The Mayfair Foodie

Let me take you back to the start. In December 2024, to celebrate our new kitchen and my first induction hob, I treated myself to a set of HexClad pans. I’d researched them for a while and, at £320 for two hybrid pans and a sauté pan (on offer at the time), they weren’t cheap, but I have to confess I was very excited with my purchase. A few months in, I wrote up my first ...

There is a particular pleasure in going back to a restaurant you enjoyed first time round – and, I’ll admit, a slight sense of trepidation when you hear the chef has changed. Will it still feel like the same place? Will the cooking still hit the same heights? Thankfully, I didn’t have to wonder for long.

I first visited Silva in spring 2025, a few months after i...

It’s no secret that I spend a fair amount of time in central London enjoying the culinary delights this city has to offer, all in the name of research for this website, of course.

However, I’ve spent most of my life in South West London, so when I keep hearing good things about a relatively local restaurant, it’s an opportunity not to be missed. The restaurant i...

If you’ve spent any time in Britain, you’ll know we have a bit of an obsession with the weather. Strike up a conversation with a stranger and, within a sentence or two, one of you will mention it. I’m no different, so here goes: it’s wet. Not a passing shower, but one of those grey, grim days when you just know it’s going to rain until bedtime, and I’m heading into Londo...

Once autumn hits, my weekend thoughts turn to a Sunday roast. For many of us, myself included, the Sunday roast evokes memories of the family gathered around the table, often several generations at once. In today’s recipe I’m not going to reinvent the wheel...