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Feature Published 30 May 2025
From quayside cafes to micro-restaurants: where to eat on Mull
Mull is one of the easier to reach islands in the Inner Hebrides - just a few miles offshore at the Fishnish ferry crossing and around 3 ½ hours drive from Glasgow. As the fourth largest of Scotland’s islands (roughly 30 by 30 miles at its widest), it’s big enough to have its own food identity and infrastructure with ...
Feature Published 28 May 2025
To eat: Will Holland's recipe for a Jersey Royal velouté
As Jersey Royals reach their peak season, celebrate them in this dish by Will Holland, one of Jersey’s best-known chefs.
GFG archive Published 27 May 2025
Through the archives: Joyce Molyneux, The Carved Angel, Dartmouth, Devon 1975-1999
Not for nothing was Joyce Molyneux celebrated as a leading chef. Highly acclaimed by The Good Food Guide, and the first female chef in Britain to be awarded a Michelin star (1978), the restaurant she founded and co-owned was at the forefront of modern British cooking in the 1970s and 1980s. The Carved Angel’s very first appearance in the Guide ...
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.
