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Times
9 hours ago
- Times
Diner blamed ‘runaway chocolate truffle' after restaurant slip
A home counties restaurant with a 'field to fork' philosophy of fine dining was sued for £100,000 after a customer claimed to have slipped on a 'runaway truffle'. Rosina Malik told a judge that she twisted her ankle and broke her right wrist after falling at Chapter One, a Michelin Guide-listed restaurant on the London–Kent border that advertised itself as being committed to 'sustainability' to the point of having beehives on its roof. The 62-year-old diner claimed that at the end of her meal at the restaurant on Farnborough Common, she stood to adjust her dress and then slipped on a caramel-filled chocolate truffle, which had been 'dropped but not retrieved' by a waiter. Malik, from Croydon, south London, sued the restaurant's owners, Simply Chapters, for up to £100,000 in damages over the effects of the incident in 2020. Lawyers for the restaurant did not dispute that a truffle was dropped but they said managers denied liability, insisting that Malik had not actually stepped on it. A judge at Central London county court has backed the company, finding that Malik's right shoe had 'no contact' with the truffle, meaning she was not entitled to compensation At the court hearing, Malik argued that she was left 'in shock' after her fall, which resulted in painful injuries to her ankle and wrist. The truffle was said to have been among a selection offered to her by a waiter that she and her companions decided to take away. But one truffle was said to have fallen while being transferred to a box, with Malik telling the court it rolled off the table and that she subsequently trod on it. Malik said: 'As I stood up straight and tried to fix my dress, my feet started to slip and just gave way under me.' She said that as she rose from the table, she had assumed the waiter had retrieved the truffle and that it was no longer a risk. 'If the waiter knew it was there, he should have brought it to my attention,' Malik said. In his ruling, Judge Nigel Gerald noted that immediately after Malik had fallen, it was assumed that she had slipped on the truffle as it was found on the floor — and some of the chocolate remains were also on the sole of her shoe. However, managers argued that an assessment of the restaurant's CCTV video showed there had been no point where Malik stood on the truffle. Juliet Stevenson, for the restaurant, argued that Malik had fallen after her right ankle 'inverted' and she tripped over, and that the 'runaway truffle' was nothing to do with the fall. The barrister suggested several possibilities for Malik's loss of balance, including the fact that she had consumed up to three glasses of wine, a 'somewhat slippery floor', fatigue at the end of the day and wearing high heels 'no matter how experienced the wearer'. Stevenson added: 'The fact is that people do on occasion lose their balance without clear cause.' The judge ruled that the video did not show any contact between Malik's foot and the truffle. He explained that sticky caramel likely came to be on the sole of her shoe 'after the accident and before her shoes were removed'.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Friends of Frog: Star Dublin chef Mickael Viljanen to cook in London at £350 dinner
The chef Adam Handling is to welcome Dublin star Mickael Viljanen for a four-hands dinner at Frog this month as the two put on a £350 menu. Viljanen is the chef behind the two Michelin-starred Chapter One in the Irish capital, widely regarded as one of the best fine dining restaurants in Ireland. He'll be in London for one night only and follows the first Krug Champagne-backed 'Friends of Frog' event with Angelo Sato of Humble Chicken. Viljanen will join Handling for a seven-course dinner to showcase the UK and Ireland's best produce, including Cornish crab and wagyu beef. A starter of scallops with black truffle, smoked eel and rye will precede wagyu with tandoor cauliflower and wasabi, as well as barbecued veal with veal sweetbreads, peas and Rossini Kaluga caviar. There'll be snacks too and snacks from both chefs, while the finale will come by way of Handling's new chocolate shop. Handling said the dinner is personal to him, as 'one of the most memorable meals of his life' came about at Chapter One in Dublin, and praised Viljanen's 'artistry, precision, and creative power in the kitchen'. Other dinners are on the way as part of the series: Aktar Islam (Opheem, Birmingham) will cook on July 14, and Stephen McLaughlin (Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles) will be in town on July 21. Tickets are £350 per person, excluding drinks and service. 34-35 Southampton Street, WC2E 7HG,
BBC News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Ella Henderson Cleethorpes homecoming: 'It'll be like royalty'
Pop star Ella Henderson says she is treating the preparations for a hometown show as if she is "performing for royalty".The 29-year-old from Tetney is due to perform a sold-out show on Friday 13 June at the Meridian Showground, singer-songwriter rose to fame on ITV show The X Factor before releasing her debut album Chapter One which topped the UK albums chart and spawned several chart successes including Ghost, Glow and said: "I'm so excited [to perform in Cleethorpes] and I've been planning it for quite some time. We're pulling out all the stops." The show, which Henderson said would include "a few surprises", will be the first she has performed in her home town for more than 10 said: "It does bring extra pressure. It's like when your family tries to get you to sing in a living room as a child."It's going to be crazy because I'll look out and see so many people I know and there's a real sense of home about that. The positivity since I announced the show has been unbelievable."To see it sell out and know people are excited is amazing."Henderson said she is looking forward to having "proper fish and chips" when she returns to North East an interview with BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Henderson opened up on her engagement to former professional swimmer Jack Burnell but said they have not set a date for their wedding yet."It is so fitting that he's from Lincolnshire. I thought I'd be unlucky in love and living with a couple of cats, but I've met my rock in life and now he has to put up with me for the rest of his life," she laughed. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Irish Independent
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Lucinda O'Sullivan's restaurant review: Will this chic and sublime dining experience be the first in Ireland to get 3 Michelin stars?
Being just about the classiest, coolest place in Dublin, this restaurant has become something of a legend over the years When will Ireland gets its first 3-star Michelin restaurant? This has been the question on the lips of many for the past couple of years, with the attention firmly focused on Dublin's 2-star Michelin Chapter One. No one knows for sure what Michelin will do (they're so erratic at times), but what I can tell you is that last Monday night at the annual RAI Restaurant Awards, Chapter One took the gong for Best Restaurant in Dublin. Winning awards is nothing new for Chapter One, with the quintessential high-end Dublin restaurant being just about the chicest, classiest, coolest place in the city. Opened by Ross Lewis and Martin Corbett in 1992, Corbett retired some years ago and then, in June 2021, after 29 years fastidiously pot walloping to the delight of his high-end clientele, Lewis stepped down from the kitchen, cleverly reinventing Chapter One by joining forces with the already Michelin-starred Finnish chef Mickael Viljanen. A strong team sees general manager Juba Paridi keeping the front of house wheels oiled; restaurant manager James O'Brien adding his own style and inimitable humour, and head pastry chef Darren Hogarty playing a blinder in his field.
Business Post
14-05-2025
- Business
- Business Post
UAE to be allowed own 15% of The Telegraph
David Solomon admitted in a 2023 CNBC interview that the bank he headed had not 'executed... AMD, the American chipmaker, announced a share buyback scheme worth $6 billion. The... A new 'golden age' of infrastructure investment should bring major benefits to... Mickael Viljanen of Chapter One in Dublin, Stephen Toman of Ox in Belfast and Adam... As the Irish tech sector continues to evolve, the demand for top talent remains high.... The UK government is to allow the United Arab Emirates to own up to 15 per cent of... Markets on Wall Street have opened for Wednesday trading, after a mixed day on Tuesday...
