Residency

Until recently, the Old Nun's Head in Nunhead was home to one of London's best pizzerias, Dough Hands. They've now moved on, but Nunhead pizza fans now have something completely new to look forward to.

Taking on the residency in the pub is Slice Circle. That's a duo comprising Angus Whitfield, previously at Dough Hands, and Methun Chelvan, previously at Bad Boy Pizza Society. So they've got some very strong pizza know-how between them. As for their signature pizza style, they say it "offers a super thin, light, crispy bite, with a juicy crust designed for dunking. We want to

One of London's best pizzerias is growing, and this time they're getting into the current slice trend. Dough Hands' latest residency is at All My Friends in Hackney, and alongside their main pizzas, they'll be selling them by the XL slice. 

Run by chef Hannah Drye, you'll be able to order multiple pizzas by the slice here, so if you've ever wanted to try as many of her pizzas as possible, this is the place. Pizzas promised for the menu include the Tomato pie with anchovy, stracciatella & green sauce, Garlic sausage & pistachio pesto, Lamiri harissa aubergine & salted

If you've been missing chef James Cochran's Around The Cluck, it's just made a return to London, popping up as a residency near Old Street. He's taken over the food being served in family-run pub Old Fountain, where he'll be serving up his chicken every day. 

On the menu at the pub, you'll now find:

• The OG Chicken Burger, with whipped blue cheese mousse, buffalo sauce, bacon crumb, bread & butter pickles
• All Gravy Baby! Chicken Burger, with chicken gravy emulsion, crispy chicken skin, crispy onions, lettuce, pickles
• Katsuuuuuuuuuuu Chicken

The Donovan Bar in Mayfair's Brown's Hotel has been pulling in some impressive residencies of late, like Mitch Tonk and Andrew Wong. Their latest continues that trend as Nieves Barragan Mohacho, just celebrating a new Michelin star for Legado (on top of the star for Sabor), takes over the food in March. 

She'll be adding a selection of small plates to the menu, so you'll find dishes like seared tuna with silky ajo blanco and Porthilly pysters finished with fino sherry emulsion and citrus oil. They'll also have pork ear ‘a feira,’ confit artichoke with lovage aioli and

The Old Queen's Head in Islington had once been the home of Lucky Chip and is also a great place for a Sunday lunch, but now they're about to launch something brand new - Hot Saint Pizza. 

The Islington pub was taken over by the Columbo Group (who also run The Parakeet) 20 years ago, so they're using the excuse of their 20th anniversary for a big overhaul in the food. Hot Saint comes from Tom Budakan, an ex-Dough Hands chef, so he knows what he's doing when it comes to pizza. And apparently, he's even previously been a DJ in the pub. 

His 48-hour fermented pizza

St Martin's Lane Hotel seems to have been working on something to replace Asia de Cuba properly since it closed all the way back in 2019. Now it looks like the team there is fully embracing the residency route, with Spotlight.

The new space is being put together by a creative studio called Whipped Cream, which immediately raises the question as to whether this will always be a food and drink space. Whipped Cream are apparently best known for "brand experiences" for people like Blank Street (a "crochet club" pop-up), ITV and Spotify (some of their previous collabs are pictured

After years of being one of the quietest pubs in Islington as The Four Sisters and then closed for nearly four years after that, as locals ourselves, we thought that no one was ever going to be able to make a success of the pub site on 25 Canonbury Lane. But along came The Pocket and it's since been transformed into one of the hottest pubs in London. 

Up until now, the food offering at the pub has been decidedly limited, with pies from the bar being the main form of sustenance ("no green food" as the Instagram handle proudly declares). However, that's about to change as

Lagom have been in residency for two and a half years at Hackney Church Brewery, but made the decision to step away at the end of 2025 (we'll be looking out for what they have planned next). They built up a great reputation during their time there, but now it's time for someone else to take up their place. 

So, coming next to the brewery is a brand-new residency from the duo currently known as Peck Peck. That's a Hackney chicken shop that was originally launched by Sutton & Sons, best known for its fish and chips. Since then the team running it, Sal Whitehead and

Tom Geoffrey's Barang has been serving up its Cambodian-inspired menu across town in pop-ups, and now it's about to get a much longer residency. Taking over the spot recently vacated by Khao Bird (which has just opened in Soho), Barang will be the new

That smash burger trend hasn't come even close to finishing, with another launch, this time inside a City pub. Having started last week, newcomer Off The Street are serving up their burgers inside The Britannia on Monument Street.

They seem to be going for the minimalist, Supernova-like approach, so you won't find anything too fancy here. So there's the classic cheeseburger

The Donovan Bar in Brown's Hotel has been host to some pretty interesting residencies in the past few months, including Andrew Wong, Mitch Tonks and Tom Kitchin. But for their next, they're going a little further, bringing over West Coast USA photographer, author and cook Jesse Jenkins. He's probably best known over here for