Kitchen Table Projects is a foodie business dedicated to supporting and encouraging fledgling artisan food and drink producers – helping them showcase their brand and products to the right people. Founder Tara Sundramoorthi says “Our pop up is a whopping 2,500sq ft – and just a stone’s throw from Oxford Circus. The perfect place […]
Christmas Collection Candles by Kenneth Turner
September 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
We’re big fans of Kenneth Turner candles, his Original fragrance, recently renamed ‘Signature’ is still considered a benchmark classic in terms of lifestyle fragrance and is commonly referred to as the ‘Chanel No 5′ of the home fragrance market, so it’s nice to hear about his Christmas Collection. The candles burn brightly, no guttering, and release their fabulous […]
REVIEW: Sexy Fish London
September 22, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The newest venture from the Caprice restaurant group, Sexy Fish, on the south-east corner of Berkeley Square in the heart of Mayfair, opens on 19th October. What started out as a fishy pop-up from sister restaurant 34, nearby, called Gone Fishing, was exactly that, a fishing exercise. So now we know what’s behind the bright neon facade. The […]
Mr David Beckham for Mr Porter
September 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
This week’s edition of the MR PORTER Journal features Mr David Beckham; The former professional footballer talks to us about fatherhood, the importance of personal style, his involvement with UNICEF and his upcoming cameo in the release of new short film Outlaws. In an exclusive shoot and interview, David models a selection of Belstaff’s FW15 […]
Food Stars of The Future
September 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Six new food and drink entrepreneurs have won a place on a business mentoring programme, run by the The Grocery Accelerator. Hundreds of start-ups applied for the chance to secure a £60k investment, and to turn their emerging businesses into industry success stories – here are the winners. Taking the Pea – www.takingthepea.com A delicious, […]
REVIEW: Brewhouse & Kitchen Highbury
September 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
For me there’s nothing better than sitting amongst the stills and talking to the guy who actually makes the stuff when it comes to reviewing pubs and beers. So here we are at the Brewhouse and Kitchen and they have got it right. It’s an independent pub group telling local stories through beer and food. Beers are brewed […]
ART: Joshua Yeldham – Surrender
September 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Fantastical Australian artist, Joshua Yeldham, is my great discovery of 2015. Following on from my finding Emily Carr and her adventures in British Colombia I stumbled upon Josh at Art15, and who has also inspired me with his wilderness – the Australian landscape, endowing it with graphic intensity and spiritual dreamscapes. Something peaceful yet dramatic and […]
Original Batmobile on sale for $5m
September 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The original Batmobile, from the 1966 TV series, has gone on sale in the US for $5m. The car, which was driven by caped crusader Adam West, was inspired by a concept car developed by Ford, called the Lincoln Futura. Despite the car’s original cost of $250,000, it was sold to car customiser George Barris for $1.00 and […]
Banknotes come to life to tell the story of the Queen’s reign with Blippar
September 8, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Blippar, the image recognition and augmented reality app, is bringing all Bank of England banknotes to life this week to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II becoming the nation’s longest serving monarch. For the next four days people will be able to ‘blipp’ (scan) any Bank of England note with their smartphones to watch videos, view image galleries […]
The M World Cup Of Steak 2015
August 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
M Restaurants are running a competition to find the world’s best beef – diners are the judges alongwith food writer Joe Warwick, critic Charles Campion, M Executive Chef Michael Reid, Head Chef of The Shed & Rabbit and top butcher Oliver Gladwin. Along the lines of the Rugby World Cup, the qualifying rounds are where guests can opt […]
