Martin Williams

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Out on the town with Evolv boss Martin Williams

2 weeks ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Wednesday 21 May 2025 6:36 pm Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: Out on the town with Evolv boss Martin Williams Last week, my Evolv Collection exec team and I were invited to visit Domaine de Mirabeau, the home of pink pleasures.
How to fly to New York in style (and why The Devonshire is overrated)

1 month ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Wednesday 07 May 2025 5:43 pm How to fly to New York in style (and why The Devonshire is overrated) La Tête d’Or by Daniel Boulud in New York City Flying to New York to visit the Evolv Collection Restaurants last week, I was reminded that the British Airways loyalty scheme conditions had changed.
In memory of Richard Vines, a sage and a gentleman

1 month ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Tuesday 06 May 2025 5:45 am | Updated: Tuesday 06 May 2025 12:00 am In memory of Richard Vines, a sage and a gentleman My friend Richard Vines, chief restaurant critic of Bloomberg for 25 years, passed away this week. A champion of both genius chefs and restaurateurs, he was a wonderful man who I admired hugely.
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: London's top outdoor restaurants

1 month ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Thursday 10 April 2025 1:16 pm Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: London’s top outdoor restaurants Last week I assumed my position as CEO of the Evolv Collection.
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: The best London restaurants

2 months ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Thursday 03 April 2025 4:13 pm Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: The best London restaurants I feel privileged to have dined in the finest restaurants across the globe, from three star Michelin to ‘50 Best in the world’. My life has been a culinary odyssey which has taken my wife and I from Tokyo to San Francisco, Kuala Lumpur to Peru and everywhere in between.
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: London's best dog-friendly restaurants

2 months ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Wednesday 26 March 2025 5:19 pm | Updated: Wednesday 26 March 2025 5:20 pm Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: London’s best dog-friendly restaurants Last week Franco Manca announced that they have become ‘dog friendly’.
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: The best restaurants in Florence

2 months ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

| Last week began with a wonderfully long lunch in Bluebird Chelsea with Mirabeau founder Stephen Cronk and his chief exec Richard Larkin. Everyone in the drinks business loves these guys, but I take credit for introducing the Batman and Robin of Provencal rose to each other back in 2017.
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: Best Japanese restaurants in London

2 months ago | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Last week I was busy spending time dining charitably with sporting heroes. It began by sending Shawsey off on his ‘Legends of Telemark’ mission (he raises funds for MND) with a lunch where beautiful beef wellingtons reigned. It took place in the company of former Scottish international, Ryan Wilson at the Black Lamb in Wimbledon Village.
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: The best gastropubs in London

Mar 6, 2025 | cityam.com | Martin Williams |Steve Dinneen

Thursday 06 March 2025 12:36 pm Eat, drink, sleep, repeat: The best gastropubs in London The past week has been one of celebrations. Gordon Ramsay opened his 22 Bishopsgate venue, where I enjoyed caviar and Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir as Nick Grimshaw played tunes and GQ’s Worst Dressed Man of 2018, Joe Wicks, danced with Angela Hartnett and other ‘A-listers’.