Joseph Gann

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Food Writer at IDEAL (UK)

Brighton chef and writer

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Where To Eat In Bruton, Somerset

3 weeks ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Here’s a claim made with absolutely no research preceding it: Bruton may well have the tightest concentration of Michelin-regarded restaurants per square mile anywhere on the planet. Forget Baiersbronn, Nara or our very own Aughton. For this tiny parish of under 3’000 residents, Bruton is a big draw where restaurant tastemakers and really posh folk escaping London (often the same person, quite frankly) are concerned. We’re going to be honest here, we needed a hook.
Ho Chi Minh City's Best Fine Dining Restaurants For A Special Occasion

1 month ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Ho Chi Minh City’s evolution into one of Asia’s most thriving fine dining destinations has been nothing short of sprawling in scope and breakneck in speed, the latter quite the opposite of the ponderous pace of traffic on basically every road and thoroughfare in the city.
The Best Fine Dining Restaurants In Hanoi For A Special Occasion

1 month ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Though certain Vietnamese dishes are among the world’s most cherished and the Hanoi’s street food vendors are rightly revered, the capital city’s restaurant scene has – until recently at least – felt simultaneously overlooked and undervalued. Hanoi is a place where you can have the best meal of your life on just about any street corner, but it’s also fast becoming one of the world’s most ambitious fine dining destinations, marked by Michelin’s arrival in 2023.
The Best Places To Eat In Chiang Mai: The IDEAL 22

1 month ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

If ever a city existed in a liminal space between meals, it’s Chiang Mai. The ancient capital of the Lanna Kingdom feels like it’s perpetually gearing up for its next feast, with never ending plumes of smoke rising from charcoal grills, steam billowing from bubbling curry pots, and the rhythmic pounding of clay pestle and mortars providing the city’s distinctive soundtrack.
Where To Eat In Bruton, Somerset: The Best Restaurants In Bruton

1 month ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Here’s a claim made with absolutely no research preceding it: Bruton may well have the tightest concentration of Michelin-regarded restaurants per square mile anywhere on the planet. Forget Baiersbronn, Nara or our very own Aughton. For this tiny parish of under 3’000 residents, Bruton is a big draw where restaurant tastemakers and really posh folk escaping London (often the same person, quite frankly) are concerned. We’re going to be honest here, we needed a hook.
The Best Restaurants Near Farringdon - Ideal Magazine

1 month ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Without wishing to sound too dismissive of an industry that’s clearly on its valedictory meal, reviews of post-COVID restaurant openings in the UK have been remarkably concentrated in recent times, with critics alighting at Farringdon Station with impressively predictable regularity.
Restaurant Review: Osip 2.0, Bruton

2 months ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

It’s clear mere moments after setting foot in Bruton that the extravagantly named Merlin Labron-Johnson is an almost mythical figure around these parts. A mononymous presence at hotel receptions, in charity shops and at cafes along the high street, the chef is referenced by folk in the village with a mix of tongue-in-cheek disparagement and genuine admiration.
The Best Places To Eat In London Fields & Broadway Market

2 months ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

East London’s London Fields is so clouded with clichés that even observing them is something of one. They put Monster Munch on their oysters here, the mad bastards. Their wine is turbid and full of sediment. Perhaps there’s something in the water here. There’s certainly something in the soil…London Fields – the grassy stretch, not the neighbourhood – is a sprawling plot that dates back to the 16th century.
The Best Restaurants In Camden, London

2 months ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

From its humble beginnings in the 1790s as a residential area developed by Sir Charles Pratt, Camden has transformed into one of London’s most visited boroughs. Once home to Charles Dickens, George Bernard Shaw and JB Priestley, now it’s one of the most thriving multicultural places in the UK, with its almost 300’000 residents speaking over 140 languages and dialects between them, and the local council placing diversity at the forefront of its thinking.
Where To Eat Near Clapham Junction: The Best Restaurants Near Clapham Junction

2 months ago | idealmagazine.co.uk | Joseph Gann

Let’s park the Battersea/Clapham border debate once and for all, in favour of finding great food together and forgetting arbitrary quarrels about where one area starts and another begins. Instead, we’re here to break down barriers, borders and bread, all in the time it takes to wait for a train.