NEW OPENING
Future of Food
A celebration of sustainability, creativity and innovation comes to the West End this month, with the return of the Future of Food Festival. This year’s event shines a spotlight on the chefs, trailblazers and culinary pioneers who are transforming the way we grow, source and experience food. Through an inspiring programme of one-off ticketed events, exclusive dining offers and the free-to-visit Discovery Zone, the festival explores food’s vital role in shaping a more sustainable future.
Between 15-21 September, festival-goers can enjoy a fantastic line-up of carefully curated events at leading restaurants and venues around Regent Street and St James’s. Focused on sustainability, innovation and creativity, programme highlights include an extraordinary culinary evening at Hotel Café Royal, with an unmissable one-night-only menu designed by Alex Dilling and Da Terra’s Rafael Cagali; an 11-course menu celebrating the freshest sustainable seafood at Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill; a tasting of planet-friendly pours hosted by The Wild Wine School at Ziggy Green’s The Colony Club; and a Surplus Supper Club hosted by Melissa Hemsley in collaboration with The Felix Project at the SMEG Theatre.
The free-to-visit Discovery Zone and Café, which is open throughout the month, explores the powerful relationship between food, the environment, and nature restoration, revealing how what we eat can help heal the planet. This is truly a celebration of culinary creativity in the Capital.
Future of Food has chosen The Felix Project as its official charity partner, with £1 from every ticket donated to help fight food waste and hunger across London. For full event listings, tickets, and special offers, see regentstreetonline.com/future-of-food-festival
NEW OPENING
A Spanish legacy
Visionary Spanish chef Nieves Barragán Mohacho of Mayfair’s Michelin-starred Sabor has just opened a new restaurant in Shoreditch, and it promises great things.
While Sabor focuses on the iconic dishes and flavours of Spain, Legado, meaning legacy, moves beyond the familiar, allowing lesser-known dishes, regional culinary traditions and the Spanish artisans Nieves adores to take centre stage. Ingredients – including their producers, history, and legacy – are at the heart of the vision. This begins with whole animal butchery, which takes place in-house, honouring the farmers, animals, and the regions that rear them.
The wine list is entirely Spanish, with a particular focus on Sherry and Cava. Meals begin with a 3-Sip Serve – a choice of five seasonal vegetable- and fruit-based cocktails, served chilled – designed to prepare the palate for the meal ahead. These are presented in bespoke ceramics that pay homage to different regions of Spain.
This is a deeply personal and exciting project for Nieves, who tells us: “Spain’s food heritage is incredible and has rightly deserved recognition in London and globally. Its colours, tastes, and smells are rooted deeply within me. However, many dishes I love, I have never seen outside the country, and I want to bring them and even more to London.”
1C Montacute Yards, 185-186 Shoreditch High Street, E1 (legadorestaurants.com)
NEW CONCEPT
Parisian style
Iconic French patisserie, Ladurée is marking an incredible 20 years in the UK with a brand-new look, and a new, world-exclusive concept for its London flagship.
In collaboration with Studio Ravn, the Burlington Arcade boutique has been exquisitely reimagined. Honouring the location, polished brass and bespoke carpentry balance modern sophistication with historic charm. And hand-crafted shelving and crystal-clear counters allow Ladurée’s iconic delicacies to do the talking. Outside, the façade has been beautifully decorated in the brand’s signature shade of pastel green, all the better for framing window displays of the world-famous macarons and pastries.
Alongside traditional favourites, the London boutique offers a thoughtfully curated menu of takeaway items that blend French sophistication with British and international influences. At the heart of the offering is the debut of an exclusive matcha range; featuring premium organic matcha sourced from Uji, Japan, the new line includes irresistible matcha macarons and lattes. Also new is an exciting cream tea experience – choose to add a glass of Champagne for the ultimate indulgence.
71/72 Burlington Arcade, W1J (laduree.co.uk)
