Beatrice Bessi, head sommelier of Chiltern Firehouse, on becoming a sommelier by way of computer science and statistics, being a mind reader, and a memorable encounter with Robert De Niro.
One of the UK’s best restaurants for New World wines, The Harrow at Little Bedwyn in Wiltshire, is to close on 28 March after 21 years in business.
From Daniel Humm's new site at the Covent Garden outpost of New York's NoMad hotel to the debut UK venture of Noma Mexico's Santiago Lastra, we've rounded up the 12 London restaurant openings this year that you need to have on your radar.
L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges in Lyon, run by famed French chef Paul Bocuse until his death in 2018, has lost the third Michelin star it has continuously held since 1965.