Chomping Ground

Hackney food & dining website dedicated to the plates you love, the people who make them and the places to eat them. Plus hosts for the party pop-up #ClubBrunch

[Selin Kiazim @selinkiazim]

Hospitality businesses are drowning. Please support your local hospitality business, whichever tier you are in. Whether it be cook-at-home boxes, take-away, eating in, buying produce, taking drinks away- every little bit will ABSOLUTELY help.

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

I’m at the point of 2020 where not only do I miss small plates, but also the explanation of how they work

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

Shouldn’t need to be said again, but 🗣 Be kind to your waiters/bar staff! Treat them and tip them well! Eating out is a privilege, not a right!

[The Guardian @guardian]

In the restaurant where I work, Covid has brought out the worst in customers | Anonymous https://t.co/OYhHCcCp5s

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

Been drinking all the British wine for @MetroUK, sorry if there’s none left https://t.co/C9yOVYGbgc

[Esquire UK @EsquireUK]

The government's post-Covid-19 voucher scheme is designed to kickstart the bruised hospitality industry. Don't spend it at McDonald's
https://t.co/C6V7ScvJom

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

On the joys of maverick TV chefs Floyd, Bourdain, Chang & Nosrat, and why I've been digging into their culinary adventures during lockdown: https://t.co/v2WfrUQNZb

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

DROOL

[Vittles @vittlesmagazine]

"It’s not up to Black people to be the force for change any more. We have tried and we are tired."

Today's newsletter is on Black erasure in the British food industry, by @FowlMouthsFood https://t.co/pSL90BEMSE

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

Yesss - the best restaurant in London to open a second site in Soho

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

In the middle of a remote Japanese sea lies the stunning island of Shodoshima - and it is obsessed with olives. Here’s my story for this month’s Atlas magazine:

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

Looks like new restaurant Angelina will be opening on Dalston Lane imminently. “Japanese and Italian fusion” hmmm....

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

Just made a turkey miso-mayo sandwich with cucumber and cranberry sauce on a slice of toasted rye, and lads, it was perfection

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

Which TV chef cooks the best Christmas turkey? Watch @Nigella_Lawson vs @jamieoliver vs @DeliaOnline vs @GordonRamsay vs the (late, great) @Bourdain for the recipe they swear by: https://t.co/pI4WeFXlMy

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

I caught up with the ‘anonymous’ wine punks in France to find out why the natural wine revolution is only just beginning - and why this summer’s heatwave could mean their best vintage ever #drinkmorewine @gbchefs https://t.co/EvWP9PDd1d

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

Strong contender for favourite new opening of the year: @twolightslondon. From ex-Clove Club crew, including head chef Chase Lovecky, lunch there today was phenomenal

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

Meet the future superstars of food - all the winners from last night’s @TheYBFs, for @gbchefs https://t.co/onrYhM6Iet

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

Concrete cakes, marble marshmallows and Brutalist biscuits: a look inside the inspired world of baker @kufstudios for @gbchefs: https://t.co/9rF5gvC4EO

[Laura Martin @laurz_m]

Smithfield Meat Market turns 150 this weekend - but it could be for the chopping block. I chatted to the traders about its rich history and what they think about the proposed move, for today’s @theipaper https://t.co/Fq2yTf9ByB

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

@YNGLegionnaire Ooh thanks. Spicy food could well be in order as it’s going to rain and thunder the whole time we’re there!

[Chomping Ground @ChompingGround]

Off to Amsterdam for 24 hours - anyone got any great food/drink recs?