Jason Allen

2 weeks ago | thenudge.com | Jason Allen

Eel sushi bar is about to open in Notting Hill – but because it comes to us from the edgily cool, we-sit-at-the-back-of-the-bus team at Dorian, it’s going to be have “no omakase horsesh*t and ponce” and will, in fact, be just a sushi bar. Which, frankly, is actually quite refreshing. Particularly because they’re explicitly labelling it as “low priced“, which coming from these guys is quite a bold statement.

2 weeks ago | thenudge.com | Jason Allen

Okay, so Ellory was a restaurant that opened back in 2015, won a Michelin Star, and then closed a couple of years later. The team went and reinvented it as Leroy, won a Michelin Star, and closed a couple of years later. Now, team members from Leroy have decided to reinvent it as Duchy, and are probably hoping to continue exactly one half of that pattern. The two guys spearheading this reboot are chef Simon Shand and manager Alex Grant.

3 weeks ago | thenudge.com | Jason Allen

We’ve decided to start a series of supperclubs. What took us so long, we know. The concept is simple: basically we take one wildly talented chef – like, say, Jack Coggins of the insanely hot-right-now Goodbye Horses – and we drop them into an unexpected corner of London, or a residential neighbourhood that wouldn’t normally see their style of cooking. Like, for example, East Dulwich. We’re calling it Dinners Next Door.

3 weeks ago | thenudge.com | Jason Allen

It seems strange to say it, but SO|LA is the only Michelin Starred restaurant in London serving Californian-inspired cuisine. And yes, for most people the last Californian-inspired meal they had may well have come from a drive-through – but let’s just remember that the state is a goldmine of stunning produce, great wine, and indeed unceasing culinary creativity. And SO|LA is probably its premier exemplar here in the UK, having won 3 AA Rosettes and a Top-40 spot on the National Restaurant Awards.

4 weeks ago | thenudge.com | Jason Allen

We’re throwing a party. Not the sort with tiny canapés and awkward small talk. No. Rather, the sort that previews the all-new riverside terraces of 18th century neoclassical palaces run by a wildly talented team on the bleeding edge of London’s bar & restaurant scene, with complimentary welcome cocktails (yes, plural) plus 50% off food & drink all night, too. That kind of party.