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Restaurant awards
- 2016 GQ Food and Drink Award winners announced
Last night, the rather swanky GQ Food and Drink Awards were held at 100 Wardour Street restaurant in Soho. Now we weren't there ourselves, but from the pics we've seen on Twitter and Instagram it's fairly safe to say a merry time was had by all.
The awards were chosen by a panel featuring chef Mark Hix, the magazine's editor Dylan Jones, Jo Thornton - Managing Director at Moet Hennessy UK, chef Florence Knight, restaurateur Rainer Becker, chef and food writer Gizzi Erskine,
... - Evening Standard London Restaurant Awards shortlist for 2016 is out
The shortlist is out for Evening Standard London Restaurant Awards, taking place at this year's Taste of London. On the whole it's a CRACKING list, although there are a few surprises in there. The judging panel, headed up the Standard's restaurant critic Fay Maschler, include awards director and restaurant writer Joe Warwick, ES magazine critic Grace Dent, chef Rowley Leigh and Instagrammer Clerkenwell Boy.
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... - The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2016 - the complete list
Hot Dinners takes a closer look at the top ten restaurants from the 2015 World's 50 Best Restaurants List to find out what's so great about them. - Mark Hix and Nick Jones both get an MBE in the New Year honours list
It's nearly time for 2017 - which will be a blessing for many - but before we get to the festivities, there's just the matter of the New Year Honours list. You'll have read about many of the celebs who are getting awarded this year, but we're calling out a couple of names from the London restaurant industry who also got recognised.
First off, there's Mark Hix - the restaurateur known for Hix
... - The Five Fields leads the AA Rosette pack for 2016
Today's been a good day for Chelsea restaurant The Five Fields which has been given four rosettes by the AA. The diminutive 40-seater restaurant run by Chef-patron Taylor Bonnyman and head chef Marguerite Keogh was praised for "intelligent, thrilling and sometimes playful contemporary food that is based on outstanding ingredients".
It joins 13 other
... - Palomar, Max's Sandwich Shop & more lead Observer Food Monthly Awards 2015
It's that time of the year again, as the food awards season comes to a close with one of our favourite (and often one of the starriest) ceremonies, the Observer Food Monthly Awards.
This year, some top London places came away with the plaudits and we must say we're particularly pleased to see that Max's Sandwich Shop (pictured and
... - Dandelyan, Sketch, Jinjuu and more win at the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards
Find out (and see) which London restaurants have the best looking gaffs. - Michelin starred restaurants in London for 2016
The results are in! Here are London's new Michelin stars for 2016. - Michelin gets ready for the big reveal by announcing 2016 Bib Gourmands
If you didn't know, tomorrow is when the UK Michelin stars are announced - pretty much the biggest deal as far as awards for the restaurant industry goes (despite what some people might say). While critics, pundits (and restaurateurs) often disagree with the awarding of main stars, it's at the Bib Gourmand level (meals under £28) where most agree that Michelin does get things right. And, as usual, they're
... - The 2015 YBF awards are announced at the Tate
A large amount of the food industry gathered last night for the YBFs (also aka Young British Foodies but less so as there is actually no age limit), the food awards that celebrate innovation and creativity in UK food. It all took place at Tate Britain which itself showcased its own pretty impressive food credentials. We had no idea that Tate roated its coffee
... - The 2016 Good Food Guide rounds up the longest serving entries
The Good Food Guide turns 65 this year and for this year's publication they've been looking back in time at some of the establishments that have spent a long time on that list. Top of the pile is The Connaught (pictured) which has been in the guide for 63 of those years. That beats Le Gavroche which has been in it for 46 years and RSJ on the South Bank (which we're ashamed to say we'd never heard of and has been in the guide for 35
... - Nico Ladenis and Daniel Boulud honoured at The Cateys
The UK's big hospitality industry awards, the Cateys, took place last night at Grosvenor House. 1200 folk from the restaurant, bar and hotel worlds donned their gladrags to fete the likes of Nico Ladenis and New York restaurateur Daniel Boulud (seen accepting his award here).
Key awards on the night were:
- Chef Award: Sat Bains, Restaurant Sat Bains
- Hotel of the Year: The London
- Barrafina Adelaide Street wins National Restaurant of the Year award
AA Gill is definitely in the minority of one (going by this week's review) as there's been almost universal praise for Barrafina's latest since it opened - and it's now been voted best in the country too.
The National
... - World's 50 Best Restaurants release 51-100 list early for 2015
In advance of the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2015 being announced next Monday, the team behind the awards have given us all a little taster of what's to come with the release of the 51-100 restaurants.
55. The Clove Club (up from 87)
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- Fera and The Palomar top Tatler Restaurant Awards 2015
The Tatler Restaurant Awards are always a popular event and tonight's do saw an almost exclusively London list of restaurants and chefs pick up awards.
