Luke and Stacey French’s acclaimed Jöro had long outgrown its cluster of shipping containers when a developer offered them a 19th-century paper mill located to the north of the city, perched between the Peak District and the River Don. Following several years of Grand Designs-worthy renovations, Jöro 2.0 opened in December 2024.
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 ‘98. Not bad for a chef who lacked formal training... and once described himself as ‘a self-taught cook who couldn’t boil an egg ten years ago’.
London chophouse group Blacklock touches down in the basement of a converted textile mill in the heart of Manchester. We take a first look.
With banks increasingly reluctant to lend money to start-up businesses, crowdfunding has become the only viable option for many first-time restaurateurs.
With 999 years of ferocious, fascinating history in its Abbey ruins – and a lively eating out scene – Bury St Edmunds has got all the ingredients for the perfect weekend getaway
