Chefs

Vivek Singh's Indian lamb recipe for Easter

Top Chefs Share Their Spring Lamb Recipes

Some of London’s top chefs share their favourite spring lamb recipes, just in time for Easter weekend…

Melissa & Jasmine Hemsley, the Hemsley sisters

THE HEMSLEY SISTERS ON THE ART OF EATING WELL

Loved by the food, fitness and fashion industries, sisters Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley have taken the wellness industry by storm since launching Hemsley + Hemsley in 2010. Their debut cookbook, The Art of Eating Well, is a best-seller. We quiz the glowing duo on spiralizing, wellbeing and south London

TOM KERRIDGE JOINS HARRODS AS CHEF OF THE SEASON

Two Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge will join the Harrods Food Hall as the department store’s Chef of the Season from October If you haven’t managed to get a table at Tom Kerridge’s two Michelin-starred pub The Hand in Flowers, there’s good news for foodies. Fans of the award-winning chef can sample his traditional British food at Harrods […]

CHEF ED BAINES ON CONDIMENTS, COOKING AND NORTHCOTE ROAD

Wandsworth-based chef Ed Baines prefers the traditional, simple approach to top quality food Words: Camilla Davis Ed Baines is not a devotee of the Heston Blumenthal school of curious culinary creations. For Ed, as the old adage goes: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. ‘As a chef, I’ve discovered that the more you do […]

CHUTNEY MARY MOVES TO ST JAMES’S

In 1990, the Panjabi sisters made food history in London with their upmarket Indian restaurant Chutney Mary, and now they’ve gone and spiced things up again, finds Sudi Pigott Move over Hemsley sisters. The original culinary siblings are Namita and Camellia Panjabi of MW Eat, the group behind Chutney Mary, Masala Grill and many more. […]

INSPIRATIONAL FOOD AT PARADISE BY WAY OF KENSAL GREEN

Cat Ashton is fast gaining recognition for her innovative menus at Paradise by Way of Kensal Green, but for her the feeling is mutual when talking about living and working in North London As much as I try to divert my attention, I can’t help but stare at Cat Ashton’s rather impressive tattoo that’s poking […]

LONDON’S BEST ‘CELEBRITY CHEF’ RESTAURANTS

Is the celebrity chef phenomenon overcooked? Does a famous name above a restaurant door still guarantee quality within? Here are 16 of our favourite London restaurants that combine celebrity sparkle with great food…

EX-CHEF DIRECTOR OF POLPO OPENS RESTAURANT IN ANGEL

Previously Chef Director at the Polpo restaurant group for five years, Tom Oldroyd is all set to open his first solo restaurant Oldroyd on Upper Street in Islington. We find out what to expect You’ve been involved in the food & drink industry for 15 years Tom. How has it changed in that time? It’s […]

MEET THE GOURMET WOLFE OF NOTTING HILL

Notting Hill’s latest top restaurant also has its best-named restaurateur. Wolfe Conyngham talks about confounding expectations and taking chances I’ve never interviewed anyone called Wolfe before. Come to think of it, I’ve never met anyone called Wolfe before. And so meeting Wolfe Conyngham at his new Notting Hill restaurant, I had odd visions of meeting […]

WRIGHT BROTHERS COMES TO SOUTH KENSINGTON

Food critics’ favourite, Wright Brothers is about to open its fourth London seafood restaurant in South Kensington, we meet its oyster-obsessed founders, Ben Wright and Robin Hancock The Wright Brothers – also known as brothers-in-law Ben Wright and Robin Hancock – will soon be opening their latest restaurant in South Kensington on the site of La Bouchée, the establishment previously known for […]