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Time Out
3 days ago
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- Time Out
The restaurant with the best view in London, according to Time Out
Like a view with your vichyssoise? Then you're going to eat up our recently updated ranking of the 18 London restaurants with the best views. At the hallowed number one spot is Forza Wine at the National Theatre, which is situated in a prime position on the South Bank, meaning serious views of the Thames over to Embankment, as well as a food menu so good that the restaurant has also made it onto our 2025 list of the top 50 restaurants in London. 'Forza Wine's spot at the National Theatre ticks all the boxes,' we said. 'Cocktails, natty wines and seasonal small plates from their self-proclaimed 'Italian-ish' menu. A wraparound outdoor terrace with views of the South Bank. A spot at the top of a cultural institution, in a building loved by 1960s architecture pervs across the land.' New entries into the list include Gordon Ramsay's Lucky Cat, aka the highest restaurant in Europe, which is in seventh place. Lucky Cat opened earlier this year and is on the 60th floor of 22 Bishopsgate. The food? Fine. The views? Sensational. The Portrait by Richard Corrigan is at number two, which you'll find on the very top floor of the National Portrait Gallery. We said: 'Basically every London skyline landmark is visible at once from the bright, simple and airy restaurant space, and the menu is stonking, offering modern British delights with an emphasis on the light, fresh and seasonal.' Another gallery spot, the Tate Modern Restaurant, also features on the list. We also feature a couple of spots at ground level – you don't have to be in a skyscraper for a good view, you know. Pont de le Tour next to Tower Bridge is in at number 16, and Rick Stein's riverside joint in Barnes also makes the grade (number nine!)
Irish Post
24-04-2025
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- Irish Post
Chef Richard Corrigan opens countryside retreat up for second culinary festival
CULINARY entrepreneur Richard Corrigan has confirmed a second instalment of his Homegrown festival will take place this year. The restaurateur, who owns Corrigan's Bar & Restaurant, Bentley's Oyster Bar and Grill, Daffodil Mulligan Restaurant & Gibney's Bar in London, also has the Virginia Park Lodge in Cavan. Virginia Park Lodge is owned by celebrity chef Richard Corrigan (Pic: Haydon Perrior) Last year the Meath native launched the new festival, which saw him open up the countryside retreat to paying customers who wished to enjoy the ultimate foodie getaway where some of the world's best chefs do all the cooking. This month Corrigan has confirmed the festival will return for a second offering in October 2025. From October 10-13 the 18th-century, 100-acre hunting estate, which is set on the banks of Lough Ramor, will host the event once again. Guests enjoying Homegrown 2024 And this year's event sees Corrigan welcome a collection of award-winning chefs and food personalities from Britain and Ireland to join him. They include Mark Hix, who is one of Corrigan's oldest friends, the Scottish-born, London-based chef and restaurateur Jeremy Lee, Irish culinary star Darina Allen and the restaurant critic Tom Parker-Bowles. Richard Corrigan has confirmed Homegrown 2025 will take place in October Purchased in 2014, Corrigan spent a decade painstakingly restoring Virginia Park Lodge its former glory. The Taylour Room at Virginia Park Lodge 'I've thrown everything into restoring this glorious place since I took it on 10 years ago and it fills me with such joy to be able to share it,' he said as tickets went on sale for Homegrown 2025. Darina Allen will take part in this year's festival (Pic: Daniel Callen) 'The estate sits alongside the beautiful Lough Ramor and is home to some truly brilliant produce,' he added. 'I invite guests to step into this wild land, taking part in some of my favourite country pursuits and enjoying some brilliant food prepared by some of my dearest friends and me.' A series of dinners, workshops and activities will showcase the very best of the veneu over the course of the festival, as well as the visiting chefs' work - from cooking masterclasses and chef Q&As, to oyster and wine tasting sessions, foraging tours and cold water swimming. Mark Hix has been announced among the festival's culinary line-up (Pic: Matt Austin) Friday night will see a fireside feast in the Lodge's Jacobean style dining room, followed by drinks in front of a roaring seven-foot fire. On Saturday night the chefs will collaborate for a dinner which "showcases their individual styles and love of fun and flavour" the event organisers explain. "The entirety of the event will showcase the estate in its autumnal splendour, with produce grown and reared on or around the estate informing everything that is served," they add. "A number of live performances from some of Corrigan and family's favourite musicians will take place too and the weekend will end with a wrap party at the chef's award-winning pub down the road, The Deerpark Inn."
