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Maazin Buhari

This Is Your Knife

Culinary students and masochists search for chefs willing to let them glance upon their kingdom, all in exchange for free labour.
Oct 25, 2021
Charlie Baker

Lunch with Laurence Fox

In a new series, we take London’s most compelling figures to lunch with one of our writers. They choose the restaurant; we foot the bill.
Oct 10, 2021
Sejal Sukhadwala

In Search of Memsahib

Looking for traces of a restaurant that no longer exists.
Jul 25, 2021
Arthur Savile

Shall We Split This?

It’s easy to find a nice place to propose, but what if you’re on the outs?
May 25, 2021
Fergus Butler-Gallie

The Worst Bar in London?

Nights out in Chelsea are nothing like TV.
May 23, 2021
Secret Chef

Chef Bites Back: Jay Rayner

The south London penman gets sliced and diced by our anonymous restaurateur.
Apr 19, 2021
Ed Cumming

Food Fight

Over the past few years, food media has become a fractious place.
Dec 5, 2020
Séamas O’Reilly

Flann at the Pub

Our correspondent, Flann O’Brien, tours Westminster, bringing us news, views, and change from a twenty, depending on your round.
Feb 23, 2020
Secret Chef

Chef Bites Back: Giles Coren

Food critics love to dish it out – and make a tidy sum doing so – but no one puts them under the spotlight. Until now.
Feb 1, 2020

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