South Kensington

• Claude Bosi at Bibendum Michelin Chef Claude Bosi goes to South Ken
• A Frenchman settles in at Michelin - we Test Drive Claude Bosi at Bibendum

  South Kensington's iconic restaurant now has a chef to match - we pop in to see how Claude Bosi is enjoying his new Michelin home

   

• Claude Bosi is opening Claude Bosi at Bibendum in South Kensington

  

  27/2/17 - Updated with more news about the opening

  Late last year, we had been hearing two rumours - one that Claude Bosi of the recently closed Hibiscus was re-opening in South Kensington, and the second that Bibendum was about to land a big name chef. Then we discovered that the two stories were actually related, as Claude Bosi at Bibendum is on the way.

  Bibendum is, of course, the impressive

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• Ceru Levantine restaurant goes permanent in South Kensington

  

  They've been popping up in  Fitzrovia, Tower Bridge and Cannon Street, but now Levantine restaurant Ceru is getting ready to settle down. Co-founded by husband and wife team Barry and Patricia Hilton and inspired by their travels in the region, they're setting down with a permanent restaurant in South Kensington.

  Ceru will open all day with a modern take on Levantine cuisine as well as classic mezze alongside grilled

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• Tom Sellers throws A-list party to launch Restaurant Ours

  Well it's fair to say that Tom Sellers' new venture, Restaurant Ours, burst on to the London scene with one helluva party last night. Hot Dinners somehow managed to slip past the bouncers and hordes of paparazzi to gain entrance to one of the most fun dos we've been to in a while.

  The restaurant itself looks pretty amazing. Having taken over the site vacated by The Collection, it was always a dramatic space, but now, filled with full-size trees entwined

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• Le Cirque chef Raphael Francois returns to London to head up Launceston Place

  

  So this is interesting. Launceston Place has a hot new Chef Patron in the kitchen. When head chef Tim Allen left the restaurant last summer, we were wondering who would take over from him. Now we hear it's Raphael Francois, who's moved back to London from New York where he was Executive Chef at Le Cirque.

  This isn't Raphael's first time in London though. He used to be Executive Chef at The Connaught hotel, working alongside Hélène Darroze, when the restaurant, Hélène

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• Brompton Food Market duo take on Kensington pub The Hour Glass

  

  Well here's a pub opening we're pretty darned excited about. The Hour Glass pub is getting two new owners - Luke Mackay and David Turcan, who currently run Brompton Food Market. And if the food offering at the pub turns out to be anything like the stuff we've had from their deli then this might be worth crossing town for.

  Luke has form for taking on pubs and turning them into something special, having already done this with well regarded country pub The Royal Oak

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• A place to be cosseted - we Test Drive Ognisko in South Kensington

  With the opening of a beautiful terrace Ognisko has become a restaurant to take real pleasure in