Food and Drink

With plenty of exciting restaurant launches constantly taking place across the Capital, we pick London’s best new restaurants opening over the coming month. The Frog Hoxton – Hoxton Following the success of his other restaurants, The Frog E1 and Frog by Adam Handling, Adam Handling is set to open a brand new space on Hoxton Square. Opening later this month, The Frog E1 will move to a new, larger premises (renamed The Frog Hoxton), joined by a new bar, Iron...

Just across St John’s Square from the original Zetter Hotel, The Zetter Townhouse, Clerkenwell, is a 13 bedroom Georgian townhouse from the Zetter Group. In addition to two suites, 11 bedrooms, a Games Room and Dining Room, The Cocktail Lounge was launched in collaboration with Tony Conigliaro (69 Colebrooke Row, Bar Termini, Untitled). Here, each recipe features specialised ingredients developed and made by the bar team. Once the centre of Dickensian London, The Cocktail Lounge at The Zetter Townhouse celebrates...

At long last, Cognac is popular again. For the third consecutive year, sales of Cognac have continued to rise, around the world. In 2016, sales of Cognac had risen by 6.0 per cent in volume and 6.8 per cent in value compared to 2015. During the first quarter of 2017, sales of V.S. and XO Cognac expressions rose exponentially, with sales between the period between April 2016 to March 2017 having reached approximately 182 million bottles. In the U.S. –...

Following successful collaborations with the likes of Bar Termini and House of Peroni, Strazzanti has been serving Sunday brunches in Fitzrovia this Summer. Set up by three sisters, Emilia, Nina and Sofia Strazzanti; the Sicilian bakery and brunch pop-up will partner with Frizzante – the café at Hackney City Farm – for two supper clubs next month. On Thursday 26th and Friday 27th July, the first in a series of Sicilian-inspired supper clubs will take place in the barns of...

The UK's first vegan Oktoberfest is coming to Camden Town this year. Launching on Saturday 6th October Vegtoberfest will couple the merry traditions of Oktoberfest with beers, wines and street food. Vegan-friendly Bavarian beers will sit alongside a handful of local vegan craft ales, while vegan wines, mulled wine and hot and cold cocktails will also be available. Vegtoberfest will also serve a range of vegan Bratwurst and sausages with all the usual trimmings at the Brat Grill. Fest Roof...

Archaeologists from the University of Glasgow have discovered barley beer in Bronze Age Mesopotamian drinking vessels

Named after Brighton’s famous West Pier, Lost Pier Brewing is a relatively new craft beer producer operating from Chiddinglye Farm in Sussex. Each of the brewery’s eight inventive beers are unpasteurised, unfiltered, vegan and naturally cloudy – canned with an eye-catching label designed by Brighton-based artist Mister Phil. According to Lost Pier’s website, the renowned local artist “has managed to capture the West Pier and the seafront in his unique artistic way. His authentic, vibrant, and happy artwork is what...

Gordon Craig, 33, has been one of the Capital's finest chefs for 15 years, so finding someone to cater for his own wedding was going to be a difficult task.

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey have created powerful 7.4 per cent proof Tynt Meadow ale