Residency

• Rake is the next residency to take over at The Compton Arms

  

  So far, the hit rate at Islington pub The Compton Arms for picking extremely interesting chef residencies is out of the park. They started with Schmaltz by Chris D'Sylva who went on to open Dorian. Then it was Four Legs who now run The Plimsoll and Tollington's. Most recently it was Tiella which has been universally loved by all the critics.

  That means we sat up and paid attention when we found out who was taking over

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• Basket Press Wines kick off a wine residency at Islington's Quince Bakery

  

  If the enticing cakes and pastries at Quince Bakery weren't enough to prompt a visit, the arrival of a new wine bar residency at the bakery is a further reason to go. Basket Press Wines is an importer of low-intervention wines and ciders from Central and Eastern Europe. Run by husband and wife team Jiri Majerik and Zainab Majeriková, they're now popping up every weekend at Quince.

  Zainab used to be head

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• Test Driving Topa - a buzzing Basque residency inside a Holloway Road deli

  

  The arrival of a new Basque-inspired residency by a top chef at Holloway Road deli Provisions meant it was time for a return visit.

• Test Driving Oh Gee - award-winning Korean fried chicken in Shoreditch

  

  Taking over the Hoxton Grill space at the Hoxton in Shoreditch until the end of the year is Korean fried chicken pop-up Oh Gee. We went to try out their award-winning KFC.

• Little Baobab is serving up Senegalese food at the Africa Centre

  

  Little Baobab has been serving up authentic Senegalese cuisine from its Peckham Levels hatch and other pop-ups across town (as well as quite a few music festivals) for a while. Now they're launching something different, settling in as the new long-term resident kitchen at the Africa Centre (in the space where Tatale used to be). 

  Adding something new from its regular offering,

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• Chef David Thompson to bring Long Chim pop-up to Hovarda in Soho

  

  In news that should get your Thai-food taste-buds tingling, acclaimed Australian chef David Thompson is bringing a modern Bangkok-inspired menu to London, with the launch of Long Chim. Meaning ‘come and try’, Long Chim currently has outlets in Sydney, Perth and Dubai (and previously in Melbourne and Singapore).

  If this is all ringing vague bells for you, we reported a couple of years back that the London Long Chim ...

• A Cantina Malibu vs Breddos Tacos collaboration is coming to The Ned

  

  For the month of September only, there’s a tacos takeover coming to Cantina Malibu in The Ned London. Breddos Tacos will be bringing their Mexican-flavoured joy every Friday.

  If you’ve not sampled the fare of Breddos Tacos, this is an ideal cameo appearance, given the

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• Chef Jay Morjaria is popping up with Park & Kim Korean diner at Callooh Callay

  

  Over the past few years chef and Million Pound Menu winner Jay Morjaria has popped up with residencies all over London involving different iterations of Korean food. Now he's back with a Korean diner which he's showcasing for the next three months with a residency at Shoreditch cocktail bar Callooh Callay.

  Park & Kim is going to serve up Korean food in an American diner environment. "Imagine an American opening

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• From Chicago's Smyth to Shoreditch, chef Evelyn Aloupas arrives for a month at Oranj

  

  Smyth is the restaurant that Jeremy Allen White said his character's restaurant in Season 2 of the Bear took inspiration from, and now Londoners can try the food of the restaurant's CDP when she arrives in Shoreditch. Evelyn Aloupas spent two years at the three Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant and she's going to be spending a month cooking up a storm as Oranj's latest residency chef.

  For Evelyn's London

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• Jackson Boxer is behind the latest Selfridges Corner Restaurant residency

   

  We're still waiting to hear if Jackson Boxer is going to be opening his Lumette restaurant that he previewed last year, but in the meantime, the chef behind Orasay and Brunswick House is popping up at Selfridges with a new residency. 

  He's taking over the

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• Rowley Leigh pops up in Notting Hill with Chez Rowley residency

  

  It's been a while since we last saw chef Rowley Leigh in a London kitchen. After closing  Le Cafe Anglais in 2014 (his follow-up to Kensington Place) he helped open Cafe Monico on Shaftesbury Avenue but has been relatively quiet since then. But now the chef is back, popping up at a Notting Hill residency. 

  Chez Rowley will be an Italian bistro, featuring dishes

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• Clapton's 107 wine bar signs up ex St John chef Elliot Hashtroudi for five month residency

  

  All eyes have been on the wine bar formerly known as P Franco to see who's taking over cheffing duties now that the bar is properly up and running again. This week we got the answer; they've signed up former St John sous chef Elliott Hashtroudi who'll be cooking up a storm here for the rest of the year.

  Asked what his menu will consist of Elliot said it would be "influenced from time at St. JOHN, but it’s an

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• Five Star Chef winner Dom Taylor opens The Good Front Room at The Langham

  

  If a Caribbean getaway this summer is feeling a little too…well, hot, in the current climate, we have the next best thing. The Langham, London has transformed its Palm Court into a six-month Caribbean-inspired restaurant pop-up called The Good Front Room. Running it is chef Dom Taylor, fresh from winning Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef on Channel 4 (and Netflix) last week.

  If

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• My Neighbours The Dumplings are the latest Seed Library residency in Shoreditch

  

  Shoreditch's Seed Library, the bar from Ryan Chetiyawardana (Mr Lyan) below the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel, has been getting some pretty great residencies in. They've already had Norman's Cafe and Ruben's Reubens and now the next residency is getting ready - My Neighbours The Dumplings. 

  Already a big hit in Clapton and Victoria Park, they'll also be taking

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• NYC's Eddie Huang brings Baohaus' Taiwanese buns to London

  

  They've previously brought over Ivan Orkin's Ivan Mazemen for a popular residency and now Neighbourhood in Islington are getting ready for another US import. This time it's the turn of NYC chef and TV personality Eddie Huang (who also created the hit TV show Fresh Off The Boat). 

  He's bringing over the restaurant that first brought him to fame in New York, Baohaus. It was a

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