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Restaurants support charity during the festive period | Texture appoints new head chef |Trullo celebrates the best of seasonal game

Good Food Guide owner Adam Hyman checks out Burro. His verdict? The kind of restaurant Londoners will return to – and visiting Italians will approve of too.

Opening on one of Leeds’ most beloved restaurant sites was always going to invite comparison. Fortunately, says Thom Archer, The Smithfield has the food, the confidence and the character to justify the attention.

Winner of The Good Food Guide’s Best Local Restaurant Award 2024, Bavette might be in a leafy Leeds suburb but its story starts across the Channel in the Loire Valley.

From long-awaited London launches to ambitious destination dining across Britain, here are the new openings to look out for in 2026.