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Residency
- Trullo is popping up with a three-month residency at Harvey Nichols
Up until now, there's only been one Trullo, one of Islington's best restaurants, leaving aside its sibling restaurant Padella, of course. But now, at least for a short while, a second Trullo outpost is coming to Knightsbridge.
The restaurant is kicking off a three-month
... - Tasca brings a year-long Spanish and Portuguese residency to Bethnal Green
We've already brought you the news about Cav, the bar opening in Bethnal Green, but now we know a lot more about the kitchen residency that's going to be a part of it for the first year.
Tasca is all about the food of Portugal and Spain and comes from Head Chef Josh
... - Ling Ling’s heads to Tottenham's The Bluecoats for a full time residency
The roaming supperclub turned residency Ling Ling's has found a new full-time home in the heart of Tottenham for its next residency. It's going to be running the food side of things at The Bluecoats, just down the road from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
If you haven't managed to catch chef Jenny Phung and her partner James Shepherd at their various previous pop-ups, then you're in
... - Dough Hands pizzas set up residency inside Nunhead's The Old Nun's Head
You might have caught them as they've been popping up all over London before settling down for a residency in Hackney's Spurstowe Arms. Now Dough Hands is heading south for a second residency, this time in Nunhead.
Setting up shop in The Nun's Head pub, Dough Hands comes from pizza chef Hannah Drye who has been working on creating her own personal style of pizza. The focus for her
... - Ivan Ramen is back in London with a residency at The Ned
A year after his longish residency in Islington won him legions of London fans, top ramen chef Ivan Orkin is back in town with another residency. This time he's heading into the City with a two-month stay at The Ned. The chef, who runs the highly-rated Ivan Ramen in NYC and has been the subject of a Netflix Chef's Table episode, will be presenting a special menu at The Ned's Kaia restaurant.
There will be four new ramens on
... - 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
... - 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
... - 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,
... - 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
... - 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
... - 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
... - 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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