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Scottish Sun
4 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Michelin-starred chef CLOSES beloved flagship restaurant dubbed one of the best in Britain after just 4 years
SHUTTERS DOWN Michelin-starred chef CLOSES beloved flagship restaurant dubbed one of the best in Britain after just 4 years Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A MICHELIN-starred chef has closed his beloved flagship restaurant dubbed one of the best in Britain after just four years. Adam Handling has revealed that his restaurant Ugly Butterfly at Carbis Bay Hotel in Cornwall will close later this month. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 The Ugly Butterfly restaurant at Carbis Bay Hotel in Cornwall will close later this month after four years. Credit: UglyButterfly 3 Top chef Adam Handling has announced the end of his flagship establishment Credit: UglyButterfly 3 The Michelin-starred chef owns a number of restaurants and gastropubs Credit: UglyButterfly Handling is well-known as the chef-owner of the Michelin-starred Frog by Adam Handling in London's Covent Garden. The esteemed celebrity chef is also an Acorn Award winner and owns multiple other eateries. But now, the Ugly Butterfly establishment has now confirmed it was time to move on after a very positive time in Cornwall. Only two years ago, the Cornish seaside restaurant was voted one of the best in the UK by the prestigious Conde Nast Traveller. The high-end travel magazine picked Ugly Butterfly at Carbis Bay Hotel as one of its top 18 restaurants for the best dining experience in the UK. Handling said Ugly Butterfly Restaurant and Bar will serve its last meal at the Carbis Bay Hotel on June 28. He said: "Our at Carbis Bay has been an incredible chapter and the team couldn't be prouder of everything they have achieved. "From building one of the country's most sustainable brands to creating relationships with the local community, farmers and small producers and earning multiple awards and listings among the UK's best restaurants, Ugly Butterfly's journey so far has been nothing short of phenomenal." Handling added: "There is nothing but positivity here because when one door closes, another one opens. And what's behind this next door for Ugly Butterfly and our entire team, only time will tell. "Thank you to everyone who's supported us – we'll keep you posted on what's next." The celebrity chef now owns and operates the Michelin-starred Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden, Eve Bar in Covent Garden, the Loch & the Tyne gastropub in Windsor (which holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand). Handling also owns the Tartan Fox gastropub in Newquay, also in Cornwall, which was launched in June 2024. Restaurant chain owned by Michelin-starred chef is on brink of collapse 16 years after it first opened Last year the pub was featured in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland. The Dundee-born chef started his culinary career aged 16 but it was not an easy ride for him. Eager not to attend university, he managed to get an apprenticeship as a chef at Gleneagles hotel in Perthshire, Scotland, as a teenager. Handling had to go through four interviews before he was offered the apprenticeship. For the first nine months, he was only allowed to prepare vegetables. But eventually Handling worked his way up to the grill and ran the section himself. It was at this point that he'd gained the sort of expert training you can only get in prestigious kitchens like Gleneagles, and he was then ready to move on. Following his departure, he worked as a sous chef at the Malmaison hotel in Newcastle, the youngest ever head chef at Fairmont St Andrews, and head chef at St Ermin's Hotel in St James' Park, London. Handling then returned to Scotland to take on his first head chef position at the Fairmont St Andrews Hotel, where he worked for just over two years and earned 2 AA Rosettes for the restaurant. The chef appeared on MasterChef: The Professionals 2013. Handling entered the sixth series and made it all the way to the final three.
