Vince Brothwell
Vince Brothwell writes for AMUSE. about restaurants, drinks, produce and food culture across the six editions.
Stories by Vince Brothwell
Bullpen sushi earns a nod from The Infatuation
The US dining guide adds the 14-seat counter to its Tokyo sushi guide, rating its $50 omakase alongside rooms that charge three times as much.
Simpson's in the Strand returns to the Michelin Guide
Jeremy King's restored 200-year-old institution joins 22 new entries in the Guide's September update, six months after reopening with a roast beef carved tableside.
Meherwan Irani on why street food is India's best
The Chai Pani chef discusses his new cookbook, No. 1 Best Indian Cookbook in the World, and his decision to leave naan out of it entirely this time.
Free Bean opens an ad-funded coffee shop in Manhattan
The canned cold brew brand's first storefront gives coffee away free, with six fintech companies covering the bill by advertising on the cans.
Osoba Ni-Hachi: Shoushin's Jackie Lin bets on soba in Toronto
The chef behind Michelin-starred Shoushin turns to buckwheat: noodles made in Yamagata and shipped frozen, soba sets at lunch and an izakaya with omakase at night.
Pollica, home of the Mediterranean diet, named FAO Food Hero
The Cilento municipality where Ancel and Margaret Keys studied how the south of Italy ate is honoured as a whole community, seven weeks before the first UN day for the diet.
Oktoberfest 2026 draws more foreigners but fewer visitors
Phone data put the Munich festival's opening weekend at 1.04 million people, slightly down on 2025, while one in three Saturday visitors came from abroad.
Restaurant delivery sales lift UK at-home trade 9.6% in August
New sites and first-time delivery listings drove the headline figure; on a like-for-like basis the at-home business of Britain's restaurant groups grew just 0.2%.
Gaia Green Awards 2026 name Stayokay and Cul Sec winners
Stayokay Amsterdam Stadsdoelen and Cul Sec resto.bar.wijntuin take the Netherlands’ top sustainable-hospitality prize, awarded in Rotterdam alongside Het Nutshuis and Hotel The Happy Traveler.
Bar Benevento Sydney opens in Adina Town Hall Hotel
Brothers Anthony and Julian Izzillo pair with Kosta Papanikitas and chef Tim Fisher on a southern Italian all-day menu named for Bar Benevento Sydney's family roots.
Camote asado recipe: Johnny Curiel's roasted sweet potato
The one dish the Denver chef won't drop from his menu: a whole roasted sweet potato, whipped requesón, and a broken chile-peanut salsa macha.
Mitchells & Butlers posts 2.1% sales growth for the year
The UK's largest pub operator returns to growth for the year to 19 September, with drink sales outpacing food and cost pressure set to ease in 2027.
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