On Tuesday night I went to the Young British Foodie Awards, created back in 2012 by Amy Thorne, founder of TASTE PR, food journalist Chloe Scott-Moncrieff and Lily Jones, founder of Lily Vanilli. It started then with the simple mission of shining a spotlight over the new wave of talented producers that was starting to hit the British food scene. Now, firmly […]
Held at the same time as harvest festival, British Food Fortnight is the biggest annual, national celebration of British food and drink. It’s been running since 2002, and aims to give the many, many foodie events being held at this time one ‘umbrella’ to bring them to the public’s attention. There’s a full list of […]
Last night I went to the launch of Russell Norman’s new book; SPUNTINO: Comfort Food (New York Style), out with Bloomsbury this week. A follow up to the Polpo founder’s first offering – A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts) – this time he celebrates the world that gave birth to his Soho-based love letter to New York. In inimitable style, we spilled on […]
Since I moved to Notting Hill last year, I’ve been on a quest to sort the good from the bad in terms of brunch spots around the area. While the popularity of New York style ‘brunch’ has been growing for years in the UK, in this pocket of West London, it’s practically an institution. There […]