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Interview: Joss Fowler, Berry Bros. (February 2011)
WC Fields once famously said 'who took the cork out of my lunch?' Indeed wine has proven an enduring pleasure for drinking with or without food. It certainly plays a ...
Interview: Derek Bulmer, (January 2011)
Derek Bulmer has thirty plus years of experience at the world-renowned Michelin Guides. Having just retired after thirteen years as editor of the Great Britain and Ireland Guide, Mr Bulmer ...
Roux at the Landau Review, January 2011.
2010 was a very fruitful year for both sides of the Roux family. For Alain and Michel Roux Senior the celebrations to mark the Waterside’s 25 years of three Michelin ...
Cassis London, Restaurant Review, January 2011
The opening of Cassis in Brompton Road represents a new departure for restaurateur and wine mogul Marlon Abela. Not only is Cassis well removed from Mayfair, where his other establishments ...
Interview: John Stauss, Regional VP Four Seasons (Jan 2011)
John Stauss, Regional Vice President of Four Seasons Hotel Group, knew his vocation would be in the hotel business at the age of fourteen. Twenty-nine years ago he joined Four ...
Launceston Place, Restaurant Review, January 2011
Launceston Place is contemporary, comfortable and confident. This well established neighbourhood restaurant has been thoroughly modernized since its take over by the D&D group in 2008. Located amongst a small ...
Ristorante Semplice Restaurant Review, December 2010
Located in Blenheim Street, near the junction of New Bond Street and Oxford Street, Ristorante Semplice opened in March 2007, gaining in less than two years, a first Michelin Star. ...
The 1855 Bordeaux Classifications of Wines
The 1855 Expositon Universelle de Paris provided the opportunity to France to display her best to the world. To promote wine, Napoléon III requested a classification of the top wines ...
40 Perils of Fine Dining – For Restaurants
The Grumbles - The 40 Perils
And these are things that we as diners are all guilty of from time to time. Will hopefully entertain a little
For Customers For Restaurants
1) Arrive ...
40 Perils of Fine Dining – For Customers
The Grumbles - The 40 Perils
So what do certain fine dining establishments do that make us seethe; the things about which we feel they should know better and equally what ...
Birmingham Revisited Part I: Love’s Review (Dec 2010)
See Birmingham Revisited Part II
Fine Dining Guide reviewed the Birmingham restaurant scene in 2005 and found much to recommend in a variety of cuisines. Since then, the city has gone ...
Birmingham Revisited Part II: Turner’s & Purnell’s Review
Turner’s Restaurant Review by Daniel Darwood, November 2010
See Birmingham Revisited Part I
Located in a non-descript shopping parade in the Birmingham suburb of Harborne, Turner’s modest exterior belies the sophistication of ...








