Nick Savage

Nick Savage

Editor

Nick Savage is editor of Foodism. He'll try anything once, whether it's tarantula stew in Cambodia, muskox Thai green curry in Greenland or mopane worms in Zimbabwe. However, nothing shook him quite to the core like his university roommate's kitchen abominations.

Nick Savage's articles

Santiago Lastra: My career in Five Dishes

The young, innovative and much-loved chef discusses the memories and epiphanies that have inspired his cooking, his passion for his home country and its cuisine, and what’s in store for him next in London

Published: Wednesday 17th July 2024
Cate Blanchett at a special dinner at the Supermarket of Dreams in Holland Park, London

Cate Blanchett: "I wouldn’t call it stalking exactly, but it was akin to stalking"

Over a dinner in Holland Park, Nick Savage catches up with Cate Blanchett as she celebrates her appointment as creative director of sake brand Toku and discusses her personal connection with Japanese culture

Published: Wednesday 19th June 2024
Enrique Olvera's restaurant in Los Cabos - Manta

Mex it up: eating our way through Los Cabos

From humble tacos to haute cuisine, Los Cabos is cooking up some of the finest food in Mexico

Published: Wednesday 3rd April 2024

Drawn perfect: mixology at Scarfes Bar

Scarfes Bar at The Rosewood Hotel has gone from strength to strength since it opened a decade ago, writes Nick Savage, with artfully made cocktails infused with irreverent spirit

Published: Thursday 21st December 2023
Sam Heughan with his Wild Scottish Gin

Sam Heughan on gin and dream dates

When you’ve taken television by storm with hit series such as Outlander and Men in Kilts, where do you go next? For Sam Heughan, it’s running a spirits empire

Published: Tuesday 12th December 2023

On the beef, wine and tango trail with Gaucho in Argentina

From its fields to its vineyards, Argentina fuses centuries-old tradition and forward-thinking, sustainable practices – with results as thought-provoking as they are delicious. We join the team at Gaucho for a closer look

Published: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Kol restaurant

A family affair: Mexican restaurant KOL's unlikely partnership with a Slovakian winery

Marylebone-based Mexican restaurant KOL sources its wine from Slovakia. It seems an incongruous partnership, but the connection runs deeper than it appears

Published: Thursday 7th January 2021
You're so Maine: a tour of the northeasternmost US state

You're so Maine: a tour of the USA's seafood state

We travel to Portland Harbour, US to meet the locals keeping its fishing industry alive despite the odds

Published: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Nick Savage reviews Sardine

Flavour of the Week: Sardine

Gallery restaurants, southern French bistros – both can be overpriced and a bore. Not so at Alex Jackson's new joint near Old Street, where he breathes new life into both categories

Published: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Chicken satay. Photograph from Shutterstock

From fine dining to street food: the fiery cuisine of Bangkok

When it comes to Thai cuisine, Bangkok offers a fiery mix of superlative street food and fine-dining discoveries. Just make sure you can handle your chilli

Published: Tuesday 9th August 2016