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

5 of the best London chefs' first restaurants

Hail to the chef-patron. Here are our top picks of top chefs running their first restaurants

Q&A: Mazi Mas founder Niki Kopcke on how food can make a difference

We chat to Mazi Mas founder Niki Kopcke about why food is the best way of learning about new cultures – and why it's never been more important

5 of the best Swedish restaurants in London

Swedish food's is having a moment, and having seen the food at these London locations, we can see why – it's Scandi-licious

Q&A: Oklava's Selin Kiazim on new Turkish cuisine

Oklava has been ten years in the making, so it's bound to be good. We chat to the chef-patron of this winter's hottest new opening

6 of the best London bars in toilets

From their inventive use of space to their menus featuring foraged ingredients, you'll be sure to have a lav at these bars in former public toilets

4 of the best London breweries with bars

These London breweries and distilleries have been kind enough to open on-site bars, so you can learn all about your favourite beverage before drinking it. Cheers

Flavour of the Week: Forge & Co

This week, we find the creamiest homemade ricotta, seared mackerel and a refreshingly unpretentious vibe at Shoredtich's Forge & Co

Q&A: The Modern Pantry's Anna Hansen on creating fusion food

As she opens her second restaurant, we talk to The Modern Pantry's Anna Hansen about pairing flavour profiles and why London's restaurant industry could be in crisis

Fäviken's Magnus Nilsson on his new cookbook and enduring the Swedish wilderness

Fäviken's Magnus Nilsson is an enigma. We talk to him about his new cookbook and why restaurants are different in the Nordics

Le Gavroche to close on Mondays for 2016 pop-up event series

From January 2016, Le Gavroche will close to the general public on Mondays, and will be holding exclusive pop-up events instead – launched by a collaboration between Michel Roux Jr. and his daughter Emily

Change Please: the coffee brand serving up cups to aid the homeless

 The Big Issue and Old Spike Roastery are teaming up to harness our coffee dependence as a force for good.

London's 6 best hotel restaurants

Hotel restaurants have come a long way from cold, watery scrambled eggs and burnt sausages. Here's our selection of the top five in the capital

Q&A: Scott Hallsworth on falling in love with Japanese cuisine

We chat to ex-Nobu head chef Scott Hallsworth about taking Kurobuta from a pop-up in Chelsea to two permanent restaurants, a residency in Harvey Nichols and even a pop-up world tour

4 of the best bars in laundries

Get your head in a spin at these London laundry bar and restaurants – just don't bring your washing with you

5 of the best single-dish restaurants in London

From the humble potato to the more technical Chinese hot pot, single-dish restaurants are cropping up all across the capital. Here's our favourites

Flavour of the Week: Vico

You may not find a menu at Vico, but you will find plentiful, authentic Italian street food made with ingredients so fresh they're practically still moving

Nathan Outlaw, Marcus Wareing and more on London's food landscape

Want to get in the mood for London Restaurant Festival 2015? This video, featuring a few of London's best-loved chefs, should do the trick