The Advertiser
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Outrageous but true fact illustrated with a wee bit of toilet humour
What's new: David Attenborough has released a companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, while first-time novelist Angie Faye Martin gives us a Queensland-based outback crime noir. Eleri Harris. A&U Children. $26.99. It's outrageous but true, so how do you even begin to explain to children how appallingly and absurdly sexist society used to be? A bit of engagingly illustrated toilet humour does the trick as cartoonist Eleri Harris tells "a mostly true tale of Australia's first female parliamentarians", Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney, who had different political views but a shared problem in Parliament House in 1943: there were no women's toilets because the Canberra building was dominated by blokes who never considered it would be necessary and who thought the situation with Lyons and Tagney would be short-lived. Man, how wrong they were. David Attenborough & Colin Butfield. Hachette. $34.99. David Attenborough has filmed in every ocean habitat on the planet. For this book with long-time collaborator Colin Butfield, the much-loved natural history broadcaster dives deeper into the vast ecosystem of Earth's last great wilderness - the one that shapes the land we live on, creates the air we breathe and regulates our climate. "If we save the sea," Attenborough says, "we save our world." A companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, now screening in cinemas, the book explores eight saltwater habitats and the fascinating life sustained by them, including a strange sea cucumber living on the ocean floor, dubbed the "headless chicken monster". Sheila Fitzpatrick. Black Inc. $27.99. This book isn't about Armando Iannucci's 2017 black comedy of the same name. But the movie is mentioned, along with its promotional poster showing Soviet spy chief Lavrenty Beria's character and the line "In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme". As it turns out, Iannucci's film was close to the mark when it came to Joseph Stalin's death at his dacha in March 1953. Despite all the bumbling around the ruthless dictator's deathbed, including trying to find a doctor (Stalin's was in prison), Fitzpatrick writes that when it came to dodging a political crisis, Stalin's comrades performed brilliantly. Sally Gould. Simon & Schuster. $36.99. The title of Sally Gould's book is a term of endearment for intensive care paramedics because everything they touch "croaks". Gould has been a NSW Ambulance Service paramedic for 14 years and considers being on the road in an ambulance her dream job. Her behind-the-scenes memoir about life in the emergency services is based on journals she kept during her early years in the profession. Along with the gamut of ailments that most people could imagine, such as births, gunshot wounds and heart attacks, Frog also reveals some of the other less-obvious challenges of life as a front-line responder. Jennifer Trevelyan. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Growing up in New Zealand in the 1980s, first-time author Jennifer Trevelyan spent many summers on the coast, holidaying with her family in a rented house. She surfs those warm waves of nostalgia in this compelling, tenderly told crime mystery - the film rights to which have already been sold. When 10-year-old Alix, who is beginning to question the behaviour of her parents and older sister, befriends Maori boy Kahu at the beach, they spend their days innocently exploring the shoreline for clues to the suspected drowning of a young girl years earlier. The secrets they uncover prove heartbreaking, shocking and dangerous. Joan Sauers. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Are the fog-draped forests and lush green hills of the NSW Southern Highlands turning into Australia's own Midsomer? In this atmospheric sequel to her 2023 cosy crime mystery Echo Lake, Joan Sauers puts local historian-cum-sleuth Rose McHugh on the case of a famous violinist who has gone missing in the picturesque region along with his priceless violin. Rose almost got herself murdered in the last novel, and the anxiety still lingers, but she just can't help nosing about. Then a body turns up, the police say her son is a prime suspect and Rose realises she may be in over her head again. William Lane. Transit Lounge. $32.99. Like all sensible authors, William Lane sees books as treasures and librarians as heroes. His partner is a librarian too, so little wonder that, for his sixth novel, the Hunter Valley-based writer's protagonists are two librarians living in a dystopian world in the not-too-distant future. A climate catastrophe has sent water levels rising and