A vegetarian recipe from recently-appointed Head Chef Jean-Didier Gouges at The Petersham in Richmond. This dish is a winning combination of flavours. Skill Level: 3 (1 simple to 5 being complex and challenging) Serves 4 Ingredients: 150g soft matured goat’s cheese, sliced into 12 pieces 3 green apples, cut into spheres with a melon baller…
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They are the finest restaurants in London, holding between one and three Michelin stars, and for those in the know they offer substantial savings and added extras when dining with the Luxury Restaurant Club – the UK’s largest and most established fine dining club. Here we select 25 destination out of the hundreds where you…
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From the latest venture by Ollie Dabbous – HIDE, one of the biggest and most exciting openings of 2018. Steamed turbot with crushed-nasturtium broth by Ollie Dabbous – serves 4 Skill Level: 4 (1 simple to 5 being complex and challenging) Ingredients For the turbot 100g salt 100g fresh seaweed such as sea lettuce, or 25g…
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The World of Fine Wine, in association with Gaggenau, announced the 2018 World’s Best Wine Lists Award winners in a grand ceremony in London last night (12th September 2018) at Vintners Hall. The big winner on the night was The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, Tennessee USA – Winner of the Wine List of the Year…
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We have often been asked to help with ideas for the ultimate dining experience. Whilst for most of us going to a Michelin-starred restaurant will always be a special occasion, it is not necessarily as unique, or private as some people might want. With a bit of imagination, however, and if you know who to…
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Salad of wild duck with celeriac chips, button onions and game hollandaise This salad can be served as a main or a starter. The wild duck, celeriac and game hollandaise are delicious together. I remember making this salad as a starter at Gidleigh Park in the early days, and always looked forward to dipping any leftover chips…
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To celebrate Organic September, a month-long celebration of all things organic, our recipe comes from Daylesford Organic Farm which scores five stars (top accolade) from The Soil Association’s new rating system. This top accolade means 95-100% of the menu is organic. Why not try making their Butternut Squash, Adlestrop and Cavalo Nero Crumble Bold enough to…
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Next month marks the start of Organic September; a month-long celebration of all things organic, helping people to find, try and buy organic food & drink and highlighting the farmers and business that produce it. Organic means you’ll always know what’s in your food – each step of organic food production is independently checked and…
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If you are more partial to palatial plates than pub grub, then pop on your finery at the country’s most aristocratic of settings where everyday dining can become a stately occasion. Grand country and city homes able to trace their history back to occupation from a monarch are scarce, but these lavish properties and palaces…
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Manish Mehrotra, Corporate chef for Indian Accent Restaurants, is widely regarded as the most exciting modern Indian chef in the world today. His brainchild, Indian Accent, of which there are now three: New York; New Delhi and London, has been recognized globally by diners and critics alike. His first in New Delhi is the only restaurant…
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For Luke Matthews, Executive Head Chef at Chewton Glen, langoustines are the ultimate luxurious, decadent ingredient; their sweet flesh a true taste of the sea. And when you have an ingredient as good as this, the best approach is to do as little to it as possible, and serve it with a simple complementary accompaniment…
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This summer and beyond has some of the most hotly anticipated new restaurant and hotel launches. Make a diary note and get yourself wait-listed nearer the opening dates to be one of the first to enjoy. Here’s Luxury Restaurant Guide’s scene-stealing list for restaurant openings for 3Q and 4Q 2018, and one to look forward to…
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James Sommerin’s eponymous restaurant in Penarth, Wales, brings you a Welsh Lamb dish to try at home. Alternatively, it serves a variation of this tasty dish on their a la carte menu. Download the Luxury Restaurant Guide free app and follow steps to the UK’s largest fine dining club to enjoy 20% off food when…
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Every few years, a chef or restaurant comes along that changes the way we fine dine. Charting the last fifty years the UK has seen a remarkable culinary transformation, one that reflects evolving tastes, appreciations of fine food, affluence and cultural trends. Gastronomic dining encompassing styles from: haute cuisine; nouvelle cuisine; modern British cooking; regional…
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Try this super fresh recipe from AG’s, or alternatively enjoy complimentary member dining in the restaurant with the Luxury Restaurant Guide. Download the free app here and follow links to join the club. For the base: 500g Forced Rhubarb 250g Caster Sugar 30g Cornflour 50ml Grenadine Make a simple puree with all the rhubarb and…
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It’s been a long love affair with Scotland for the family Roux, resulting in three generations of the famous cooking dynasty now gamefully overseeing seven restaurants north of the border. Albert Roux, the patriarch, became intrinsically involved in 2005 when asked to consult for the ICMI Collection on their growing Scottish luxury boutique hotels portfolio;…
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George Barson, Executive Chef of Kitty Fisher’s in Mayfair and Cora Pearl in Covent Garden showcases a favourite dish from the menu for you to try at home. Lamb Breast and Loin, Wild Garlic and Smoked Anchovy – Serves: 4 Lamb breast 1 rolled lamb breast 2 litres of water 100g fine salt 1 small…
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There’s only a clutch of luxury hotels, boutique inns and gourmet restaurants-with-rooms in the UK that have a direct beach or private walk-way to a beach. And then only one that carries a AA five star hotel rating. We scour the ruggedly beautiful, wind-buffeted and (currently) sun-drenched coastline to select the best beach front hotel…
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Happy Independence Day USA for tomorrow! To celebrate, London Dorchester Collection’s contemporary Mayfair hotel, 45 Park Lane, is launching ‘CUTcakes & Tea‘, an American take on traditional English afternoon tea on 4th July. ‘CUTcakes & Tea’ at 45 Park Lane will be a feast of delicious American teatime favourites with a CUT twist. Replacing traditional…
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As Masterpiece London opens today (28 June – 04 July 2018) – the unmissable art fair showcasing the finest works of art, design, furniture and jewellery – the Luxury Restaurant Guide celebrates the UK’s finest chefs creating their own works of culinary art. We asked 20 top UK chefs to submit one showstopping dish each…
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