The chefs at the pass of Britain’s best restaurants are still predominantly men, but there’s no denying the importance of female influence in a good restaurant. In name, these restaurants honour the grandmothers and homemakers who taught and inspired great chefs, the explorers and icons that shape their story of good hospitality.
When The Reliance closed in Leeds, it left a gap in the form of a solid, neighbourhood, everyone-welcome restaurant equalled by excellent cooking. It’s early days yet, but Bavette, a French bistro from Sandy Jarvis and Clément Cousin in the suburb of Horsforth, looks like it will comfortably fill the brief.
Bibendum's Claude Bosi returns to his Lyonnaise roots with the opening of a classic neighbourhood bouchon in south west London. We take an early look.
With International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March, and to celebrate the restaurant’s 50th anniversary, where better to head this week than to Dartmouth and The Angel to chat with Elly Wentworth.
