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With The Ritz Restaurant in the running for Restaurant of the Year at The Good Food Guide Awards 2025, in partnership with OpenTable, we’ve been dipping into the archives to trace its story of influence in British dining. From ‘indulgent, obese luxury’ in the 80s, to its omission from the Guide in the 90s, and the stabilising arrival of John ...
When, in 2002, Gordon Ramsay put one of his star protégés in charge of the Connaught the shock expressed by the old guard at an institution and formerly male bastion being rejuvenated by a female chef made headlines. In 2008, Angela Hartnett went on to open Murano, originally with Gordon Ramsay Holdings. Tucked discreetly in among the converted townhouse offices ...
Nick Nairn was one of the first chefs to turn himself into a ‘celebrity’, and did so via the BBC’s then wildly popular show Ready Steady Cook. But Nairn was a star in the kitchen as well as on the screen. He opened his first restaurant, Braeval Old Mill, near Aberfoyle in 1986, and went on to open the acclaimed Nairn’s in Glasgow ...
In the 1998 edition of The Good Food Guide, Nico Ladenis scored a perfect 10 for Chez Nico at Ninety Park Lane. Here’s what the Guide had to say.
It is worth remembering that when Albert and Michel Roux opened Le Gavroche in 1967 – decamping from Lower Sloane Street to Upper Brook Street in 1981 – they introduced top-class gastronomy to the UK.
The great chef Richard Shepherd died on 23 November, 2022. Here, we offer a snapshot of his time at Langan’s Brasserie. The year was 1978, early into a tenure that spanned more than 30 years.
British dining has come a long way since 2010, and much has changed. Before we announce our 'Top 20 most exciting restaurants in Britain' list on 17 October, we journey back to a time when The Fat Duck was the place to be, and Gordon Ramsay wasn't quite - quite! - as famous.
As hard as it is to open a successful restaurant, it’s even harder to keep it successful – surviving in our vibrant and competitive dining scene is no easy feat. So, let’s celebrate four classic restaurants that have found ways to stay relevant and modern, maintaining their reputations for four or more decades.
The restaurateur and art dealer Andrew Edmunds has died at the age of 79. As friends and family pay their respects, and countless peers and customers remember him, we look back at two Guide entries that go some distance to summing up the mark he made on Britain’s culinary scene.
Eating food cooked by Claude Bosi is memorable: high on flavour, high on thought and inspiration; witty and wide-ranging in technique; dishes that lean on a new generation’s interpretation of classical French cuisine. But when the chef first moved into the West End from his established base in Ludlow, Shropshire in 2007, there were some who wondered whether Hibiscus was ...
