The words ‘local’ and ‘luxury’ are rarely uttered within the same breathe outside an SW1 postcode until it seems now. The suburbs of South West London have smartened up. Venture into Wandsworth these days and you’ll find yummy mummys lining up outside gorgeous boutiques, picking up organic groceries then lunching at chic cafes. This is the land that gastro pub The Bowler inhabits.
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Winteringham Fields set in Winteringham, North Lincolnshire is a luxury restaurant (with rooms). The reputation for both service and expert cuisine is quite staggering.
Standards have been set high at this luxuriously appointed 16th century manor house and the award winning restaurant seem determined to retain this professional formula. Discreet and unstated service from knowledgeable and attentive staff and, of course, a range of superb dishes to satisfy the most demanding palate
Billed as a restaurant with rooms, Winteringham Fields has a wonderful choice of beautiful, luxury bedroom suites.
While the accommodation is limited but divine, what happens in the restaurant (or rather, the kitchen) really interests me.
Winteringham Fields has been on the culinary map for many years, and in the hands of owner and chef patron Colin McGurran, continues to thrive with a focus on modern French cuisine.
Now, Winteringham Fields is opening up the kitchen for an experience like no other.
Colin is delighted to present the opportunity to work for a day in the kitchens as part of his team. The day includes the morning kitchen prep and tutorial right through to the end of lunch service. Colin will give you private tuition in the areas of specific food preparation, butchery and cooking you are most interested in.
You are then invited to spend the afternoon relaxing in your choice of any of the beautiful bedroom suites before enjoying Winteringham Field’s world renowned Menu Surprise and Sommelier’s wine selection in the evening.
Winteringham Fields will also provide you with a kitchen goodie bag which includes an apron, menus and much more for you to enjoy. The experience is priced at £595 for an individual, who may invite a friend or partner to dine with them in the evening or £695 for a couple. A most perfect of gift experiences for couples .
When a girlfriend calls with a crisis there is only one cure. Cocktails and food. Often followed by more cocktails…
Our choice of venue: Hush. A cool new uber trendy Mayfair bar and restaurant noted for its fabulous cocktail menu and even more fabulous cuisine. Step inside and you’ll find yourself rubbing shoulders with a heady mix of city slickers and stunning fashionistas. Fresh from the office and straight off the catwalk they stumble in thirsty for a great night out. We started upstairs on mix of martinis and daiquiris decorated with real flowers and fresh fruit, simply gorgeous.
Sitting on leather stools sipping our Brazilian ‘Salto emotions’ the world suddenly seemed a rosier, kinder place. The night got even better when we were called to dinner downstairs and seated in their sparkling white dining room that served up delights that included lobster spaghetti, hand cut chips dipped in homemade mayonnaise and whole roasted sea bream. With 70 wines available by the glass we decided to keep it simple and opted for a crisp glass of Pinot Grigio and lots of sparkling water! What at first seemed a mountain/-challenging amount of food seemed to ease with the course of the evening. It all went, we cleaned out plates, mended our wounded hearts and declared Hush a success. Not that it needs our vote, the place was brimming with customers all falling out smug and satisfied into the west end air. Now I know why it’s called Hush, this place is so fantastic you just want to keep it secret…
Set along the banks of the River Thames and just 5 minutes from Heathrow Airport and historic (in the opposite direction), The Runnymede-on-Thames Hotel is a newly refurbished 4* hotel with a lot to offer.
The hotel has recently undergone a £20m refurbishment, which has brought it bang up to date and looking… well… rather glamorous. The refurbishment has altered the look and feel of the original hotel dramatically, providing for a cool, contemporary place for weddings, wellbeing spa treatments, business meetings or affordable stop overs with great access to London and surrounds.
The hotel consists 2 restaurants, an outdoor pool, a spa, tennis courts, plenty of meeting spaces and 180 guest rooms.
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This is no ordinary take-away van!
This is Street Kitchen.
Cheap London Meals are here, this is better than a cheap London restaurant…
This is food experts Jun Tanaka, Executive Chef at Pearl Restaurant, and Mark Jankel, chef and founder of The Food Initiative, cooking up gourmet food for Londoners to eat on the go.
Complete with a wonderfully retro airstream kitchen, The two chefs will be selling a seasonal British menu, serving dishes such as Home Smoked Salmon and Braised Featherblade of Beef. All dishes will cost between £4.50 - £6.50.
Check out the video HERE
Here’s a selection of the dishes available –
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Home Made Organic Brioche £4.50
Hot Smoked Salmon with Beetroot,Crushed Potato and Horseradish £6.50
Braised Beef with Roasted Carrots and Celeriac Mash £6.50
Roasted Squash Salad with Watercress and Old Winchester £5.50
Cheesecake with Blackberries and Shortbread £4.50
Where else in London can you pick up food of this quality, cooked by such experienced and esteemed chefs…and at these prices?!! We have never had it so good for cheap restaurants London .
Last week saw Street Kitchen based in Covent Garden. Street Kitchen will go on to visit two other landmark London locations finishing at the closing ceremony of the festival in Old Spitalfields Market on 18 October.
Where are you going for lunch today?
A little about the chefs –
Jun regularly appears on BBC1 Saturday Kitchen. He was also a presenter on Market Kitchen, as well as fronting his own TV series, Cooking It on Channel 4.
Mark has been building up his culinary experience for the last ten years, working with, amongst others, Philip Howard at The Square, Jun Tanaka at Pearl and Raphael Duntoye at Le Petite Maison.
