Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, however, suggests that smell and memory can be easily tricked. One deep, tantalising inhalation of his “Bread, Butter, Dripping, Beef Tea” opening dish and I was deeply nostalgic for Sunday afternoon teas in Yorkshire with my nan. Which will come as a huge surprise to my nan who lived in […]

Alex Aitken has worked at various restaurants around the Southampton area throughout his career. After moving back to the UK from Singapore where his dad worked as a chief technician for the RAF, Aitken started as a waiter in his teenage years at a restaurant Greenways in Romsey while studying at Mountbatten School. He would […]

A new high-end Italian restaurant is heading to Mayfair. This time, it’s the turn of Il Gattopardo, a restaurant that they say is inspired by 1960s Italy. It’s got something of a pedigree, however, coming from the same restaurant group that brought us Bar De Pres, Zuma, Roka and Amazonico, so we’re going to assume […]