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Hyde Park Class

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Heinz Beck is best known for La Pergola, his three Michelin-starred restaurant at Rome’s Cavalieri Hotel, which has attracted an apparently endless amount of acclaim and attention. His first

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Colonial Class

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Atul Kochhar is well known as the Michelin-starred chef-proprietor of Benares, which recently recovered, Phoenix-like, from a major fire in the kitchen. His latest venture (along with Taman Gang’s

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Let Them Eat Cup Cake

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Although I’m not usually a very sweet-toothed person, sometimes treats just jump out and grab your attention and this was exactly the case when I came across Mychelle’s

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Holy Trinity

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Dining in South London has (unfairly) often been categorised as somewhat lacking in comparison to the delights that can be found elsewhere. This ignores such perennial favourites as Wandsworth’s

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Get Into The Kitchen

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11 Abingdon Road in Kensington has seen several restaurants come and go, but there can be little doubt that Kitchen W8 is here to stay. It’s the brainchild

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Vaudeville in Covent Garden

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The first and, to date, last circus I ever went to was a rather tedious affair. There were no swinging acrobats, the clowns were bored, the animals didn’t move, the unicyclist seemed to be learning

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Inn With A Chance

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Clerkenwell has slowly but surely established itself as one of London’s most exciting dining destinations, with restaurants of the calibre of St John, The Modern Pantry and Moro drawing in

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Tasting Delights

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The Michelin guide, still the world’s most prestigious guide to hotels and restaurants, has some curious foibles. In the UK at the moment, there are some starred restaurants that simply don’t

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Culinary Riches in Richmond

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Shay Cooper, who was the deserved recipient of a Michelin star in the latest guide as well as three AA rosettes, is a man in a hurry to make his name, judging by the cooking at his restaurant at the

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Jean-Jacques Cattier Interview

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Armand de Brignac is a limited-production prestige cuvée that has received phenomenal international critical acclaim. The Champagne was recently rated No. 1 among the world’s best Champagnes in a tasting

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