Nuno Mendes
Meet the London Restaurateur Wrongly Convicted as a Mafia Banker
“In 2010, I was wrongly indicted on three counts: fraudulent bankruptcy, money laundering, and conspiracy.”
The Secret to London’s Best Portuguese Dessert Is Pork Fat
Pork fat makes everything taste better—even steamed egg yolk puddings. Or at least that's what Taberna do Mercado head chef Antonio Galapito thinks.
Everything That Went Down at Last Night’s Young British Foodie Awards
MUNCHIES partnered with the annual awards event to champion the country’s best new chefs, bartenders, and producers with a party in a Knightsbridge townhouse.
What Happens When Nuno Mendes Takes on Fergus Henderson
We joined Portugal-born Chiltern Firehouse chef Nuno Mendes as he prepared a dinner inspired by Fergus Henderson’s iconic Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking book.
Meet the Chef Cooking Portuguese Pork in an Outdoor London Kitchen
Portuguese chef Leandro Carreira cut his teeth at famed Spanish restaurant Mugaritz before working alongside Junya Yamasaki and Nuno Mendes. So why is he in London cooking in an outdoor kitchen?
Meet the ‘Professional Pyromaniac’ Behind London’s Best Meat Dishes
“I was one of those kids that set fire to stuff—and now I burn shit every day,” says London Log Company founder Mark Parr, whose specialist charcoal adds a unique smoky flavour to meat dishes.
Why My Restaurant Only Has One Table
I cook about five dinners a month and each time, 12 guests who don’t know each other come together around one table. We live in a society where we’re generally afraid of talking to strangers, but eating at my restaurant is like being at a wedding.
We Should All Praise the Cauliflower
The idea of giving vegetables the same culinary stature as meat isn't always something that fresh young chefs coming through kitchens I've worked in have in their minds. To be able to butcher, cook, and rest a piece of beautiful meat well is still a...