British

• Test Driving The Georgian - Harrods puts on the glitz with classic British food

  

  It's all change at Harrods where their classic Grade II listed restaurant The Georgian has been given a suitably glamorous new look with the arrival of chef Calum Franklin.

• Test of time - Lyle's in Shoreditch turns 10 and still has the wow factor

  

  Lyle's in Shoreditch is celebrating its 10th birthday, which gave us the perfect excuse for a return visit to see how this brilliant British restaurant was faring.

• Test Driving Cafe Britaly - not for the purists, but it's a lot of fun

  

  This new Peckham cafe is the result of a love-in between Italian food and British produce. We went to take a look. 

• Enter an enchanted world at new restaurant The Rosarium below Waterloo Station

  

  Escape the crowds at Waterloo and discover the enchanted escapism of The Rosarium restaurant at The Sidings.

• Test Driving Boundary - a Shoreditch cafe gets a massive makeover

  

  Boundary in Shoreditch has had one hell of a makeover, transforming what was its Albion cafe into an elegant new British brasserie and bar. We went to check it out.

• Test Driving The Lanesborough Grill - modern British in a glamorous setting

  

  The arrival of chef Shay Cooper means that this splendid hotel dining room now has a menu that lives up to the opulent surroundings. 

• The Lanesborough Grill sees chef Shay Cooper bring trolley theatre to Hyde Park Corner

  

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  Chef Shay Cooper is no stranger to turning old-school hotel dining rooms into places where you feel truly cosseted. Having already done so with a similar role at The Goring, where he won it a Michelin star, he's now turned his attention to the restaurant at The Lanesborough in Belgravia.

  As the luxury hotel's new executive chef, Shay is now getting ready to open the

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• Test Driving Charlie's Weekend Feast Box from Brown's Hotel

  

  Promising a taste of their Mayfair restaurant at home, we take a look at British restaurant Charlie's at Brown's and their Weekend Feast Box.

• New Fulham restaurant FENN sees the team behind Hackney's Nest head west

  

  The team behind popular Hackney spot Nest, are expanding to West London with this new seasonal British restaurant on Wandsworth Bridge Road. 

• Test Driving The Northall - where a bit of luxury never goes amiss

  

  The second restaurant at the Corinthia London is far from an also-ran as chef Andre Garrett proves with his seasonal, luxury take on the best of British and European produce.

• Test Driving Wilder - bringing the UK's larder into the heart of London

  

  Take a tour of the UK's best food producers without having to leave London at this new restaurant in Shoreditch. 

• Wilder Restaurant and Bar will take over the basement space at Boundary London in Shoreditch

  Sir Terence Conran has teamed up with an experienced chef to transform the fortunes of the lower ground restaurant at the Boundary London, reopening as Wilder.

• Quality Chop House celebrates its 150th birthday with a greatest hits menu

  

  Who doesn't love a good birthday celebration? Well, the one planned by The Quality Chop House for thier 150th anniversary sounds like it's going to be worth turning up for.

  To commemorate serving food to Londoners since 1869, the Farringdon Road restaurant is putting on a special menu of QCH classics "reinterpreted by head chef Shaun Searley".

  Dishes will include (brace yourselves):

  • Beef fat brioche with duck liver parfait and black
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• Test Driving 1251 - James Cochran's innovative Islington restaurant

   

  You've seen him on the Great British Menu, you've heard about his travails over the use of his name, now try James Cochran's food at his wonderful new Islington restaurant. 

• The Guinea's new chef Nathan Richardson introduces new dishes but don't worry, the pie's the same

  

  It may be one of London's oldest restaurants, but there's a new influence in the kitchen at the Guinea Grill.

  Chef Nathan Richardson and the Guinea's GM Oisin Rogers go way back - they worked together first at the Ship in Wandsworth and then at Rogers' last place, The Canonbury Tavern in Islington.

  After a short stay down under, opening up a restaurant in Brisbane, Nathan's now back in London and has taken on the position of Head Chef at The Guinea.

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