Food and Drink

A private jet company has designed the ultimate food tour, enabling customers to visit four of Europe’s best restaurants in a single weekend. Following the announcement of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, private jet booking platform Stratajet has devised the most desirable gastronomic trip imaginable, comprising a total of ten Michelin Stars. Visiting four countries in just two days, the trip is designed to titillate the taste buds, with customers benefiting from the use of their own aircraft to fly them...

A “Taqueria and Tequila joint”, Cartel in Battersea is inspired by Mexican street food stalls – boasting one of South London’s best tequila selections. Joining signature tacos filled with pulled chicken cooked in Mezcal and lemon, or slow-cooked beef brisket with chorizo, radish and coriander, Cartel’s bar is overseen by former El Camion bartender Josh Rooms. Celebrating tequila and Mezcal, the drinks list features twists on classics plus new, contemporary creations. ‘Tommy’s Margarita’, for instance, is a simple, sating libation,...

Wine is fine, but some evenings call for a dram of something stronger. Multi-award winning Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery, Balblair, have collaborated with Scottish culinary creatives Dram & Smoke to produce a number of recipes designed to be paired with whisky. Both originating from the Scottish Highlands, Balblair’s collaboration with Dram & Smoke focuses on some comprehensive recipes worth every second of the time taken to produce at home. This charcoal venison bun with bramble sauce, for instance, is...

One year after originally visiting, Launceston Place (D&D’s restaurant on the Kensington street of the same name) has changed immeasurably. Previously, Chef Raphael Francois’s menu promised so much, but failed to constantly deliver. Yes, the skill was there, but the chef’s passion for cooking, if any, wasn’t presented in the dining room. When last year’s Michelin Guide was published, the restaurant even lost its Michelin star. Now, the first thing noticeable upon entering is the refreshing change of décor. Previously dark...

Set up in 2007, Bavarian craft beer brand And Union is the product of a father, a son and his business partner, with a focus on rationality and simplicity – the basic principles of modernism – at the helm. Working with brew-masters from four small, family-run Bavarian regional breweries, all of And Union’s craft beers are brewed in a traditional manner, using just barley, yeast, hops, and water. And as a result, the brewing process for the unfiltered and unpasteurised...

Bronte is the second venture from father-son duo Trevor and Adam Davies and judging by the success of their first project (Circus in Covent Garden), it has a lot to live up to. The brainchild of ‘cook to the stars’ Executive Chef Andrew Lassetter and Head Chef Guy Betteridge (previously of Gordon Ramsay Group), Bronte's menu promises a ‘sumptuous selection of Asian and modern British dishes’. Quite the compilation. But first, it’s worth pausing for the décor. Designed by Tom...

Of all the coffee commercials to grace our screens this year McDonald's poke at hipster cafe culture was the one that really hit the nail on the head. Coffee has become so complicated of late. If you like your matcha lattes with soy milk or your non-fat frappuccinos with extra whipped cream and chocolate sauce then you're well catered for, but those who prefer a straight-forward good quality mug of black coffee are becoming increasingly marginalised. As I wrote here, coffee has fallen victim...

Since last June’s referendum Brexit has been on the lips of just about everybody - and there’s no sign of it waning any time soon. New research from The Pizza Pasta & Italian Food Association suggests that more than half of the workers in restaurants and pizza delivery businesses across the UK may have to leave if there is no agreement with Europe. Many of these are unlikely to be replaced by British nationals. Without overseas workers the industry would struggle...

The President has been at it again. This weekend, Donald Trump tweeted a video of himself punching a man whose head had been replaced with the CNN logo, wrestling him to the ground. The video was a bold statement against free speech and a torrent of fake news – but the President’s barber should really have topped his hit list? In other news, The Donald is allegedly planning on being “sneaked” in to the UK to meet Theresa May this...