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

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

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

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

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

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

What a corker! Our guide to the best New Year's food events in London

Ever had to half-heartedly sing Auld Lang Syne with a group of drunk strangers? It's not great. Thankfully, we've cherry-picked the best London food and drink events to celebrate the New Year. You're welcome.

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