Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from James Chiavarini

Top London restaurateur hits out at ban on boiling live lobsters

Restaurant and food industry heads are complaining about the new animal rights legislation

Evening Standard

David Ellis reviews La Palombe: Sweet dreams are cooked like these

Il Portico restaurateur James Chiavarini knows all about fresh starts, says David Ellis, and the reborn La Palombe is leagues above what it was

Evening Standard

‘It’s pretty brutal out there’: Struggling UK pubs and restaurants pray spirit of Christmas past will reappear

After Covid and the cost of living crisis, bookings have still not fully rebounded for the critical festive period

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘We are not even full for Christmas’ – England’s restaurants count their lost bookings

Cost of living crisis has deterred customers just as cost of food ingredients, energy, rent and wages surge

The Guardian - UK

Keith McNally isn’t alone: Hospitality staff share their worst-ever experiences with customers

The New York restaurateur caused a stir after calling out James Corden for bad behaviour. But Londoners have seen far worse, David Ellis discovers

Evening Standard

‘Not good enough’: four companies give their verdict on the energy plan

As businesses fear energy Armageddon, Jacob Rees-Mogg puts forward plan for wholesale price cap on gas and electricity

The Guardian - UK

The trashing of Il Portico is a low point for London

What a lunch yesterday: pork belly ragu, calf’s liver, thirsty gulps of grappa. Nine of us sat greedily at a long table in Il Portico, a family-run Italian in Kensington that’s met its customers with paper-thin slices of prosciutto since 1967, but we were there in dour-ish circumstances. In the…

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Vandals trash London restaurant after JK Rowling attends event at sister eatery

The Harry Potter author attended a charity fundraiser at the Pino restaurant in Kensington earlier this week

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Open invitation to help launch new restaurant

A London restaurateur says hospitality staffing shortages have led him to make an open call for a chef to start a new restaurant with James Chiavarini, right, who owns Il Portico in Kensington, said he is looking for a partner. “You don’t need any money, all you need is a good…

Evening Standard

Rick Stein and Rowley Leigh head to Pino for Ukraine fundraiser

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

British Beer And Pub Association

21 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.