The first ever London Restaurant Festival kicks off in just two days. What started out as an idle chat over breakfast with my friend and business partner Fay Maschler has now blossomed into quite a mighty event thanks to the hard work and invention of a great many people.
It looks as if we’ll have about 500 restaurants registered to run Festival Menus in our first year. We had hoped for 300 so this is wonderful news.
It is the enthusiasm and support of the restaurants that will be the crucial factor in the success of the London Restaurant Festival so all of us working on the festival are thrilled.
All of these restaurants, from The Wolseley and Le Caprice to Pizza Express and small independents are busily crafting their great value Festival Menus so please do make a reservation.
Perhaps try a place you’ve always wanted to visit or book a table at your favourite local haunt and see what they’re offering. Don’t forget, you can vote for your favourite Festival Menu on this website from Thursday and the winner will be announced at our awards on Tuesday 13.
There are still a few tickets left for some of the events so do book now so you don’t miss out.
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Fantastic event! We went on the “Piccadilly” Gourmet Odyssey Sat 10 October – the Met. Bar, Nobu, the Square and the Greenhouse. Great food, wine and atmosphere, met some interesting people and enjoyed the ride on the old Routemaster bus. The sun even shone!
I do hope this will be repeated and go from strength to strength. I’m already looking forward to next year!