birth rates plummeting. Ambrose and Ursula want to have a baby but what kind of future would a child inherit when the two things they cherish most - books and knowledge - are increasingly viewed with suspicion by the rest of the population and their authoritarian leader? Angie Faye Martin. HQ Fiction. $34.99. This outback crime noir, the first novel by Kooma-Kamilaroi woman Angie Faye Martin, is being compared to hit thrillers The Dry and Scrublands. It follows Indigenous policewoman Renee Taylor as she reluctantly returns to the remote Queensland town where she grew up. Seconded to Goorungah's sleepy police station while she cares for her mother, Taylor plans to get back to her real life in Brisbane as soon as possible. But when a woman's body is found by a creek on the outskirts of town, she's plunged into a murder investigation that unearths long-buried clues to the disappearance of two young Aboriginal women 30 years earlier. What's new: David Attenborough has released a companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, while first-time novelist Angie Faye Martin gives us a Queensland-based outback crime noir. Eleri Harris. A&U Children. $26.99. It's outrageous but true, so how do you even begin to explain to children how appallingly and absurdly sexist society used to be? A bit of engagingly illustrated toilet humour does the trick as cartoonist Eleri Harris tells "a mostly true tale of Australia's first female parliamentarians", Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney, who had different political views but a shared problem in Parliament House in 1943: there were no women's toilets because the Canberra building was dominated by blokes who never considered it would be necessary and who thought the situation with Lyons and Tagney would be short-lived. Man, how wrong they were. David Attenborough & Colin Butfield. Hachette. $34.99. David Attenborough has filmed in every ocean habitat on the planet. For this book with long-time collaborator Colin Butfield, the much-loved natural history broadcaster dives deeper into the vast ecosystem of Earth's last great wilderness - the one that shapes the land we live on, creates the air we breathe and regulates our climate. "If we save the sea," Attenborough says, "we save our world." A companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, now screening in cinemas, the book explores eight saltwater habitats and the fascinating life sustained by them, including a strange sea cucumber living on the ocean floor, dubbed the "headless chicken monster". Sheila Fitzpatrick. Black Inc. $27.99. This book isn't about Armando Iannucci's 2017 black comedy of the same name. But the movie is mentioned, along with its promotional poster showing Soviet spy chief Lavrenty Beria's character and the line "In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme". As it turns out, Iannucci's film was close to the mark when it came to Joseph Stalin's death at his dacha in March 1953. Despite all the bumbling around the ruthless dictator's deathbed, including trying to find a doctor (Stalin's was in prison), Fitzpatrick writes that when it came to dodging a political crisis, Stalin's comrades performed brilliantly. Sally Gould. Simon & Schuster. $36.99. The title of Sally Gould's book is a term of endearment for intensive care paramedics because everything they touch "croaks". Gould has been a NSW Ambulance Service paramedic for 14 years and considers being on the road in an ambulance her dream job. Her behind-the-scenes memoir about life in the emergency services is based on journals she kept during her early years in the profession. Along with the gamut of ailments that most people could imagine, such as births, gunshot wounds and heart attacks, Frog also reveals some of the other less-obvious challenges of life as a front-line responder. Jennifer Trevelyan. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Growing up in New Zealand in the 1980s, first-time author Jennifer Trevelyan spent many summers on the coast, holidaying with her family in a rented house. She surfs those warm waves of nostalgia in this compelling, tenderly told crime mystery - the film rights to which have already been sold. When 10-year-old Alix, who is beginning to question the behaviour of her parents and older sister, befriends Maori boy Kahu at the beach, they spend their days innocently exploring the shoreline for clues to the suspected drowning of a young girl years earlier. The secrets they uncover prove heartbreaking, shocking and dangerous. Joan Sauers. