A Welsh chef who cut his teeth in some of London’s top restaurants is now creating multi-course tasting menus to rival any Michelin star venue – and all from the kitchen of a local Cardiff coffee shop. Chef Tom Waters, 31, who grew up in Newport and went to school in Caerleon, has previously worked under [...]read moreThe Welsh Chef cooking seven-course taster menus from a coffee shop kitchen
We’re pleased to hear that Milkwood in Pontcanna has launched a new Friday & Saturday night small plates menu, designed to showcase the head chef’s signature style of cooking. Established as one of the most popular brunch spots in Cardiff, Milkwood regularly packing in 140 covers a day and delights with dishes like homemade waffles with fried chicken and maple [...]read moreIntroducing the Milkwood Small Plates Menu by Chef Cornel Uys
Kumari opens soon in Canton’s Corporation Market. And we are excited about it, because it marks the return to Cardiff’s kitchens of Pramod Nair. Many of you will remember Pramod’s excellent work at Spiceberry, where his Southern Indian food was among the very best in South Wales, with room to spare. Perhaps you ate his [...]read moreKumari to open at Canton’s Corporation Market in Cardiff
‘I love cooking and just want people to see how nice simple stuff can be.’ As a statement of intent, that’s refreshing. It’s an unguarded comment over lunch, not some carefully PR massaged mission statement, but aren’t those often the times we reveal much about ourselves? They’re the words of Antonio Simone, currently of Dinas [...]read moreIntroducing the newest restaurant opening in Barry…welcome to alium
As you wander from room to room, floor to floor, ducking under barriers and happening across nooks and cubby holes as you go, it’s quite a challenge to picture what this space will soon be. Because starting next week, this labyrinth of rooms stretching above Asador 44 will begin its transformation to parador. Hotel. Proposed [...]read moreBar 44 Group to open new Parador 44 boutique hotel in May 2022