Food and Drink

Food waste is a pressing global issue with no sign of slowing down. At least one third of the world’s food produce is discarded: that’s enough to feed 870 million people (a figure greater than the entire population of Europe). Here in the UK, 40 per cent of all fruit and vegetables are rejected before reaching shelves, considered ugly, misshapen, too big or too small; yet they remain absolutely edible. Former Head Chef of Petersham Nurseries, Skye Gyngell aims to...

Occupying the former site of Bag O’Nails – a live music venue renowned for hosting The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and The Who – The Court has the potential to become Soho’s most exciting new members’ club. Intending to honour the club’s rich musical history, The Court will act as a private members’ club with a piano stage and nightly live entertainment. The realisation of founder Harry Mead, “who’s vision is to redefine the typical private members’ experience”, the venue will...

Eating 24 grams or just under an ounce of walnuts per day lowered the prevalence of depression symptoms

Inspired by the discovery of an 18,000 year-old Yukagir mammoth in Siberia, in 2013, Mamont Vodka is an ultra-premium, six-time distilled Siberian vodka. Awarded a gold medal in the International Spirits Challenge 2018, Mamont is packaged in a unique tusk-shaped bottle, produced at the Itkul Distillery – one of Russia’s oldest distilleries. Distilled at the foot of the Altai Mountains by a team of skilled craftsmen, Mamont Vodka is produced using only traditional methods and natural ingredients local to Siberia....

Touted as “the only place to eat Red King crab in London”, Fancy Crab specialises in the most prized of three traditionally Alaskan king crab varieties. Fished from the cold waters of the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway and Russia, the restaurant receives the crab directly from their supplier to ensure peak quality, our waiter, Castro, explains. Red king crab fishing is a dangerous, gruelling business. Usually carried out between October and January, the process has an alarming...

The first commercial brewery to open in Hackney since the 19th Century, London Fields Brewery was launched in the summer of 2011. Following a sequence of legal issues surrounding co-founder Jules De Vere Whiteway-Wilkinson, the brewery was acquired by Carlsberg in 2017, purchased in a joint venture with Brooklyn Brewery, with which the Danish company signed a UK distribution deal in 2016. Currently brewed at Truman’s Brewery in east London, the Carlsberg/Brooklyn takeover plans to return the brewing process to...

Celebrating Chinese New Year (Tuesday 5th February, 2019), the restaurant group behind high-end Chinese restaurants Yauatcha and Hakkasan has launched a series of commemorative promotions. Each taking place until Sunday 24th February, both of London’s Hakkasan restaurants will welcome the Year of the Pig with a unique reinvention of the classic fortune cookie, with renowned author Will Self having written 88 different fortunes, which are wrapped around Hakkasan’s macarons. Yauatcha, on the other hand, has collaborated with celebrated design team,...

Police are hunting two thugs after the customer was mowed down outside a branch of the eatery.

With plenty of exciting launches constantly taking place across the Capital, we pick London’s best new restaurant openings taking place over the coming month. Yeni - Soho Aiming to introduce London to the flavours and culinary traditions that reflect Istanbul’s rich heritage as the meeting point of Asia and Europe, the team behind Yeni Lokanta will open a Soho restaurant next week. With the Istanbul restaurant having become a cult success, since opening in 2013, Cem Bilge and chef Civan...