Posted 20 October 2011

And the winners are:

Bravery – Mikael Jonsson at Hedone. The former Swedish lawyer is passionate and obsessed about obtaining the best ingredients.

One Person’s Passion – Petra Barran of eat.st – her own mobile van Choc Star revealed to her the animating effect of food sold on the streets. She runs the site with Giles Smith and Gareth Davies

Posted 13 October 2011

This year’s big debate, ‘There is no such thing as Ethnic Food’, was a gloriously feisty affair. AA Gill and Jonathan Meades (For) lined up against Hardeep Singh Coley and Clarissa Dickson Wright (Against). Chair Kirsty Young did a fantastic job keeping the two teams in line, deducting points for any foul play or language (A A Gill fell spectacularly at the first hurdle on the latter).

Posted 4 October 2011

And so with a bang, the 2011 London Restaurant Festival begins as The Fortnum and Mason Culinary Carnival welcomed a delightful five course tasting menu from Nottingham-based chef Sat Bains.

Sat – the hugely talented chef who has a Michelin star from his eponymous Restaurant with Rooms – took to the Gallery restaurant kitchen to produce some truly inventive dishes including the stand-out Belly Pork (with crackling, Granny Smith apple and piccalilli), as well as Organic Salmon (oyster soup, passion fruit, miso), Slow Cooked Mutton (shallot ‘textures, pickled elderberries), ‘Cheese On Toast’ and a finale of Autumn Berries (yoghurt, hazelnut, crispy meringue).

Posted 6 October 2011

Irrepressible chef (and West End choreographer) Jeremy Lee was the host with the most – and even broke out into poetic song – at Tuesday night’s London Restaurant Festival Big Quiz, which took place at the spectacularly opulent Criterion restaurant on Piccadilly.