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Are the fog-draped forests and lush green hills of the NSW Southern Highlands turning into Australia's own Midsomer? In this atmospheric sequel to her 2023 cosy crime mystery Echo Lake, Joan Sauers puts local historian-cum-sleuth Rose McHugh on the case of a famous violinist who has gone missing in the picturesque region along with his priceless violin. Rose almost got herself murdered in the last novel, and the anxiety still lingers, but she just can't help nosing about. Then a body turns up, the police say her son is a prime suspect and Rose realises she may be in over her head again. William Lane. Transit Lounge. $32.99. Like all sensible authors, William Lane sees books as treasures and librarians as heroes. His partner is a librarian too, so little wonder that, for his sixth novel, the Hunter Valley-based writer's protagonists are two librarians living in a dystopian world in the not-too-distant future. A climate catastrophe has sent water levels rising and birth rates plummeting. Ambrose and Ursula want to have a baby but what kind of future would a child inherit when the two things they cherish most - books and knowledge - are increasingly viewed with suspicion by the rest of the population and their authoritarian leader? Angie Faye Martin. HQ Fiction. $34.99. This outback crime noir, the first novel by Kooma-Kamilaroi woman Angie Faye Martin, is being compared to hit thrillers The Dry and Scrublands. It follows Indigenous policewoman Renee Taylor as she reluctantly returns to the remote Queensland town where she grew up. Seconded to Goorungah's sleepy police station while she cares for her mother, Taylor plans to get back to her real life in Brisbane as soon as possible. But when a woman's body is found by a creek on the outskirts of town, she's plunged into a murder investigation that unearths long-buried clues to the disappearance of two young Aboriginal women 30 years earlier. What's new: David Attenborough has released a companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, while first-time novelist Angie Faye Martin gives us a Queensland-based outback crime noir. Eleri Harris. A&U Children. $26.99. It's outrageous but true, so how do you even begin to explain to children how appallingly and absurdly sexist society used to be? A bit of engagingly illustrated toilet humour does the trick as cartoonist Eleri Harris tells "a mostly true tale of Australia's first female parliamentarians", Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney, who had different political views but a shared problem in Parliament House in 1943: there were no women's toilets because the Canberra building was dominated by blokes who never considered it would be necessary and who thought the situation with Lyons and Tagney would be short-lived. Man, how wrong they were. David Attenborough & Colin Butfield. Hachette. $34.99. David Attenborough has filmed in every ocean habitat on the planet. For this book with long-time collaborator Colin Butfield, the much-loved natural history broadcaster dives deeper into the vast ecosystem of Earth's last great wilderness - the one that shapes the land we live on, creates the air we breathe and regulates our climate. "If we save the sea," Attenborough says, "we save our world." A companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, now screening in cinemas, the book explores eight saltwater habitats and the fascinating life sustained by them, including a strange sea cucumber living on the ocean floor, dubbed the "headless chicken monster". Sheila Fitzpatrick. Black Inc. $27.99. This book isn't about Armando Iannucci's 2017 black comedy of the same name. But the movie is mentioned, along with its promotional poster showing Soviet spy chief Lavrenty Beria's character and the line "In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme". As it turns out, Iannucci's film was close to the mark when it came to Joseph Stalin's death at his dacha in March 1953. Despite all the bumbling around the ruthless dictator's deathbed, including trying to find a doctor (Stalin's was in prison), Fitzpatrick writes that when it came to dodging a political crisis, Stalin's comrades performed brilliantly. Sally Gould. Simon & Schuster. $36.99. The title of Sally Gould's book is a term of endearment for intensive care paramedics because everything they touch "croaks". Gould has been a NSW Ambulance Service paramedic for 14 years and considers being on the road in an ambulance her dream job. Her behind-the-scenes memoir about life in the emergency services is based on journals she kept during her early years in the profession. Along with the gamut of ailments that most people could imagine, such as births, gunshot wounds and heart attacks, Frog also reveals some of the other less-obvious challenges of life as a front-line responder. Jennifer Trevelyan. