Vince Brothwell
Vince Brothwell writes for AMUSE. about restaurants, drinks, produce and food culture across the six editions.
Stories by Vince Brothwell
Filippo Bucarelli opens Locanda Bucarelli in Rome
The 34-year-old Roman chef's debut restaurant sits between the Colosseum and San Giovanni, with a menu built on baccalà, offal and Lazio wine.
Loch Lomond's Waypoint 31 Year Old is its oldest peated malt
Just 2,600 bottles of the Scottish distillery's oldest peated single malt reach specialist retailers this month, aged 31 years and finished in Tawny Port pipes.
Craft Guild names its 2026 Graduate Award winners
Winners span the Royal Household, the RAF, Harrods and the House of Commons, in an award that has tracked young UK chefs' careers since 2002.
Shih Ching-Hui opens Chinese omakase Yun in Hong Kong
The chef behind Taipei's two-Michelin-starred Yu Kapo opens a seafood-only omakase on Hollywood Road in Sheung Wan, bookable only once every three months.
Stanley opens with 200 seats at Sydney's Manly Wharf
Chef Louis Tikaram has brought his Brisbane Cantonese hit north to Sydney, with tableside Peking duck and live seafood tanks at Manly Wharf.
Whitbread shuts all Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites
Premier Inn's owner has closed its last standalone restaurants, ending six brands and around 3,800 jobs as it bets everything on hotel rooms.
Poulet vigneronne recipe, Burgundy's grape-harvest chicken
This poulet vigneronne recipe braises chicken with verjuice and whole grapes, the dish Burgundy cooks made each September to feed the vendange crews.
Michael Wignall cookbook collects 70 dishes from The Angel
The Yorkshire Dales chef's 420-page debut, priced at £65, separates plating photography from working methods in a format aimed at fellow cooks.
Bulbul restaurant Blackfriars opens with regional India menu
Chef Rohan D'Souza and restaurateur Twinkle Keswani have turned a 130-year-old printing press into a micro-regional Indian dining room in London.
France wine harvest 2026 set for lowest level since 1957
Hail, heatwaves and drought have pushed national output below 34 million hectolitres, with Champagne and Burgundy hit hardest while Bordeaux gains.
Boston's Pizza names Sergio Carvallo as US president
The Canadian chain, down to 20 US units from nearly 50 in 2010, hands its American turnaround to the executive who built its Mexico business.
Juno restaurant Olympia to open with 300 pizzas an hour
Incipio Group's 265-cover Italian restaurant opens on 16 October inside London's Grade II-listed National Hall, with a dedicated pizza counter.
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