Want to know what bars to namedrop, which restaurants to book, and the cookbook everyone’s snapping up now? Then look no further than our lovely columnist John Gregory-Smith, who every week posts his essential foodie hotlist on Grazia Daily. What John doesn’t know about food isn’t worth knowing; the chef/food writer is the editor of online food and travel magazine Eat Travel Live. He is also writes cookbooks, develops recipes for various magazines and brands and works as a travel writer. For more new openings and recipes visit Eat Travel Live and catch John tweeting @mightyspice.
THE PLACE FOR RECIPE INSPO: Cooked
Get your recipe fix from the new site cooked.com – Publishing powerhouses Bloomsbury, Hardie Grant and Quadrille have pooled their resources so that you can get a vast selection of mouth watering recipes from their delicious authors, including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Carluccio, Anjum Anand and Vivek Singh. Subscriptions costs £2.99 a month, cooked.com
THE POP UP GONE PERM: Bleecker Street Burger
Bleecker Street burgershave finally (claps) opened their first restaurant in Spitalfields. I am very happy that I can get one of their badass burgers from 11:30am daily!
MY CURRENT FOODIE OBSESSION: Gran Luchito Mayo
This killer Mexican food brand has been supply us with the most authentic products around and they have just branched out and launched a smoked chilli mayo that is heavenly – try it with pulled pork, grilled fish or even with some carrot sticks in the office – hell yeah! £3 from Marks and Spencer
COOKBOOK OF THE WEEK: The Islands of Greece by Rebecca Seal
I wish I had written this book. It is beautiful and packed with incredible recipes that you want to dive straight into. I loved the simple moussaka and her creamy roasted chicken with yogurt is a weeknight staple. Click here for the recipe . The Islands of Greece by Rebecca Seal, £19.99, Amazon.
THE NEW EATERIE: Tapas Revolution Shoreditch
Omar is a wicked chef and his knock out Spanish food is always great to eat. He has just opened his 3rd site and 1st standalone restaurant (the others are in shopping malls) in Shoreditch. The new site is the perfect place to get stuck into his sublime Spanish food.
