Josh Barrie is an Evening Standard food and drink writer
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Josh Barrie is an Evening Standard food and drink writer
The best recipes for Easter, as chosen by the country's top chefs
Try something different this Easter and be sure to try hogget and mutton
The best restaurants in London for an alternative Valentine's Day
Find romance in a tent, or with a kebab in Camberwell, writes Josh Barrie
UK's first ever vegan Michelin-starred restaurant revealed
Kirk and Keeley Haworth opened their plant-based restaurant Plates in 2024
Michelin 2025: London's new one and two-starred restaurants
The capital saw a total of 10 new one-star restaurants added to the guide, and two elevations to two
The Ritz Restaurant and Humble Chicken each win two Michelin stars
‘I’ve waited 50 years for this’
Josh Barrie at Tabac Bar: fly away with the green fairy
Josh Barrie visits a Kentish Town bar to find medicinal liquor, aflame
Feeling flush: London's top bars in old public toilets
Looking to spend a penny? Do so at any one of these former lavatories, since turned into swanky bars
New Bethnal Green bar to offer £7 martinis and new-age cosmopolitans
New hospitality duo Chris Tanner and Edwin Frost will also provide space for a roster of modern kitchen residencies
And all that jazz: Six London pubs with regular jazz nights
From the Parakeet in Kentish Town to the Grey Horse in Kingston, here are some of London’s best pubs for jazz
High style, low spend: London’s best chic but cheap restaurants
Going out shouldn’t mean going broke. Here are our favourite stylish spots that don’t cost the earth
Cult Thai restaurant Singburi to open in Shoreditch
A new hospitality trio is ‘poised to propel Singburi into a new era’
The Good Food Guide awards: The Devonshire among London's winners
Richard Bacon heaped praise on London’s restaurants in a ceremony at the Theatre Royal
The best Valentine's Day meal kits for a romantic dinner at home
Because who on earth wants to go out on Valentine’s Day?
A trip around Forty Hall, London's only commercial scale vineyard
Here is a platform for young people seeking therapy by way of viticulture, says Josh Barrie, or for those beginning a career in winemaking
The brunch bunch: London's 26 best restaurants for a late breakfast
Struggling with the approach to midday? Here are London’s best restaurants for a late breakfast
Royal Ascot 2025 to welcome 28 Michelin stars as chef line-up unveiled
Chefs Yannick Alléno and Benoit Blin will also cook at the event, for the first time
The 36 best Chinese restaurants in London, from A Wong to Four Seasons
From Sichuan to Shaanxi, Hunan to Yunnan, Cantonese and everything in between
Luxury Cantonese restaurant with £388 menu to open on Goodge Street
The head chef arrives after a stint as head chef at Michelin-starred Gouqi
Josh Barrie at Zum Barbarossa: Soho gets a sugar palace
The shtick, says Josh Barrie, is one of seduction and sensuality
Café Lapérouse at the OWO closes after only two years
Café Lapérouse was one of the OWO’s statement openings in 2023
Country pub of the week: the Harcourt Arms, Stanton Harcourt
There are roaring fires and board games, good local ales and well-made cocktails