“There is no best restaurant in the world,” Rene Redzepi told me minutes after Noma, his Copenhagen restaurant, claimed that very title for the second year running at last night’s The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. “Here [London's Guildhall] we have a solution which I will take.” [Read more...]
Rene Redzepi: “There is No Best Restaurant in the World”
“There is no best restaurant in the world,” Rene Redzepi told me minutes after Noma, his Copenhagen restaurant, claimed that very title for the second year running at last night’s The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. “Here [London's Guildhall] we have a solution which I will take.” [Read more...]
19 April 2011 By Leave a Comment
Is Isaac McHale the next big thing?
Were a CV a sure indicator of a chef’s potential, as only gullible restaurateurs and food critics are led to believe, then Isaac McHale would already be counting his Michelin stars. 3 weeks shy of 30 and 3 months from running his own kitchen for the first time at autumn arrival Elliot’s Borough Market, the Glaswegian has already held positions at Tom Aikens and The Ledbury in London, Marque in Sydney, Momofuku Ssam Bar in New York and, most opportunely, Noma in Copenhagen, named World’s Best Restaurant in April. This month he began cooking preview Friday night dinners at Elliot’s in the Park, a pop-up at the Pavilion Cafe in East London’s Victoria Park: 5 courses, 5 wines, £50. [Read more...]
16 June 2010 By 1 Comment
The S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants a good bad day for the UK
The UK had a bad night at The S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010. In a glamorous if cacophonous countdown at Guildhall in the City of London, just 3 British restaurants heard their names called. Hibiscus (London) slipped in at 49; St John (London) got its tail in the door at 43; and 2005 winner The Fat Duck (Bray) was demoted from 2nd to 3rd best, behind El Bulli and Noma, the first-time champion from Copenhagen.
With New York placing 6 of its restaurants in the top 50 and Paris 5, proud locals who were calling London the number one restaurant city only yesterday may have been having second thoughts this morning. I too found myself reassessing my position on the matter, only from the opposite perspective: last night was the first time since moving to London 5 years ago I felt inclined to place it above Paris and New York, my prior cities of residence, as the world’s gastronomic capital. [Read more...]
27 April 2010 By 1 Comment