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Growing up in New Zealand in the 1980s, first-time author Jennifer Trevelyan spent many summers on the coast, holidaying with her family in a rented house. She surfs those warm waves of nostalgia in this compelling, tenderly told crime mystery - the film rights to which have already been sold. When 10-year-old Alix, who is beginning to question the behaviour of her parents and older sister, befriends Maori boy Kahu at the beach, they spend their days innocently exploring the shoreline for clues to the suspected drowning of a young girl years earlier. The secrets they uncover prove heartbreaking, shocking and dangerous. Joan Sauers. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Are the fog-draped forests and lush green hills of the NSW Southern Highlands turning into Australia's own Midsomer? In this atmospheric sequel to her 2023 cosy crime mystery Echo Lake, Joan Sauers puts local historian-cum-sleuth Rose McHugh on the case of a famous violinist who has gone missing in the picturesque region along with his priceless violin. Rose almost got herself murdered in the last novel, and the anxiety still lingers, but she just can't help nosing about. Then a body turns up, the police say her son is a prime suspect and Rose realises she may be in over her head again. William Lane. Transit Lounge. $32.99. Like all sensible authors, William Lane sees books as treasures and librarians as heroes. His partner is a librarian too, so little wonder that, for his sixth novel, the Hunter Valley-based writer's protagonists are two librarians living in a dystopian world in the not-too-distant future. A climate catastrophe has sent water levels rising and birth rates plummeting. Ambrose and Ursula want to have a baby but what kind of future would a child inherit when the two things they cherish most - books and knowledge - are increasingly viewed with suspicion by the rest of the population and their authoritarian leader? Angie Faye Martin. HQ Fiction. $34.99. This outback crime noir, the first novel by Kooma-Kamilaroi woman Angie Faye Martin, is being compared to hit thrillers The Dry and Scrublands. It follows Indigenous policewoman Renee Taylor as she reluctantly returns to the remote Queensland town where she grew up. Seconded to Goorungah's sleepy police station while she cares for her mother, Taylor plans to get back to her real life in Brisbane as soon as possible. But when a woman's body is found by a creek on the outskirts of town, she's plunged into a murder investigation that unearths long-buried clues to the disappearance of two young Aboriginal women 30 years earlier. What's new: David Attenborough has released a companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, while first-time novelist Angie Faye Martin gives us a Queensland-based outback crime noir. Eleri Harris. A&U Children. $26.99. It's outrageous but true, so how do you even begin to explain to children how appallingly and absurdly sexist society used to be? A bit of engagingly illustrated toilet humour does the trick as cartoonist Eleri Harris tells "a mostly true tale of Australia's first female parliamentarians", Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney, who had different political views but a shared problem in Parliament House in 1943: there were no women's toilets because the Canberra building was dominated by blokes who never considered it would be necessary and who thought the situation with Lyons and Tagney would be short-lived. Man, how wrong they were. David Attenborough & Colin Butfield. Hachette. $34.99. David Attenborough has filmed in every ocean habitat on the planet. For this book with long-time collaborator Colin Butfield, the much-loved natural history broadcaster dives deeper into the vast ecosystem of Earth's last great wilderness - the one that shapes the land we live on, creates the air we breathe and regulates our climate. "If we save the sea," Attenborough says, "we save our world." A companion piece to his spectacular documentary film Ocean, now screening in cinemas, the book explores eight saltwater habitats and the fascinating life sustained by them, including a strange sea cucumber living on the ocean floor, dubbed the "headless chicken monster". Sheila Fitzpatrick. Black Inc. $27.99. This book isn't about Armando Iannucci's 2017 black comedy of the same name. But the movie is mentioned, along with its promotional poster showing Soviet spy chief Lavrenty Beria's character and the line "In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme". As it turns out, Iannucci's film was close to the mark when it came to Joseph Stalin's death at his dacha in March 1953. Despite all the bumbling around the ruthless dictator's deathbed, including trying to find a doctor (Stalin's was in prison), Fitzpatrick writes that when it came to dodging a political crisis, Stalin's comrades performed brilliantly. Sally Gould. Simon & Schuster. $36.99. The title of Sally Gould's book is a term of endearment for intensive care paramedics because everything they touch "croaks". Gould has been a NSW Ambulance Service paramedic for 14 years and considers being on the road in an ambulance her dream job. Her behind-the-scenes memoir about life in the emergency services is based on journals she kept during her early years in the profession. Along with the gamut of ailments that most people could imagine, such as births, gunshot wounds and heart attacks, Frog also reveals some of the other less-obvious challenges of life as a front-line responder. Jennifer Trevelyan. