This week, the world went spherical at Soho's Balls & Company, a concept restaurant that's giving meatballs with sauce a trendy – and delicious – makeover
Published: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Q&A: Pont St's Sophie Michell on the future for women in food
Sophie Michell, London's youngest female executive chef, tells us about her new campaign with Merchant Gourmet, and what it's like cooking for Leonardo diCaprio
Published: Monday 11th January 2016
Q&A: Shake Shack's Mark Rosati on US food trends and why the best burger doesn't need toppings
Shake Shack's culinary director Mark Rosati divulges his secrets on the perfect burger and tells us why the London and US food scenes are so different
Published: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Flavour of the Week: Bao
Little morsels of delicious meat swaddled in curiously soft buns, fried chicken in an eye-wateringly spicy sauce and plenty of sake: Bao is definitely on to something