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The River Cafe Cafe: Ruth Rogers' celebrated London restaurant launches new venue

Fans of Ruthie Rogers’ cooking will get the chance to sample a pared down taste of her celebrated cuisine

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024

Lunch with Ruth Rogers, founder of the River Café

The chef and podcast host changed the face of London dining with her Thames-side ‘café’. Jimi Famurewa joins her for lunch and discovers how she’s still making the magic flow

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

StreetSmart: Diners raise £750,000 for homeless as record numbers of rough sleepers on the rise

The number of rough sleepers in London is reportedly up 21 per cent on 2021; StreetSmart has raised more than £12m over 25 years to help

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023

Dorian, Notting Hill: Top-flight team from London’s best restaurants join forces for new bistro

The include alumni of Kitchen Table, the River Café and Core by Clare Smyth

Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2022

The River Cafe legacy: the enduring influence of one of Britain’s best loved restaurants

The Italian restaurant, which opened 35 years ago, counts Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall among its alumni. We speak to three of its chefs who have taken its ethos with them into their own places

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022

How to make the perfect chocolate sorbet – recipe

Harder to find than chocolate ice-cream, chocolate sorbet has an elegance other flavours cannot match and is surprisingly easy to make at home

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2022

Londoner’s Diary: No plans for ‘HoloWham’, says George Michael friend

In today’s Diary: No hologram for George / River Cafe award speech / Matt Hancock trains in public / A new King of the North?

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2022

National Restaurant Awards 2022: Ynyshir named UK’s best but London dominates list

Brat was named as London’s top restaurant, followed by the Ritz

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2022

Toklas, London: ‘Serves fabulous chips’ – restaurant review

Simple food expertly cooked at Toklas will put you on a high – and that’s before you even get to the chips, says Jay Rayner

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022

Anna Higham: ‘Stop getting stressed about making dessert – it’s just pudding’

River Cafe’s executive pastry chef chats to Lauren Taylor about taking the fear out of puddings, celebrating fruit and not being intimidated in shouty kitchens

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022