Food and Drink

The ad for Viva! - featuring a pig called Hope - was screened before the 12A-rated films Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Contemporary Latin American cuisine meets Mayfair chic in Mark Morrans’ latest venture MNKY HSE. The stylish restaurant is hidden behind a discreet entrance on Dover Street rubbing shoulders with Aston Martin, contemporary art shops and a plethora of other late night venues competing for the celebrity dollar on a street that plays like an A to Z of the rich and famous on most evenings. An elegant lounge is decked out with a pristine wooden DJ booth as a focal...

Launching on Friday 7th September, Tom Griffiths’ Flank will host a series of Friday evening pop-ups, taking place until the end of October. Operating from Old Spitalfields Market, Flank was one of the most exciting new openings of 2017 and received a rare five-star review from TLE soon after opening. Initially launched as a pop-up in Brighton, the restaurant opened in London as part of the new development of kitchens around the market, overseen by Ten Ten – a creative organisation headed up by Nuno...

With plenty of exciting restaurant launches constantly taking place across the Capital, we pick London’s best new restaurant openings taking place over the coming month. Kym’s by Andrew Wong – City One of the year's most exciting new restaurant openings, Andrew Wong is set to open Kym’s in the Bloomberg Arcade. Following the huge success of his eponymous restaurant near Victoria, Kym's will be a modern ‘premium casual’ Chinese restaurant, named after Andrew’s parents’ restaurant opened in 1985 – reopened...

The famous bread man answered questions at a road show event at the stunning Chatsworth House this weekend

During 1898, diamond magnate Woolf Joel hosted a dinner for fourteen guests at The Savoy – one of London’s most iconic hotels. Just before dinner commenced, one of Joel’s guests cancelled, reducing the party size to thirteen. Against the behest of more superstitious guests, the host decided the dinner should go ahead, already warned that death would befall the first person to leave the table, according to an old wives’ tale regarding dinner parties of thirteen. Woolf Joel defiantly decided...

Tripe, eel and tongue have been added to a “critically endangered foods” list after new research revealed some of our most traditional culinary treats may be on the way out. With popular cuts of meat now widely available at affordable prices the days of nose-to-tail cooking seem to be drifting by the wayside - and it’s all down to those pesty Millennials. According to Ubamarket a quarter of millennials find it hard to locate the more diverse ingredients on their...

Saltaire Brewery, an independent brewery based in Shipley, West Yorkshire, has refreshed its branding and launched a brand new product line. Having crafted internationally award-winning beers since 2006, the brewery is now striving to bridge the gap between cask and craft ales with its commitment to high quality beer – producing 56,000 litres of beer each week. As part of an ambitious five-year growth plan and ongoing investment programme led by Managing Director, Ewen Gordon, Saltaire Brewery has released a...

Inspired by the home cooking and roadside stalls of Sri Lanka and South India, Hoppers is set to raise funds for the victims of recent flooding in Kerala, this weekend. On Sunday 2nd September, the Soho restaurant will serve a traditional Keralan lunch, with all proceeds raised donated to the Plan India charity. Guests will be served an entirely vegetarian, sadya-style meal. This sadya feast will feature classics such as Yam Avial with coconut and curry leaf; Pumpkin and Cow...