The Weekly Grill: The Mantl’s Serdar Demir talks about microwaving eggs and the temperature of ice cream August 13, 2019 Who are you and what do you do? My name is Serdar Demir and I’m an entrepreneur mainly involved in restaurants and property. The Mantl is a new restaurant concept that focuses on traditional Turkish cuisine with a twist. It involves traditional cooking over hot coals to prepare modern Turkish cuisine that’s designed to share. [...]
The best luxury resorts in the Alps – where to stay and where to ski February 17, 2020 Tap your ski pass, perch on our comfortable chairlift and let City A.M. take you for a tour of the Alps’ best new (or newish) hotels. We’ve had the enviable task of spending the early part of this winter season reviewing the peaks of high-end hospitality and the black runs of flashy facilities; a blizzard [...]
Just Eat chief executive David Buttress steps down over urgent family matter February 10, 2017 The chief executive of takeaway food delivery app Just Eat has resigned over “urgent family matters”. David Buttress will work full time until the end of the first quarter, before handing over to current chairman John Hughes. The company said it will start an immediate search for a successor. Buttress will continue to be a [...]
How a tea estate is helping to conserve Rwanda’s rich biodiversity September 27, 2019 There are only two things that most people think about when they hear “Rwanda”: the country’s unfathomable genocide, the 25th anniversary of which is in 2019; and, to a lesser extent, the critically endangered mountain gorilla. But Rwanda is unrecognisable from how it was in the mid 1990s, and although the gorilla population is steadily [...]
£100K pot – who will benefit? April 30, 2019 Probably the best gift anyone in finance (and a wide range of other fields) could give themselves right now is a chance to start to get their head around the coming disruption from Blockchain/ distributed ledger technology (DLT). Then they can ride the wave – rather than be engulfed by it. But what if you [...]
Our resident chef columnist Mark Hix on why he’s been promoting bycatch crab in his restaurants January 15, 2019 I first encountered this dish years ago on the back of a boat in Sydney. It made use of their native mud crab, and it was a real treat. It’s the kind of dish you can cook at home with our native brown crabs, either chopped up whole or just using the claws, which make [...]
You’re virtually there: How MelodyVR is helping music fans see their favourite artists December 9, 2019 Most music lovers will probably be familiar with the scramble for gig tickets, the eye-watering cost to see your favourite artist, figuring out the logistics of travelling to and from the venue. A large proportion of events are oversubscribed, so many fans end up missing out anyway. But one upbeat company is giving fans the [...]
Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp are becoming increasingly important to businesses October 4, 2018 When was the last time that you voluntarily made a phone call? Some of you may pretend that you prefer the human touch of chatting over the phone, but let’s be honest – phone calls are inconvenient. A ringing phone interrupts your day and train of thought, while waiting for your call to be answered [...]
Fitness advice: How to take control of your weight loss without counting calories January 30, 2019 As January draws to a close those new year diets and proclamations of how we’re going to live better, healthier lives start to fall away. This leaves us to contend with some stark figures: almost two-thirds us are overweight or obese. Lots of these people will have dieted at some point, with varying degrees of [...]
Working Lunch: Want to try Simon Rogan’s cooking without traipsing up north? We give the four course Business Lunch at Roganic a try February 27, 2019 Roganic 5-7 Blandford Street, W1U WHAT AND WHERE? Every food enthusiast worth their salted butter will have heard of L’Enclume, Simon Rogan’s two Michelin-starred restaurant in Cumbria. If you want to ascribe to his ultra-seasonal, foraged philosophy without leaving London, you can try and get into Aulis, his eight-seater chef’s table in Soho, but you’ll [...]