Simon Rogan is swapping L’Enclume for the festival field at Big Feastival over the August Bank Holiday. Ahead of his appearance at The Big Kitchen, he talks to The Knife about 900kg of cabbage, the festival dish he’d create, raiding Our Farm for camping supplies, supporting Tom Barnes and where you’ll find him once he’s officially off the clock.

Ibiza is coming to Oxford Street. Cotton Beach Club takes over Alto by San Carlo at Selfridges for two rooftop dates, bringing salt-baked sea bass, caviar tagliolini, roaming cannoli, Champagne, DJs, sax and Balearic sunset energy to London. No boarding pass required.

What does five-star dining look like in 2026? For Heiko Riebandt, it isn't caviar, truffles or unnecessary theatre. The Great Southern Killarney's Director of Culinary tells The Knife about putting Kerry's remarkable produce centre stage, bringing a 170-year-old hotel into a new era and why the best luxury can sometimes be surprisingly simple.

What happens when the chef gets as close to the soil as the stove? Our Farm Head Chef Liam Fitzpatrick talks to The Knife about cooking with nature, transforming harvest gluts into restaurant staples, his case for Britain’s underrated cabbage and the surprising fermented ingredient now used instead of lemon juice.

Thirty-one floors above London, brunch comes with one of the capital's greatest distractions: the view. But Aqua Shard's latest menu is making a play for your attention too, moving from eggs, pancakes and Bellinis to Devon crab, Chalk Stream trout and a caramel custard tart worth saving room for. The Knife heads skywards to discover brunch beyond the skyline.

From relinquishing control over an open flame to rejecting the punishing kitchen culture he grew up in, new ALTA Head Chef Robbie Jameson is doing things his own way. The former HUMO chef talks Bar ALTA, Basque conviviality, cooking without ego and taking The Knife's Restaurant of the Year into its next chapter.

Scott Smith has experienced the awards, acclaim and realities of running celebrated restaurants. Now, through Blank Plate Creative, the former Fhior and Norn chef is putting those lessons to work. He talks failure, restaurant economics, Scottish produce and why “a good dish can’t rescue a confused business.”

Oysters, burrata, Bayonne ham, homemade focaccia, grilled prawns, and more – all for £29. The Knife heads to Galvin Bistrot & Bar in Spitalfields to discover why the Galvin brothers' 'Taste of Summer' menu might be one of London's best-value feasts, plus a first look at its upcoming one-night-only collaboration with Judy Joo.

AO carries his children’s initials above the door, but Daniel Rogan is also putting his own name on Southampton’s dining future. Following a major refurbishment, the chef is in conversation with The Knife about family legacy, finding an identity beyond the Rogan surname, lessons from Marcus Wareing and why he wants young chefs to no longer feel they have to leave the city to succeed.

Can dinner change someone's future? 130 Primrose is putting that idea to the test. The Primrose Hill restaurant recruits and trains people with lived experience of homelessness, combining Mediterranean-led cooking with genuine routes into hospitality. The Knife went along to see why this is far more than a restaurant with a good cause.

Tucked away near Bank, Chatora City has built a loyal following thanks to its modern Indian cooking, exceptional family hospitality and one of London's most thoughtfully curated wine lists. Now, with the highly experienced Executive Chef Imamuddin Khan leading the kitchen and a vibrant new summer menu, the family-run restaurant is entering an exciting new chapter.

From Naples to the Algarve via Sydney, Barcelona and the Caribbean, Andrea Ciuccio has built a career across some of the world's great food destinations. In this exclusive interview with The Knife, the W Algarve Executive Chef discusses "a cuisine of memory", seasonal Portuguese produce, why hotel dining must raise its game, and the one dish every guest should order.

England's oldest hotel isn't living in the past. At The Old Bell in Malmesbury, more than 800 years of history meet bold interiors, two AA Rosette dining, garden-led British cooking and one of the Cotswolds' most characterful escapes. We explore why this historic hotel deserves a place on every food lover's travel list.