Chelsea

• Maître Choux to open its fourth, biggest store in Chelsea

  Don’t be distracted by the highly ‘grammable flower tunnel and croquembouche tower - it’s the gorgeous French eclairs, choux and chouquettes you’ll be wanting to focus on at this new branch of Maitre Choux.

• La Mia Mamma brings a rotating series of Italian chefs to Chelsea

  La Mia Mamma is trying something different from your traditional Italian restaurant. They'll be focusing on specific regions of Italy at a time - and to help with that, they're importing Italians "Mammas" from the regions to create the menus.

• A Wild West cocktail bar is coming to King's Road with Moonshine Saloon

  

  The new pop-up from the people who brought us the controversial Alcotraz is coming to the King's Road from May as they unveil Moonshine Saloon, a Wild West cocktail bar. Although as before, it'll be a BYOB event (and it sounds like that's a requirement to get in).

  This time, the immersive setting is "an undercover moonshine empire". Apparently, you'll be measured up for cowboy gear and a

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• Tamarind's ex-Head Chef is opening Kahani in Chelsea - his first solo venture

  Chef Peter Joseph has run the kitchen at Michelin-starred Tamarind for a decade. Now he's going it alone with a restaurant where he'll be using British seasonal ingredients and serving up progressive Indian food.

• Hans' Bar and Grill opening on Chelsea's Pavilion Road is from the Chewton Glen team

  New to Chelsea's Pavilion Road, from the team behind iconic hotels Cliveden and Chewton Glen this all day restaurant and bar aims to be a stylish neighbourhood spot for SW1 folk.

• Farm Girl takes their superfood cocktails and new dinner menu to Chelsea

  After a well-matched first-floor takeover of Oxford Street’s hip Sweaty Betty gym shop, Farm Girl are on the move again to Chelsea, where they’ll be opening their third cafe and their first ever dinner menu.

• MeatUp is coming to Chelsea with a build-your-own-burgers pop-up (including a Kinder Egg topping)

  

  They've been in Wandsworth for a year, but now MeatUp are bringing their burgers to Chelsea with their Build Your Own Burger pop up. 

  So - what can you expect from these custom burgers? First, you'll be able to choose how you want the burger cooked - and they'll be allowing rare as an option - then you can choose your bun: a milk bun, a black charcoal bun or a festive red beetroot bun. As for toppings, they

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• Chelsea’s The Botanist gets a refurb alongside a new chef

  

  Sloane Square's The Botanist has just reopened after 10 weeks of refurbishment.

  The upmarket all-day bar and eatery will have more Champagne and botanical cocktails - always good news - plus a new all-day brasserie menu from the new executive chef, Ameya Bhalekar (The Savoy, Caprice Holdings’ 34 Mayfair, Soho House’s Road House).

  New dishes will include lighter ones like sea bass ceviche with citrus, pickled onion, jalapeño and sweet potato

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• Vegan restaurant Wulf and Lamb lands in Sloane Square

  With help from Franco Casolin, formerly of famous veggie Vanilla Blacks, Wulf & Lamb is bringing creative vegan cuisine to Sloane Square, where ackee fruit meets burritos and Ruby's of London provides animal-product free doughnuts.

• Get a taste of Bahrain in Chelsea with Villa Mama’s

  After a successful first opening in her home country, Bahraini chef Roaya is now opening the second branch of Villa Mama’s all the way over in London. 

• The Roasting Party brings Aussie snacks and coffee to Chelsea's Pavilion Road

  Australian coffee roasters are the latest opening on Chelsea's Pavilion Road, serving up toast with vegemite and top notch coffee

• Bill Granger is bringing Granger and Co to Chelsea's Pavilion Road

  

  12/6/17 - updated with opening date

  What: Granger & Co

  In a nutshell: Aussie all-day spot

  Summing it all up: Bill Granger brings his all day Aussie cafe to the Pavilion Road development in Chelsea

• Stecca brings fresh, simple Italian food to Chelsea’s Hollywood Road

  Stefano Stecca is keeping it simple in his latest project by using top grade ingredients to create traditional Italian cuisine, including Crudi - a raw fish dish made with freshly caught Cornish fish. Perfect for the warmer months.

• Has the Ed Stone been discovered at the Ivy Chelsea Garden?

  So this is a rather wonderful story. Yesterday morning a story hit Twitter that was almost too good to be true. It began when BBC News journalist Jack Evans tweeted that he and the Spectator's Political Editor, Katy Balls, had made one hell of a discovery.

• Clodagh McKenna pops up at Cheyne Walk Brasserie for the Chelsea Flower Show

  

  We're about to hit the point at which London finds floral inspiration in everything for the duration of the Chelsea Flower Show. And London's restaurants just love the opportunity to put their gardening gloves on and come up with flowery dishes and drinks.

  One such event worth seeking out will be Irish chef and writer Clodagh McKenna's pop-up at the Cheyne Walk Brasserie in West London. Her lovely-sounding menu will feature floral focused delights including roast

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