SÉZANNE Takes Your Hand

Daniel Calvert’s French restaurant at Four Seasons Tokyo declared one of Asia’s 50 Best. Being declared one of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants in the awards scheme of the same name is a hell of an achievement. Being declared one of Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants when you’ve only been open a year though? Chapeau, M. Calvert.…
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Scotto Voce

There are pop-ups. And there are Carlo Scotto pop-ups. In advance of opening his new restaurant Amethyst in Mayfair, Michelin-experienced, Italian-born chef Carlo Scotto will be testing the waters with a short run at the Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane. Formerly of Xier in Marylebone, where he had the likes of Grace Dent…
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Drink. Dine. Create.

Coffee, cocktails, cicchetti and creativity are on the menu at The Thin White Duke David Bowie has inspired many things. Musicians. Artists. The 2012 Great Britain Olympics Team. And now he’s inspired an all-day bar / restaurant / recording studio in Soho. And, indeed, why not? Created by production designer Sasha and musician Giovanni Almonte,…
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The Dark Night

Dark dining experience Dans Le Noir? gets a stately home spin… Staffordshire’s Swinfen Hall Hotel – a 250-year old country mansion set in 100 acres – is keeping diners in the dark through March 2022 as Dans Le Noir?, the world-renowned “dine in the dark” experience, pops up there for a month. With restaurants in…
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Top Table

With only 16 covers a day, Roketsu will be one of London’s most exclusive restaurants Kaiseki is a form of Japanese dining that elevates an already frequently precise cuisine to even higher levels. Originally a meal served to Buddhist monks at tea ceremonies, Kaiseki’s simple, meditative qualities remain. It’s now a multi-course meal of small…
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Suite Love

Chopard and Manhattan’s The Lowell team up for a remarkable Valentine’s collaboration Can you put a price on true love? No. But you can put a price on diamonds, dinner for two and a night in – to my mind – New York’s most charming hotel. Collaborating with celebrated jewellery-makers Chopard, The Lowell “Happy Hearts…
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Oh, You Wagyu

The best steak in the world in now available by mail order         A lot has already been written about wagyu beef, from the highs to the lows. On the former side, it’s all about the flavour, the marbling, the precision of the farming, the lengths taken to keep the cows in question as chilled as…
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The Perfect Serve

Anyone for (Michelin-starred food and) tennis? The joys of Wimbledon are obvious but, well, mixed? There’s the corporate hospitality, where the pleasures of tennis and day drinking are so mewhat marred by the small talk. There’s the vague hope of tickets in the ballot. There’s the day entry, running around and attempting to beat the…
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Bunch of Flours

One of the world’s best pastry chefs is coming to London At some point in early 2022 – we can’t be more specific because, well, you know – Cedric Grolet will be coming to The Berkeley in London’s Knightsbridge.   Who he? He great pastry chef, that who he. Famed for his culinary ‘trompe-l’œil’ –…
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Out To (Christmas) Lunch

At the time of press, there is a far, far better alternative to turkey… Turkey? Nah, mate. India. If you’re seeking something different to the traditional fare this year, then Tamarind of Mayfair and Zaika of Kensington have got you covered – assuming restaurants are still opening, of course, it’s very hard to tell these…
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