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A server presenting an intricately plated Indian fine-dining dish with rice and herbs
Chefs · Birmingham

Stuart Deeley joins Opheem's senior team in Birmingham

The 2019 MasterChef: The Professionals champion leaves the Warwick at Mallory Court for Aktar Islam's two-Michelin-starred Indian kitchen.

30 October 2026 · 2 min read
A plated duck breast with berry sauce, squash puree and roasted vegetables
Chefs · Loch Ness

Loch Ness chef wins Masters of the Menu 2026

Ammar Soeb Khumri, senior chef de partie at The Lovat Hotel, beat four finalists with a duck breast dish built around a Heinz Korean BBQ sauce.

29 October 2026 · 2 min read
Elegant dining room with velvet chairs, mirrors and a chandelier in an upscale restaurant
Restaurants · Manchester

James Martin's Manchester restaurant closes after 14 years

The chef's namesake dining room inside the Manchester235 casino has shut as his partnership with operator Metropolitan Gaming ends, with no replacement concept named yet.

20 October 2026 · 1 min read
Set tables and red chairs in an ornate French fine-dining dining room
Hospitality · Paris

Gault&Millau names 28 nominees for its 2027 trophies

David Toutain and Jérôme Banctel are among four in the running for Chef of the Year. A new category rewards sommeliers for non-alcoholic pairings, a nod to falling wine consumption.

19 October 2026 · 1 min read
A chef plating a dish in a professional restaurant kitchen
Chefs · Canterbury

Ian McAndrew, chef who starred Eastwell Manor, dies

Master Chefs of Great Britain announced his death on 12 October. McAndrew won a Michelin star at Eastwell Manor in 1982 and another at his own restaurant three years later.

19 October 2026 · 2 min read
Sliced meat with vegetable puree and green beans on a dark fine-dining plate
Restaurants · Melbourne

Yiaga tops The Age Good Food Guide 2027 in Melbourne

Hugh Allen's 44-seat tasting-menu restaurant in Fitzroy Gardens takes restaurant of the year, as the guide also crowns Roma new restaurant of the year and keeps Vue de Monde and Brae on three hats.

19 October 2026 · 2 min read
A chef's hand moves a steaming pan over a stove in a professional kitchen
Chefs

Chef Ian McAndrew dies after four decades in British kitchens

Master Chefs of Great Britain announced the death of the chef behind Eastwell Manor's 1982 Michelin star and, decades later, Blackaddie House Hotel.

17 October 2026 · 2 min read
Nasser Kheir, head chef at Burnham Beeches Hotel, in the hotel lounge
Chefs

Nasser Kheir becomes head chef at Burnham Beeches

The Dorchester's former head banqueting chef takes over all food and drink at the Georgian hotel in Buckinghamshire, a year before its 300th anniversary.

7 October 2026 · 2 min read
Fruit tarts and pastries displayed in a French patisserie counter with price cards
Chefs · Paris

Benoît Castel, world's best pastry chef, opens in Paris

Weeks after winning the UIBC's top pastry title in Singapore, the Breton chef opens his fourth Paris address, splitting the day between coffee, lunch and pastry.

26 September 2026 · 2 min read
Woodland and a shallow stony stream in the Foreste Casentinesi national park in the Apennines
Chefs · San Piero in Bagno

Gianluca Gorini's first book, Cucina Radicale, is out

The one-star chef from San Piero in Bagno wrote it with Eugenio Signoroni: 256 pages on his mentors, his Apennine roots and his method, and not a recipe collection.

17 September 2026 · 2 min read
An open cookbook on a wooden stand on a kitchen counter
Chefs · Hetton

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.

12 September 2026 · 2 min read
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