Chomping Ground

Hospitality businesses are drowning. Please support your local hospitality business, whichever tier you are in. Whether it be cook-at-home boxes, take-away, eating in, buying produce, taking drinks away- every little bit will ABSOLUTELY help.

I’m at the point of 2020 where not only do I miss small plates, but also the explanation of how they work

Shouldn’t need to be said again, but 🗣 Be kind to your waiters/bar staff! Treat them and tip them well! Eating out is a privilege, not a right!

Been drinking all the British wine for @MetroUK, sorry if there’s none left metro.co.uk/2020/09/21/why…

The government's post-Covid-19 voucher scheme is designed to kickstart the bruised hospitality industry. Don't spend it at McDonald's trib.al/pfHWv60

On the joys of maverick TV chefs Floyd, Bourdain, Chang & Nosrat, and why I've been digging into their culinary adventures during lockdown: bbc.com/culture/articl…

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"It’s not up to Black people to be the force for change any more. We have tried and we are tired." Today's newsletter is on Black erasure in the British food industry, by @FowlMouthsFood vittles.substack.com/p/vittles-612-…

Yesss - the best restaurant in London to open a second site in Soho

In the middle of a remote Japanese sea lies the stunning island of Shodoshima - and it is obsessed with olives. Here’s my story for this month’s Atlas magazine:

Looks like new restaurant Angelina will be opening on Dalston Lane imminently. “Japanese and Italian fusion” hmmm....

Just made a turkey miso-mayo sandwich with cucumber and cranberry sauce on a slice of toasted rye, and lads, it was perfection

Which TV chef cooks the best Christmas turkey? Watch @Nigella_Lawson vs @jamieoliver vs @DeliaOnline vs @GordonRamsay vs the (late, great) @Bourdain for the recipe they swear by: inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

I caught up with the ‘anonymous’ wine punks in France to find out why the natural wine revolution is only just beginning - and why this summer’s heatwave could mean their best vintage ever #drinkmorewine @gbchefs greatbritishchefs.com/features/colle…

Strong contender for favourite new opening of the year: @twolightslondon. From ex-Clove Club crew, including head chef Chase Lovecky, lunch there today was phenomenal

Meet the future superstars of food - all the winners from last night’s @TheYBFs, for @gbchefs greatbritishchefs.com/features/young…

Concrete cakes, marble marshmallows and Brutalist biscuits: a look inside the inspired world of baker @kufstudios for @gbchefs: greatbritishchefs.com/features/flode…

Smithfield Meat Market turns 150 this weekend - but it could be for the chopping block. I chatted to the traders about its rich history and what they think about the proposed move, for today’s @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/long-read…

@YNGLegionnaire Ooh thanks. Spicy food could well be in order as it’s going to rain and thunder the whole time we’re there!

Off to Amsterdam for 24 hours - anyone got any great food/drink recs?