Heston Blumenthal's Dinner today picked up one of the top accolades in dining when the Knightsbridge restaurant was named "best newcomer" by the Zagat restaurant guide... more
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
Dozen Londoners chosen by the Mayor to help promote the capital to the world include a film director, research scientist, banking boss and top chef ... more
London is flashing its cash this Christmas with party organisers told to “think lavish”. Jonathan Prynn gets the lowdown on girls, gin fountains and £5,000 hampers... more
Pierre Koffmann, one of the most influential French chefs to have cooked in London, says he will no longer work with his compatriots as most are a 'pain in the arse' in the kitchen... more
Pierre Koffmann, the former three-Michelin starred chef who inspired a generation of British culinary names, is making a full-time return to the kitchen at the age of 61... more
The fact that fewer restaurants than anticipated closed down in 2009 may be a blessing, at least for the owners, but the real crunch, I suspect, is still to come, says Fay Maschler... more
It was the year of bankers’ bonuses and MPs’ moats, of Jude Law’s Hamlet and England’s Ashes win. But how well do you remember the other stories that hit the Standard’s headlines in 2009? Take our quiz to find out
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We face a second wave of postal strikes. The selfdestructive machismo of the Communication Workers Union in the face of the unquestioned need to modernise has brought us another display of the hardliners' muscle, with no regard for the consequences for Royal Mail users... more
Supermarkets say pig's trotters are flying off the shelves, and one restaurant sold out of nearly a month's supply in a week when it put them on the menu... more
Getting an authentic brasserie right was no problem for proprietor Claudio Pulze, as David Sexton explains. Brasserie St Jacques is the 51st restaurant he has opened.... more
London's top woman chef, who has written her first cook book, mastered her craft in Gordon Ramsay's ferocious kitchens. So how come she is so nice?... more
Silvano Giraldin has been in charge of front-of-house at Le Gavroche since 1971 and his professional touch sets the seal on the dining experience, says Fay Maschler. ... more
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