UK restaurants

Twenty new Michelin-Starred restaurants to visit in UK and Ireland this year

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Raby Hunt Restaurant awarded a second Michelin Star and James Close Chef/Owner of the Raby Hunt has been awarded UK Chef of the Year. Twenty new Michelin-Starred restaurants were unveiled at the first-ever live launch of the Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland. Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2017 revealed 20 New Michelin Stars. The … Read more

Why are there so few female chefs?

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Despite huge changes in kitchen culture, fewer than a fifth of professional chefs in the UK are female, down on last year. Is its reputation for being a tough, male-dominated job still putting women off – or is that image unfair?

The OFM 50: what we love about the world of food in 2016

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From Heston Blumenthal’s sweet shop to the policeman turned pie-maker, here (in no particular order) are 50 of Observer Food Monthly’s favourite things