Monday Bulletin: Patio Pizza & Bibendum Wines’ London Sommelier Sprint

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Patio Pizza

Patio Pizza, Alim Nayil’s cult Kingston pizzeria, is pitching up in Peckham for the summer, where it will take up residence at The Greyhound, the pub from the team behind All My Friends, The Marquee Moon and The Cause. It’s Patio’s first time outside Kingston since its 2020 launch, and a chance to get its slow-fermented New York-meets-Naples pizzas in front of a new audience. If Patio’s pizzas are good, its origin story is even better: Nayil grew up in his dad’s pizza shop—located next door to Patio—and started developing his own pizzas in a portable pizza oven on the patio of shared student accommodation at university in Brighton. Patio’s Peckham pop-up lists six core pizzas from the Kingston site, plus sides, dips, and monthly specials like the Lupita with pistachio pesto, courgette, ricotta, coppa, and mint oil.

Small Plates

• Last call for entries for Bibendum Wines’ London Sommelier Sprint. The wine-fuelled race, which takes place on 14 July, will see teams of two wine professionals race across London, blind-tasting wine as they go. The fastest team with the most correct answers wins a trip to Piedmont. Register your team by 9am on 13 June.
   
• BAO in London is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a brand new menu, dropping tomorrow, and one month of its classic steamed buns at 2015 prices (£3.50). New to the menu: a section devoted to Taiwanese fried chicken steak, finished over hot coals, and the BAONUT, a bao-doughnut hybrid.
   
• Sune in Hackney is throwing a midsummer party on Sunday 22 June. Danish chef Anna Søgaard will provide the crayfish and smørrebrød, while influential wine importer Sune Rosforth will be over from Copenhagen to pour wines with Sune’s Charlie Sims and Honey Spencer (one of CODE Hospitality’s Women of the Year). Tickets, £20, include a glass of fizz and a dish from the menu.
  
  
• Groundswell, the regenerative agriculture festival, is back for its ninth year. The 2025 edition takes place on 2-3 July at Lannock Farm, Hertfordshire, with a packed programme of over 200 sessions, demos and safaris, and 400 speakers from the world of food and farming. Tickets available here.