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Growing up in New Zealand in the 1980s, first-time author Jennifer Trevelyan spent many summers on the coast, holidaying with her family in a rented house. She surfs those warm waves of nostalgia in this compelling, tenderly told crime mystery - the film rights to which have already been sold. When 10-year-old Alix, who is beginning to question the behaviour of her parents and older sister, befriends Maori boy Kahu at the beach, they spend their days innocently exploring the shoreline for clues to the suspected drowning of a young girl years earlier. The secrets they uncover prove heartbreaking, shocking and dangerous. Joan Sauers. Allen & Unwin. $32.99. Are the fog-draped forests and lush green hills of the NSW Southern Highlands turning into Australia's own Midsomer? In this atmospheric sequel to her 2023 cosy crime mystery Echo Lake, Joan Sauers puts local historian-cum-sleuth Rose McHugh on the case of a famous violinist who has gone missing in the picturesque region along with his priceless violin. Rose almost got herself murdered in the last novel, and the anxiety still lingers, but she just can't help nosing about. Then a body turns up, the police say her son is a prime suspect and Rose realises she may be in over her head again. William Lane. Transit Lounge. $32.99. Like all sensible authors, William Lane sees books as treasures and librarians as heroes. His partner is a librarian too, so little wonder that, for his sixth novel, the Hunter Valley-based writer's protagonists are two librarians living in a dystopian world in the not-too-distant future. A climate catastrophe has sent water levels rising and birth rates plummeting. Ambrose and Ursula want to have a baby but what kind of future would a child inherit when the two things they cherish most - books and knowledge - are increasingly viewed with suspicion by the rest of the population and their authoritarian leader? Angie Faye Martin. HQ Fiction. $34.99. This outback crime noir, the first novel by Kooma-Kamilaroi woman Angie Faye Martin, is being compared to hit thrillers The Dry and Scrublands. It follows Indigenous policewoman Renee Taylor as she reluctantly returns to the remote Queensland town where she grew up. Seconded to Goorungah's sleepy police station while she cares for her mother, Taylor plans to get back to her real life in Brisbane as soon as possible. But when a woman's body is found by a creek on the outskirts of town, she's plunged into a murder investigation that unearths long-buried clues to the disappearance of two young Aboriginal women 30 years earlier.
Metro
10-06-2025
- Business
- Metro
‘Totally overrated' restaurant crowned the best in the UK — as top 100 revealed
Here's a look at the full list of restaurants as named in the National Restaurant Awards 2025: Ritz, London 2. Moor Hall, Aughton 3. The Ledbury, London 4. Trinity, London 5. Bouchon Racine, London 6. Oma, London 7. AngloThai, London 8. Osip, Bruton, Somerset 9. Ynyshir, Eglwys Fach, Ceredigion 10. Dorian, London 11. Mountain, London 12. The Devonshire, London 13. Kiln, London 14. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London 15. Woven by Adam Smith, Sunningdale, Berkshire 16. Ikoyi, London 17. Lyla, Edinburgh 18. A Wong, London 19. Da Terra, London 20. Brooklands by Claude Bosi, London 21. Lyle's London (closed since May) 22. Kitchen Table, London 23. Josephine Bouchon, London 24. Endo at the Rotunda, London 25. Paul Ainsworth at No.6, Padstow, Cornwall 26. Restaurant Pine, east Wallhouses, Northumberland 27. Canteen, London 28. The Unruly Pig, Bromeswell, Suffolk 29. Sabor, London 30. Row on 5, London 31. Restaurant Sat Bains, Nottingham 32. Bibi, Lodon 33. Kolae, London 34. The Sportsman, Seasalter, Kent 35. L'Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria 36. Higher Ground, Mancester 37. Camille, London 38. Core by Clare Smyth, London 39. Claude Bosi at Bibendum, London 40. Chishuru, London 41. The Glenturret Lalique, Crieff, Perth and Kinross 42. Frog by Adam Handling, London 43. JÖRO, Wharncliffe Side, South Yorkshire 44. Grace & Savour, Hampton in Arden, Solihull 45. Updown Farmhouse, Deal, Kent 46. Dongnae, Bristol 47. Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Great Milton, Oxfordshire 48. Opheem, Birmingham 49. Restaurante Interlude, Horsham, West Sussex 50. Kol, London 51. Agora, London 52. Akoko, London 53. Chez Bruce, London 54. Brat, London 55. The Forest Side, Grasmere, Cumbria 56. Gorse, Cardiff 57. Humble Chicken, London 58. Cornus, London 59. Morchella, London 60. Skof, Manchester 61. Sollip, London 62. The Cedar Tree by Hrishikesh Desai, Brampton, Cumbria 63. Starling, Esher, Surrey 64. Plates, London 65. Wilsons, Bristol 66. The Kinneuchar Inn, Kilconquhar, Fife 67. Solstice, Newcastle 68. Annwn, Narberth, Pembrokeshire 69. The Clove Club, London 70. Wildflowers, London 71. The French House, London 72. Mýse, Hovingham, north Yorkshire 73. Restaurant Hjem, Hexham, Northumberland 74. Sola, London 75. The Angel at Hetton, Hetton, north Yorkshire 76. The Muddlers Club, Belfast 77. Heft, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria 78. Inver, Cairndow, Argyll and Bute 79. The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh 80. The Fordwich Arms, Fordwich, Kent 81. The Black Swan at Oldstead, Oldstead, north Yorkshire 82. Upstairs by Tom Shepherd, Lichfield, Staffordshire 83. The Grill by Tom Booton, London 84. Hide, London 85. The Parkers Arms, Newton-In-Bowland, Lancashire 86. Solo, Omskirk, Lancashire 87. Fallow, London 88. Forge at Middleton Lodge, Richmond, north Yorkshire 89. Lita, London 90. The Quality Chophouse, London 91. Planque, London 92. Gymkhana, London 93. Lisboeta, London 94. Crocadon, Saltash, Cornwall 95. Luca, London 96. The Seahorse, Dartmouth, Devon 97. The Palmerston, Edinburgh 98. Trivet, London 99. St. John, London 100. Maison Francois, London
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Friends of Frog: Star Dublin chef Mickael Viljanen to cook in London at £350 dinner
The chef Adam Handling is to welcome Dublin star Mickael Viljanen for a four-hands dinner at Frog this month as the two put on a £350 menu. Viljanen is the chef behind the two Michelin-starred Chapter One in the Irish capital, widely regarded as one of the best fine dining restaurants in Ireland. He'll be in London for one night only and follows the first Krug Champagne-backed 'Friends of Frog' event with Angelo Sato of Humble Chicken. Viljanen will join Handling for a seven-course dinner to showcase the UK and Ireland's best produce, including Cornish crab and wagyu beef. A starter of scallops with black truffle, smoked eel and rye will precede wagyu with tandoor cauliflower and wasabi, as well as barbecued veal with veal sweetbreads, peas and Rossini Kaluga caviar. There'll be snacks too and snacks from both chefs, while the finale will come by way of Handling's new chocolate shop. Handling said the dinner is personal to him, as 'one of the most memorable meals of his life' came about at Chapter One in Dublin, and praised Viljanen's 'artistry, precision, and creative power in the kitchen'. Other dinners are on the way as part of the series: Aktar Islam (Opheem, Birmingham) will cook on July 14, and Stephen McLaughlin (Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles) will be in town on July 21. Tickets are £350 per person, excluding drinks and service. 34-35 Southampton Street, WC2E 7HG,
Buzz Feed
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
29 Pleasant, Soothing, Or Cute Products That'll Help Banish Bad Vibes
A beginner watercolor kit for anyone who's been a little art curious lately. Reviewers love this model for its wide range of colors, impressive pigmentation, and beautiful packaging. One reviewer said the paints are "smooth and creamy," which is enough to convince me. Plush, high-quality versions of Frog and Toad you'll want to bring on all your whimsical adventures. You'll be like, 'This morning, when I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I have these little dudes as my friends." A trio of mythical plant stakes to make your houseplant feel like a magical forest filled with cryptid photo opps. Sneak them under your monstera's leaves and see how long it takes your roommates to notice. A silly goose badge — congrats on your promotion! Now that you've been deputized, let's hit the streets and start pieing people in the face. A drain cover so you can fill your tub all the way to the tippy top. You need all the water you can get if you want a cartoonishly overflowing bathtub! A birria bomb — a delicious spin on the bath bomb. Dunk one of these spice balls into a pressure cooker with meat and water for a comforting consomme ready for dipping. In a way, these really are bath bombs, but for tacos and quesadillas. A Nooni tinted