One of the most famous chefs of the past 25 years returns to the capital’s restaurant scene this month as Jamie Oliver — Britain’s best-selling non-fiction writer of all time, but also the name behind a restaurant empire that collapsed very publicly in 2019 with the loss of 1,000 jobs — proves there is such a thing as a second act in London dining when he opens at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Mind you, if you’re Abby Lee, there's a fourth act: the Malaysian chef is opening the latest iteration of Mambow this month, too.
Lee and Oliver aren’t the only ones serving up second helpings this month: The Tamil Prince keeps it regal with The Tamil Crown in Islington, Holborn Indian Colonel Saab is opening off Trafalgar Square, Phil Howard’s reasonably priced Notto is launching in Covent Garden, while the much-anticipated Wolseley City finally opens its doors in the former House of Fraser premises in the Square Mile.
