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Editorial
Feature Published 02 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.
Local Guide Published 02 May 2025
Where to eat around the Salcombe-Kingsbridge estuary
The South Hams boasts some of the most beautiful stretches of the English coastline, with fertile farmland stretching from sea-sprayed headlands to steep rolling pasture and cool, shady valleys. It’s home to a fiercely local food and drink scene and around the Salcombe-Kingsbridge estuary, there’s plenty of good eating to be had.
Feature Published 02 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.
Where to eat Published 29 April 2025
Late night in London
Have we seen the last gasp of late night London? Critic and Good Food Guide columnist Jimi Famurewa doesn't think so. Some of the best restaurants in the city will still seat you come 10pm, you just have to know where to look.
Feature Published 29 April 2025
First look: Bangkok Diners Club
Bangkok Diners Club began life as District, a Thai fusion tasting menu restaurant on nearby Oldham Street that attracted plaudits from local and national press before closing in 2022 due to financial difficulties. In the three years since, husband-and-wife team Ben and Bo Humphreys have been travelling across Thailand and America gathering inspiration (along with a stint ...
Feature Published 28 April 2025
Last orders for late-night dining? Jimi Famurewa weighs in
As a critic, few things are as uncomfortable as having to hurriedly recalibrate opinions about a formerly wholehearted recommendation. A year or so ago, I excitedly dragged my wife along for a very late, post-theatre dinner at a West End restaurant — an opening I had published an exuberant rave about just six months earlier — and had the creeping ...
Feature Published 25 April 2025
Where to eat in Europe: top picks from Good Food Guide inspectors
Do you find yourself planning holidays around good food? Our inspectors certainly do. As a well-travelled bunch, we’ve asked them to share some of their favourite spots around Europe. From institutions to backstreet gems, the simple to the spectacular, these are the restaurants not to miss on your travels.
Feature Published 25 April 2025
To eat: Erst's recipe for mussels on toast
Go to method INGREDIENTS 250g mussels, cleaned and de-bearded 150ml white wine 150ml fish stock 2 cloves garlic 1 small white onion 2 marinda tomatoes ½ tsp fennel seeds ¼ tsp chilli flakes ½ tsp smoked paprika 2 bay leaves 1 sprig thyme 2 tbsp moscatel vinegar or white wine vinegar and a pinch of sugar 4 ...
Feature Published 22 April 2025
First Look: The Swine Bistro, Headingley
After a brief dormant spell, The Swine (formerly ‘That Dines’) has re-emerged as a fully-fledged, suburban bistro, leaving its city centre home of over 10 years and relocating to the heart of Headingley.
Where to eat Published 21 April 2025
Best restaurants in Padstow
Padstow has long drawn food lovers to Cornwall’s north coast, and with good reason. This harbour town punches well above its weight, with restaurants that showcase the best of the region’s land and sea. While Rick Stein helped put Padstow on the culinary map, the town’s food scene has grown to include a range of standout spots offering confident, ingredient-led ...
