Interview
James Cross, Lake Road Kitchen
We talk to the head chef at the Lake Road Kitchen, Ambleside.
We talk to the head chef at the Lake Road Kitchen, Ambleside.
After a successful series of supper clubs and events, the chef Tunde Abifarin has announced his modern, 'pan-African' pop-up concept Farin Road will take up permanent residence at the independent Tani Modi cafe in Edinburgh next month.
From Padstow’s heavyweight food scene to under-the-radar village gems, North Cornwall is quietly becoming one of Britain’s most interesting places to eat out. Bude native and writer Emma Henderson takes us on a culinary road trip around this beautiful area… just don’t call it Devon!
When Raymond Blanc’s Les Quat’Saisons first appeared in the Guide in 1978, it declared ‘there is little better cooking for many miles’. By 1983 the Guide reported ‘this beautiful restaurant has outgrown its shop’ in a precinct on the Banbury Road and deserves 'a mansion with with two-hundred-year-old trees outside'.
Our Good Food Guide inspectors are a talented crew, stationed across Britain from the Highlands to Hereford, sending word on the most promising places to eat. Some have been inspecting for the Guide since the 90s, while others are young, hungry and delivering a fresh perspective. Regardless of age, their discerning eye and sharpness of appetite is universal. When they're not inspecting for the Guide, you might find them jet-setting across the globe in search of their next great meal. Here are some of their personal dining highlights of 2024, home and away.