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Feature Published 22 May 2025
Eating out with Jane Austen: food from the author’s life and work
In celebration of Jane Austen’s 250-year anniversary, Stuart Walton digests the significance of food in her novels and letters and picks out five top spots for eating out along the Austen trail.
Feature Published 22 May 2025
First look: Town, Covent Garden
Stevie Parle is back. Not that he ever really went away. It’s just that after a busy decade spent opening restaurants in London’s north, south, east and west prior to the pandemic, he had just one – Pastaio in Soho – until the opening of Town on Drury Lane in May. Those who know the Birmingham-born, Ballymaloe-trained ...
Published 22 May 2025
To eat: Sam Lomas' recipe for a sausage sandwich
Sam Lomas opened his first solo venue, Briar, in September 2024 and not long after he was shortlisted as a Good Food Guide Chef to Watch. In honour of British Sandwich Week, here is his recipe for a sausage sandwich inspired by Portuguese cachorrinhos.
Interview Published 21 May 2025
'It’s going to be colourful': Maria Bradford on opening Shwen Shwen, Sevenoaks
Chef and author Maria Bradford is to open her debut restaurant, Shwen Shwen by Maria Bradford in Sevenoaks, Kent, on Friday 6th June. Food writer Hilary Armstrong interviewed her for The Good Food Guide’s sister publication CODE Hospitality to find out all about her new opening. Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Bradford learned to cook at the age of nine ...
Where to eat Published 20 May 2025
Best places to eat near Britain’s train stations
There’s something glamorously continental about the idea of dining in a grand old train terminus, but these days the reality is an overpriced sandwich or a sad sausage roll. In celebration of our new member perk with Belmond Trains, here are our tops spots for a slap-up lunch or deliciously decadent bake within striking distance of the station.
Where to eat Published 17 May 2025
Best restaurants in Plymouth
Plymouth’s coastal setting has always played a central role in shaping its food culture, and its best restaurants continue to draw from land and sea with equal confidence. Whether it’s fresh seafood cooked with Mediterranean flair, modern British plates served with polish, or casual dining done well, this Devon port city has plenty to offer. From lively bistros to smart, ...
Feature Published 16 May 2025
The Perfect Place to Grow: nurturing Thanet's talent of tomorrow
Planting seeds, making pasta and catering for gallery openings are just some of the ways in which a Tracey Emin-backed project is nurturing young people facing unemployment in Thanet. With The Perfect Place to Grow café playing host to Nathan Outlaw and Rob Cooper for the latest Good Food Guide event this week, Laura Nickoll shares the story.
Feature Published 15 May 2025
To eat: Wild Artichokes' crab cakes with Courchamps sauce
Samantha Miller and Jane Baxter’s eccentrically located restaurant, Wild Artichokes, brings people together in a shared table format. Here’s a light summer recipe to bring to your dining table.
Feature Published 15 May 2025
Catching up with Elly Wentworth
Ahead of the next instalment of our Claridge’s Supper Series, we caught up with Elly Wentworth from The Angel.
Feature Published 14 May 2025
To eat: Nathan Outlaw's recipe for grilled lemon sole
It’s been 22 years since Nathan Outlaw opened his first restaurant the Black Pig in Rock, Cornwall. Here is the recipe for his first ever dish; lemon sole fillets with smoked paprika mayonnaise.
