Wine professionals in London have a choice of two wine fairs to visit today: the first day of the London International Wine Fair at Excel exhibition centre in London's Docklands (on a Monday...

30 Apr 2013 London keeps evolving and seems almost immune to any economic downturn. Hence this latest update - timed for all the many visitors who seem to flood in to London at this time of...

Balthazar, the French brasserie that has played to full houses since it first opened on Spring Street, Manhattan, in 1997, has finally transferred to London's Covent Garden. It boasts an...

In between a first course of poached lemon sole with mushrooms and a main course of veal, served as a blanquette and as two pink slices from a roast loin, I recently had to get up and sing for my...

Last Thursday, straight after Patrick Sandeman's memorial , I had the uplifting experience of attending the opening of a wonderful photographic exhibition dedicated to some of the greatest...

Too often, the end of a meal is glossed over, condensed into a final paragraph, an afterthought. There is always mention of the first impression, but rarely mention of the last. Great detail...

See our new  guide to all readers’ restaurant reviews . I can picture it now, snow-capped peaks above rolling hills of luscious grass. Cumbria, what a shock it must have been when these...

In the fortnight preceding my recent stay in hospital and a convalescence at home that will regrettably force me to spend at least a couple of months away from this column*, I took a hard-line...

In which our Spanish specialist wins a prize and has his first meal at Heston Blumenthal's Dinner, eventually. When we heard the news we could hardly believe it. Our book, The Finest...

In time, we hope, for those planning a trip to London over the forthcoming holidays, here is a guide to our favourite wine bars in London. As we pointed out here , after years of having...

With the unveiling of 700 seats in four new restaurants across central London this autumn, restaurateurs at least seem to be doing their utmost to address the alarming rise in the capital's...

In the space of an hour I have received news of the opening of not just one but two new sherry bars in London. The team behind the restaurant Cambio de Tercio is opening Capote y Toros...

Blackpool in Lancashire, Loughborough near Leicester, Dewsbury in Yorkshire, Coventry in the heart of England and Shepherd's Bush in west London have not, until now, been recognised as areas of...

One night during Burgundy 2009 week in London when I went to 12 tastings in five days, Nick took me out to Hunan, a Chinese restaurant in Pimlico, London, of which we had heard very good things...

Mennula, which opened on the sunny side of Charlotte Street, a five-minute walk from Goodge Street tube in London's West End, is Sicilian through and through. Its name means 'almond' in...