The Ledbury – London
Originally from Newcastle in Australia, Chef Brett Graham trained with British stalwart Phil Howard at The Square before opening The Ledbury in the west London suburb of Notting Hill in 2005. The airy restaurant is [...]
Le Chateaubriand – Paris
A former stonemason and gardener, whose family hails from the Basque country, Inaki Aizpitarte seems an unlikely candidate to spearhead a mini-revolution in the Parisian restaurant scene. The chef opened Le Chateaubriand in 2006 and [...]
Nahm – Bangkok
At Nahm, Thai culinary tradition overrides the affectations of swanky top-level dining. The Metropolitan Hotel by Como may be plush in the extreme, but the cooking here is rustic, gutsy and entirely free of pomp. [...]
White Rabbit – Moscow
Heading a new wave of Russian chefs that is embracing the vast country’s amazing natural produce, chef Vladimir Mukhin claims to have borscht running in his veins. The famous beetroot soup certainly flows at his [...]
Ultraviolet by Paul Paired – Shanghai
A visit to Ultraviolet is a surreal experience: part glamorous James Bond lair, part mind-bending psychedelic trip. Guests meet at chef Paul Pairet’s central Shanghai restaurant, Mr & Mrs Bund, to be driven by minibus [...]
Fäviken: Järpen
Billed as the world’s most isolated restaurant, Fäviken, in the north of Sweden, has captured the imagination of the world’s media and intrepid foodies in equal measure. Housed in an 18th century barn on a [...]