Best Fine Dining 2019
My Nottingham roundup of the year showcased a number of local favourites but I have also been continuing my enjoyment of the best this county (and continent) has to offer. I haven’t quite… Continue reading
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Overall Best Dishes – 2018
This list (in no particular order) details the very best dishes I have eaten in 2018. A Nottingham-specific overview will be coming soon! A visit to Berlin in frosty February took… Continue reading
La Pergola – Fine Dining (3*) – Rome
La Pergola sits in the Waldorf Astoria overlooking the beauty of the city of Rome. It is a picture of opulence. Imagine a five star hotel, cover it in marble and gold and… Continue reading
The Stars of 2016
My visits to Michelin star restaurants often take a backseat to my reviews in Nottingham. I love discovering new places around the city (at which point it feels appropriate to plug my… Continue reading
Fera at Claridges (1*) – FIne Dining – London
Fera is the sister restaurant of Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume (which I reviewed in 2013), an establishment that is amongst the best in the country. In Spring 2014 Fera was Rogan’s first permanent restaurant… Continue reading
Alex Bond Supper Club (At Wired Café) – Modern British – Nottingham
Having previously worked at the 2 Michelin star Sat Bains before more recently moving to Head Chef at Turners in Birmingham, Alex Bond is now focussing his efforts on renovating a building in… Continue reading
Purnell’s – Fine Dining – Birmingham
A couple of weeks ago I visited another Michelin starred restaurant, Simpsons, and had a very nice, if unremarkable, meal. Arguably Birmingham’s biggest food personality of recent years is Glynn Purnell, a common… Continue reading
Review of 2015 in Michelin Stars
2015’s Michelin Starred restaurants started with a weekend in London at the Clove Club and Dinner. The former is a up-and-coming restaurant in Shoreditch that has been making waves for the last couple of… Continue reading
The Fat Duck – Bray
When people discover I am a ‘foodie’ this is THE restaurant I get asked whether I have visited. When the restaurant team returned to the UK following their stint in Melbourne I… Continue reading
John’s House (1*) – Mountsorrel (Loughborough, Leicestershire) – Fine Dining
John’s House have joined a small band of East Midlands Michelin star winners; Hambleton Hall, Fischers and Sat Bains. It is also the only establishment in Leicestershire holding that honour. I will happily admit to… Continue reading