Heston Blumenthal's Dinner has won one of the capital's top restaurant awards four months after opening at the five-star Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Knightsbridge.... more
The MoD will destroy reports of alien encounters to see off annoying FOI requests - you can see a precedent for the Freedom of Information Act developing here...... more
Delia can do no wrong, particularly at Christmas, in Melanie McDonagh's eyes, but other imaginative and user-friendly food writers also find favour in her round-up... more
How many of our best-known culinary experts spend any time at the stove? To find out, we tried to book a table when the chef is actually rattling the pots and pans.... more
From the finest buffalo mozzarella to fiery Sichuan hotpots and the freshest seafood, Fay Maschler names the final 25 of her top 50 restaurants.... more
With Theo Randall, the ex-head chef at River Café, at the helm, Mark Bolland had high expectations for the InterContinental Hotel's restaurant. He was left thoroughly disappointed.... more
As a legal battle that threatened one of London's most iconic restaurants is resolved Ruth Rogers tells Lucy Cavendish why she can't imagine cooking anywhere else.... more
After years of sterling work at the River Cafe, chef Theo Randall now has a place of his own. But the Park Lane venue is a surprising choice, writes Fay Maschler.... more
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