Now in its 20th year, BBC’s Great British Menu has become an annual staple in any food-lover’s calendar, where chefs from across Britain come together to compete on behalf of their regions for a place in the banquet at the end of the series. The spectacular feast is for viewing ......
Dinner plans are afoot at the Guinea Grill, the Mayfair pub with a menu unchanged since 1951.
Tasting menu? A la carte? Bit of both? How do we offer choice without waste? How do we reassure the accountant but also stay creative? How do we keep kitchen and front of house teams enthusiastic, and the experience fresh enough for guests to want to return?
A new Labour government, Oasis reforming — there’s been lots of talk about the 90s of late.
How many courses? Tasting menus, often, are where the finest and most progressive food is found. They can be the hallmark of quality – the bastion of high-end. But it is because of their notoriety that so many restaurants try. Many get them wrong, as Stuart Walton discusses.
