Eat Sleep And Drink Wine.  One may consider such a concept a perfect life motto!  A brief google search confirms that these very words are used to describe the luxury home away from home, that is The Vineyard Hotel near Newbury.  Indeed the Relais & Chateaux and Pride of Britain hotel and spa boasts five […]

This article is the fourth in a series designed not to provide ‘A N Other’ opinion about a chef’s output, to be lost in the now sea of increasing ‘noise’ about top end dining.  This is something slightly different.  In this article the chef will analyse each of their dishes sampled against the five criteria […]

On Sunday 1 July 2018, renowned chef Sat Bains, of two Michelin-starred Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham, will join chef Niall Keating, in his Michelin-starred restaurant, The Dining Room, at Whatley Manor in the Cotswolds, to create a spectacular eight-course dinner in aid of Hospitality Action’s ‘Social Sunday’. Started by Jason Atherton three years ago, […]

Much to report after a busy remainder to 2015 which has continued through 2016.  The site maintained a focus on restaurant reviews supplemented with feature articles, interviews and broad guide coverage. The iTunes podcast series remains – as always the links are to the written transcripts, you may find the podcast series on iTunes by […]

A news round up of 2014 and looking ahead to 2015 in the top end restaurant world

Guide season update, interviews, reviews, social networking and opinion…