This month’s Image of the Month comes via one of my favourite buildings in London, Dartmouth House: A gorgeous grade II listed Georgian building set in the heart of Mayfair. I fell in love with Dartmouth House last year after attending a showcase event there, I particularly love the elaborate stairway with its impressive painted ceiling and the lavish egg-shell blue Long … [Read more...]
May’s Image of the Month: Josh Donachie, The Frog E1
The image of the month for May comes from one of my long-standing favourite restaurants in London. I don’t often venture to East London, however when I do, it’s probably to dine at Adam Handling’s The Frog E1. This captivating creation comes from BCF chef of the year finalist Josh Donachie who’s been sous chef at The Frog E1 for less than 12 months. It’s a dish of … [Read more...]
Image of the Month: Sorella Clapham
I am a long-standing fan of the restaurants of Robin Gill. So much that I included The Dairy in 2016’s favourite restaurant line up, and The Manor and Paradise Row have taken pride of place many times on my social media. I was elated to hear about the new member of his family. Situated where The Manor once was, now resides Sorella, an Italian restaurant using the finest … [Read more...]
Majella’s Image of the Month, from Chef Joshua Charles
I’m delighted that this month’s Image of the Month comes from my new venture: London Kitchen Social. I placed two chefs, two producers, a videographer and myself in a room for a day to do what we love most, and this was one of the most stunning dishes that came out of it. This beautiful creation by Chef Joshua Charles, (ex-head chef at The Salt Room in Brighton) and is his … [Read more...]
A celebration collaboration at Zoilo
Zoilo, Cocina Argentina recently celebrated its 5th birthday with a meeting of two incredible chefs, so we just had to accept the invitation to pop along to help with the celebrations. Zoilo joined forces with Michelin-starred Peruvian restaurant Lima and cooked up a four-course Argentine and Peruvian feast. The evening saw Zoilo’s chef patron, Diego Jacquet, and Lima’s … [Read more...]
The Mother of all pizza places
When we arrived at Mother, an atmospheric archway full of beautiful bespoke furniture, with tables as long as the tree is tall, we were greeted by David Biffani, (he and Nick Pound are the co-owners), and I became aware that this was going be unlike any review I had done before. The table was laid for four, which was odd, as there was only two of us, The Bearded one and … [Read more...]
Sumptuous Sadler’s – menu tasting
The iconic world-renowned dance theatre Sadler’s Wells conjures images of elegant dancers, contemporary styles and visual arts. When H&C News received an invitation to take a sneak peek at the venue’s new autumn menu, we got just a little bit excited at the prospect of a rather special culinary performance… If the idea of a theatre makes you think of stuffy auditoria … [Read more...]
Freakishly Fantastic Food
When I heard that Scott Hallsworth was opening a pop-up called Freakscene, I was very excited. I have enjoyed Scotts’ creations before. His twist on Japanese food is contemporary, bold and always delicious. When we arrived at the location we were greeted by the enigmatic and contagiously confident Nick who was willing to cater for our personal beverage needs. It’s … [Read more...]
Majella’s Image of the Month, from Chef Guillaume Chambon
This month’s image of the month was captured whilst visiting a new chef friend of mine, Guillaume Chambon. It was taken with natural light at a menu tasting whilst avoiding the glaring lights of the pass. Guillaume was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to answer a couple of questions for me. How long have you been cheffing? I have been … [Read more...]
WGKonnect Presents: Four Hands Dinner: East Meets West
On the 21st of June a brilliant new gastronomic concept was born at the Franklin Hotel in London. A concept created by WGkonnect entitled Four Hands Dinner; East meets West. The idea was to combine two formidable chefs, in one kitchen, thus Four Hands creating Eight Signature Dishes. In collaboration with Dubai’s Chef of the Year REIF OTHMAN, WGkonnect had the idea to … [Read more...]
Carmela’s Nonna Carmela inspired Spaghetti recipe wins twitter poll
Majella’s latest twitter poll results are in and Carmela’s Nonna Carmela inspired Spaghetti with Parma ham and lemon is the winner The recipe twitter poll featured three delicious options from Carmela Sereno Hayes, author of ‘A Passion for Pasta’ and ‘Southern Italian Family Cooking’. We are delighted to report that the winning recipe is Spaghetti with Parma ham and lemon, … [Read more...]
Majella’s Image of the Month
This months image of the month is an food action shot. It was taken whilst at Taste of London this year, which holds some great memories for me. As well as making new friends such as the team at Vanilla Black, it was great to see old friends such as Cyrus and Pervin along with the rest of the Todiwala Family in demand despite the heatwave. I was lucky enough to be … [Read more...]
Simply Grill-iant
It was one of the hottest days of the year, but that didn’t deter the crowd at the launch party of Bite Me Burger - Making the world a Burger place. The cool basement in Holborn welcomed an even cooler crowd with the promise of a new slider sensations, and it certainly didn’t disappoint, infact they were simply Grill-iant. I know that pun seems bit cheesy but not … [Read more...]
Readers’ Choice Recipe: just tell Carmela what’s your ‘Nonna’ pasta heaven
Following the popularity of our first Recipe Twitter poll, we thought we’d just have to serve another. This month we are working with Carmela Sereno Hayes, author of 'A Passion for Pasta' and 'Southern Italian Family Cooking'. I’ve known Carmela for a couple of years now, and I wish we lived closer, as I find her more than inspirational. She never stops! She always makes … [Read more...]
Majella’s preview peek of Taste of London
There are plenty of Foodie Festivals taking place over the summer in the UK, but one of them, still going from strength to strength in size and popularity, is Taste of London. This year’s event in Regents Park stands to be bigger and better than ever. When we arrived at Dabbous the champagne was already in full flow and the basement full of stylishly dressed patrons with an … [Read more...]