Gordon Ramsay's new London hotel
The chef opens his first hotel and restaurant in Camden - with a pop at the Connaught, his old landlord
Angela Hartnett and Gordon Ramsey are opening a new boutique hotel, in Camden, called the York and Albany

Marcus Wareing Pulls Ahead of the Gourmet Pack: Richard Vines

I'm often asked that, and find myself tripping over the meaning of ``best.'' The perfect spot for a date may not be ideal for your parents. The finest steak in town isn't a draw if you're a vegetarian. Is a great establishment costing 150 pounds ($270) a head better than a very good one charging 50 pounds?

Sometimes, though, you just have to give a straight answer to a simple question. So if pushed to name London's best restaurant, my response would be Petrus. Or, to give it its full new name, the Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, which is what the establishment became on Sept. 15, after the chef's acrimonious split with his mentor, Gordon Ramsay.

London's Plateau, Pied a Terre Restaurants Count Cost of Lehman

Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- As bankers and traders watch their screens and ponder their jobs, chefs and restaurateurs in London are looking at empty tables and wondering when they can sell that 1982 vintage Chateau Lafite Rothschild at 1,920 pounds ($3,460).

Marcus Wareing confirms Petrus rename

Marcus Wareing has confirmed that Pétrus is to be renamed Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley once the  contract with parent company Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) expires next month. The
name change, which was first reported in Caterer in May, comes after
Wareing settled the dispute with his former mentor Ramsay over the
future of the two-Michelin-starred restaurant at London’s Berkeley
Hotel earlier this month.

SHOCK CLOSURE FOR TOM’S PLACE

Chelsea,
it turns out, was too posh for Tom’s Place – the eco-friendly chippy in
the heart of south west London’s swankiest ‘village’ – after all. After
only six months in business, the restaurant has closed.

As previously reported,