appleberry lip oil if you're sick of lippies that leave your pout feeling sticky, dry, or messy. The apple seed and raspberry extract-infused oil offers long-lasting hydration and a touch of color without you having to stress about it transferring or smudging. Burn After Writing — a guided journal with questions and thought experiments that encourage readers to reflect, explore their feelings, and get to know themselves a little deeper. Reviewers say it's a stress reliever! A set of Globbles, TikTok-famous fidget toys that are squishy, colorful, and stick to any surface you throw them at without leaving a residue. It'll soothe the childhood stress of throwing a sticky hand toy at the ceiling and getting screamed at by your parent for a week straight. A cutie pie planner to help you be a busy bee, or more likely a take-it-slow sloth. There's room for appointments, errands, and people to in due time. A lavender spray you can spritz on your pillow before bed. It'll make your bedding smell heavenly, and the soothing scent can help carry you right off to dreamland. A pretty tea cup set that looks like your mug is floating on a cloud. How delicate! How dreamy! Untethered and unbothered! Am I envious of a teacup right now? A set of 10 peel-off jelly masks so you can feel like a frosted dessert during your next self-care session. The electrolyte-infused hydro masks come in styles like lavender, hyaluronic acid, tea tree, and chamomile and work to hydrate, soothe, and balance your pH level. A copy of The Big Activity Book for Anxious People filled with puzzles, mazes, color pages, and affirmations to help guide you through stress. Over 1,400 5-star reviewers love this lil' book and say it helps when they're feeling overwhelmed. And an "Everyday Mindfulness"-themed word search book to help you turn your brain off for a bit each day. The themes are simple and unproblematic, like "playground parts" and "chess," so unless you're a disgraced chess master or the cop who slid down that slide really fast, the puzzles hopefully won't trigger any anxiety. A miniature frog wizard happy to sit next to you on your desk and ward off malicious spells or curses that might be hurled your way. You never know what Agatha from accounting is planning... A shampoo scalp brush ready to blast away dead skin, dirt, and buildup, all while giving you a nice, relaxing head massage. A playing card PopGrip modeled after the joker or queen of hearts. The phone grip can be rotated and tilted, giving you a winning hand (or at least, a hand holding your giant phone). A bead-filled weighted eye mask that offers gentle pressure while blocking light. It's helped over 4,000 happy reviewers get decent shut-eye. A bear-y nice under-eye stick formulated with skincare darling niacinamide, along with soothing Icelandic mineral water and seaweed extract, to soothe puffiness and dark circles. If a beauty item isn't shaped like an animal, is it even worth getting? A John Derian sticker book for adults feeling a little jealous of their kids' incredible sticker treasure trove. This collection comes with over 700 elaborate designs inspired by 19th-century illustrations. A horseshoe necklace providing a little luck — something we all desperately need right now. Your friends are sure to pony up compliments when they see this stainless steel piece in person. A paw-shaped chair cushion, because who doesn't want to be lovingly cradled in a kitten's paw? "Liquipens" — a cross between a pen and a lava lamp. These are fun to play with and likely mesmerizing enough to keep you entertained while taking notes in class. A handheld capybara that's sure to be your guiding light when it comes to taking it easy. After all, what animal is chiller than the capybara? A jar of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnadust seasoning if you want the best cereal flavor to extend past breakfast time. Just imagine how tasty this would be sprinkled over a hot beverage, ice cream, apple slices, or buttered toast (Cinnamon Toast Crunch cinnamon toast!). A set of art or writing dice you can throw whenever you need an instant prompt to get them out of a creative block. The nine writing dice deliver the who, what, when, where, and why, while the art dice offer subjects, colors, patterns, mediums, and more. Talking Hearts — a deck of conversation cards for couples looking to deepen their connection or just pass the time on a long trip. There are 200 questions, plus two wild cards to keep conversation flowing. A mini Bob Ross paint-by-numbers kit that comes with three different numbered canvas designs, seven paint pots, a mini brush, and an easel to display your tiny masterpieces. It's perfect for adults and teens looking for a quick project and kids working on their fine motor skills.
