Leaked: Michelin 2013

Oh dear and yet another year of what is normally the most anticipated guide being released, has been leaked. Not by Amazon being quick out of the blocks, or somebody being in a privileged position on a closed network, but by the French tyre company themselves. Michelin 2013 was out in the open for about … Read more

A Review of the AA 2013 Restaurant Awards

2013 New AA rosettes And so with the passing of the Good Food Guide awards earlier this month, the AA awards dinner was next in line. In truth the AA rosettes have some what lost their shine over a number of years as the organisations has been rocked by various articles of negative publicity. There … Read more

’5Questions’ ~ The Journalists, Jay Rayner

This edition of the 5Questions comes from a prolific writer. Not only is Jay Rayner known as the restaurant critic for The Observer & the foodie face of the BBC’s One show, he has also contributed to such publications as GQ, Cosomo & Esquire. On top of all that, he has had six books published … Read more

A Review of Michelin UK & Ireland 2012

So with the 2nd Michelin guide of the year released, the first one to be under the full stewardship of new editor Rebecca Burr, many were expecting more of the same banality that was the 2011 guide in January. Normally in the lead up to the release of AA & more relevantly Michelin, there is … Read more

Egon Ronay 1915~2010

It is great sadness that The Chef Hermes blog has learned that the trail blazing food critic and guide book author Egon Ronay has passed away. Mr Ronay came to England in October 1946, from his native Hungary and through his fathers contacts he managed and ran several restaurants in central London, culminating in a … Read more