Monday Bulletin: The Chancery Rosewood | Michael Caines | Zao An

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THE CHANCERY ROSEWOOD

Get ready to hear a lot about The Chancery Rosewood, the new 144-suite luxury hotel opening 1 September on the site of the former US embassy on Grosvenor Square in Mayfair. The £1bn hotel has revealed further details of its F&B line-up, with marquee name Carbone, Major Food Group’s NYC Italian beloved of Taylor Swift and the Kardashians, making its UK debut alongside Tobi Masa by New York three star chef Masa Takayama. Also launching: Serra, a southern Mediterranean brasserie led by Alex Povall (ex Berenjak, Murano); Eagle Bar, a rooftop bar named after the 11-metre gold sculpture perched atop the building; bar and tea salon Jacqueline; and café-deli GSQ. Some details, however, remain under wraps. The planned outpost of Richard Caring’s Le Caprice has, perhaps tellingly, not been confirmed, while the Financial Times hints at rumours of a Ruth Rogers venture. More soon.

MICHAEL CAINES

Michael Caines will open his first ever London restaurant on 17 September. Michael Caines at The Stafford (replacing The Game Bird) will serve classics like Dover sole and beef wellington alongside Caines’ modern European tasting menu.

MANDARIN ORIENTAL MAYFAIR

Mandarin Oriental Mayfair has ended its partnership with Akira Back after just over a year. Akira Back London now becomes The Restaurant at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair; while Michelin-starred chef’s table Dosa becomes Somssi by Jihun Kim.

ZAO AN

Zao An, formerly at the ESEA Community Centre, has a new home. The café and collective has relocated to Loom Club, a fitness, events and co-working space in Islington, where it serves coffee, tea and East and Southeast Asian dishes.

• Elliot Hewitt, former GM of The Blue Pelican in Deal, has taken over the lease of The Bridge Arms in Kent from Dan and Natasha Smith of The Fordwich Arms. On the menu: monkfish scampi, and Kentish cherry millefeuille.
   
• Bambini (‘born in Paris, loved in Megève’) is coming to the UK. Il Bambini Club, a buzzy all-day trattoria, debuts at The Hoxton, Shoreditch in September.
   
• Tickets are now on sale for FŌDA, a ‘festival of food ideas’ at the Arnolfini in Bristol from 27-28 September. Founded by Josh Eggleton and Shona Graham, the event includes panel talks, workshops, exhibitions and more.
  
  
• Following a series of successful pub residencies, chef Bookie Mitchell has a permanent home for her northern Thai restaurant Namo. It opens later this month on the former Dos Sombreros site in Brighton.
  
  
• Meat is back on the menu at New York’s Eleven Madison Park after four years to the consternation of vegan diners. 5000+ Instagram comments and counting.
  
  
• Chef Lewis Barker has succeeded Vincent Crepel as executive chef of two Michelin star restaurant Terre in Cork. Leeds-born Barker relocates from Sommer in Singapore.
  
  
• ‘Who’s Cooking Dinner’, the annual Leukaemia UK fundraiser, returns to the Dorchester on 15 September with a stellar line-up of chefs including Claude Bosi and Ruth Hansom. Tickets on sale now.
  
  

WHAT WE’RE READING

A local’s guide to Notting Hill: The Good Food Guide

Dongnae, Bristol: A handpicked flurry of Korean loveliness: The Guardian

Lunch with the FT—Samin Nosrat: The Financial Times

Kicked to the Kerb? Not likely, as market business expands again: The Times

THE DUMBWAITER

There’s no such thing, alas, as a magic button that will conjure Idris Elba out of thin air (see above) but you can at least try a limited edition pie made with the man himself’s Porte Noire Champagne at Bob Bob Ricard in Soho until 30 September.

Spotted: White Lotus dreamboat Leo Woodall catching up with friends at Fitzrovia members’ club Mortimer House.

Mutiny at The Bull, Charlbury, where staff, fresh from welcoming Kamala Harris last month, are said to have refused to go to work last week rather than serve JD Vance.