Not content with restaurants in York, his home village of Oldstead and neighbouring Byland, to say nothing of a thriving online business selling produce from his Yorkshire farm, Tommy Banks’ reach in God’s Own Country now extends to the coast. The chef has taken on consultancy duties at this new ......
The great chef Richard Shepherd died on 23 November, 2022. Here, we offer a snapshot of his time at Langan’s Brasserie. The year was 1978, early into a tenure that spanned more than 30 years.
Josh Barrie, editor of Knife & Fork Media, pays tribute to Brasserie Zédel
On the evening of November 17th, 1873, two decades before Eros pitched up, Piccadilly Circus welcomed a glittering newcomer into its midst. Designed by architect Thomas Verity, who had a hand in both the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) and the Royal Albert Hall, The Criterion was an ornate, five-storey building with the Marble Hall and a grand, American-style Long Bar on the ground floor, and a theatre in its basement; not to be upstaged, the floors above featured several dining rooms and a ballroom.
The great chef Richard Shepherd died on 23 November 2022, aged 77. Here, hospitality veteran Brian Clivaz remembers a restaurant giant, and an icon of cooking in Britain.
