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London restaurants opening in November, from Bacchanalia to Belvedere

From lobster rolls to the year’s most ostentatious opening, Ben McCormack selects this month’s hottest new spots

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022

Opulent restaurant seeking Latin-speaking grape feeder with 'gorgeous hands'

Mayfair eatery Bacchanalia, owned by billionaire tycoon Richard Caring, is searching for someone for the unique position

Wales Online · Oct 4, 2022

Lavish restaurant is hiring grape feeder who must have 'gorgeous hands' to apply

Mayfair-based Bacchanalia requires hopeful applicants to have a 'basic grasp of Latin' but says that 'regular manicures' are a perk of the gig - people are joking that they are brushing up on their Greek mythology to apply

Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022

Billionaire angers neighbours by closing busy South Kensington road for gardening work

The road, used by emergency service vehicles, will be closed for two weeks

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022

Residents in uproar after billionaire granted permission to close road to plant trees

Local residents have criticised the council for ‘acquiescing to the whims of a billionaire who wants a nice garden’

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2022

Billionaire closes main road in South Kensington for gardening work

Ivy owner Richard Caring wins council permission to close part of Onslow Square, a busy ambulance and bus route, for two weeks

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022

Jeremy King on The Wolseley, Minor Hotels and those Richard Caring rumours: ‘It’s emotional... but I don’t want to retire. I can’t’

One of London’s most influential restaurateurs is braving his way through a crisis designed to ruin him. He tells David Ellis his side of the story

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2022