I’ve been thinking about doing this post for a little over a year now. Mostly because life has gotten in the way. But also it seemed a bit more tidy to round the series of Leiths posts off with an after-the-fact summary. Rather than evaluating the usefulness of my Leiths Diploma, because let’s face it,...
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As the chatter quietens down and lights dim inside the Guildhall ready for the countdown of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, a flurry of activity restarts. The results had been leaked. ‘It’s all over the internet,’ screams Twitter. How silly are we to be sitting down, waiting eagerly to see if Noma had been toppled? ‘Can everyone...
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Every now and then, the polarity of life and death approaches something akin to poignant. As I got ready for my friend José Vouillamoz’s book launch at Caravan King’s Cross (he co-authored Wine Grapes with Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding), I happened to see on Twitter that two Fat Duck chefs had died in...
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I can’t admit to knowing everything there is to know about coffee but I can put my hand up and say that I’m a bit of a coffee snob. I drink what I’d like to call “long, black”; but faced with confused expressions at restaurants, it often morphs into an Americano. Mine, homemade via...
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This year I was lucky enough to cover the 10th World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards for Canadian magazine The Tomato. I was pleased to see so many new entries into the top 50 and indeed the top 100, showing a much more diverse collection of restaurants than last year. Especially Dinner by Heston Blumenthal which was the...
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A little while ago I attended Luiz Hara‘s London Cooking Club where a group of keen foodies gathered to feast on a themed tasting menu. Held once a month or so at his lovely home in Islington, Luiz has been running the Cooking Club for some time. The theme on this occasion was Nduja, the softly spicy...
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