Moves
The people at the pass: who they are, where they came from and what they are cooking next.
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Michael Warring closes in Vallejo, moves into chef's home
The Bay Area tasting-menu restaurant serves its last dinner on December 5. Chef Michael Warring is converting his Benicia garage into an eight-seat counter.
Tom Booton to open Ralphie's, his first solo restaurant
The Dorchester Grill chef leaves the hotel for Pimlico Road, naming the Belgravia restaurant after his Maltipoo and cooking the dishes he grew up on.
John Karangis leaves Shake Shack for Sweetgreen
After eight years building Shake Shack's menu, the chef becomes Sweetgreen's executive chef and vice president of culinary, tasked with reviving sales.
Gary Caldwell named executive chef of One Flew South
The Chopped winner leaves Marcus Samuelsson's Marcus Bar & Grille to run the kitchen at Atlanta airport's James Beard-nominated restaurant, back with his former employer Jackmont Hospitality.
Lee Tiernan returns to his old Black Axe Mangal site
The chef and his wife Kate reopen 156 Canonbury Road for a two-day pop-up this month, ten months after closing the cult kebab restaurant for good.
Sun Kim brings Meta's Korean menu to Bangkok
The two-Michelin-star chef behind Singapore's Meta cooks three nights of an eight-course Korean tasting menu at a Bangkok hotel this month, before the early-bird rate ends.
Garima Arora opens a modern Indian kitchen in Kuala Lumpur
The Bangkok-based chef is bringing a new restaurant to the Waldorf Astoria Kuala Lumpur, opening 30 October, alongside a second dining room from Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
Nathan Chapman is named head chef at Quality Chop House
Seven years after joining the Farringdon Road kitchen, Chapman takes the title that makes his work there official, as Shaun Searley exits after 13 years.
Angel Zapata Martin joins Brindisa Tapas as chef director
Barcelona-born chef Angel Zapata Martin left Barrafina in 2023 with its Michelin star intact. He now takes charge of food across Brindisa's Spanish restaurants.
Wolseley Hospitality Group reshuffles three head chefs
Frank Fletcher, Jenson Santos and Jai Shaikh all move kitchens this month, the latest sign that the Wolseley group prefers promoting its own cooks from within.
Francesco Vacca becomes head chef at TOZI in Victoria
After nine years in the kitchen, Vacca takes over day-to-day cooking at the Victoria cicchetti restaurant alongside executive chef Maurilio Molteni.
Abbie Hendren leads the kitchen at Trindle Stores in Kew
The former Teal by Sally Abé head chef swaps Hackney for a two-year-old Kew grocery, cooking breakfast and lunch around a kitchen-garden menu.
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