Category: Food

Aug 21

Colours: a new gig space and bar in Hackney

Colours is a new and wel­come addi­tion to Lon­don’s ever-shrink­ing ros­ter of music venues. The team behind much-loved Lon­don venues Queen of Hox­ton, The Book Club and Brighton’s Pat­terns are open­ing a brand new mul­ti-arts-bar and club called Colours in Hox­ton Square, East Lon­don in Sep­tem­ber. There will be a pro­gramme of music, art and…

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taste the world stage at womad
Jun 12

Womad and the Taste the World stage

Here at Gourmet Gigs tow­ers, we love to hear of music and food com­bos. And at Wom­ad fes­ti­val, the Taste the World stage gives their glob­al music stars the chance to shine in the kitchen and share their favourite recipes and sto­ries. It’s a unique musi­cal and culi­nary fusion. Artists hot-foot­ing it from the main…

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Cassoulet nights pop up
Oct 25

Cassoulet Nights pop-up dining in Hackney

Tasty French coun­try food pop­up Cas­soulet Nights is set to run through to Decem­ber 23rd. There’s a new Xmas menu with Veg­e­tar­i­an option, plus a la carte dish­es but you can pop in for drinks and snacks if you like

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Jul 21

World music and world food at Womad

In the third of my ‘fes­ti­vals and food’ series, Gourmet Gigs this week takes a look at the gor­geous glob­al food treats at Wom­ad. The fes­ti­val might be known pri­mar­i­ly for world music, but it has steadi­ly built a name for itself in the food are­na too, and the Taste the World stage has proved pop­u­lar over the…

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Field Day CFaruolo
May 10

Field Day curate a street-food feast

Field Day fes­ti­val has built a rep­u­ta­tion for intel­li­gent cura­tion and secur­ing exclu­sives – this year PJ Har­vey and James Blake are head­lin­ing, with artists such as Float­ing Points, Blos­soms, Goat and Fat White Fam­i­ly as part of the eclec­tic line­up. I’ll always be grate­ful to Field Day for man­ag­ing to entice the elu­sive Mazzy Star onto their stage in 2012. The team are work­ing sim­i­lar magic…

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Feb 29

Pitt Cue at Devonshire Square

In order to eat at the for­mer site of Pitt Cue restau­rant just off Carn­a­by Street, din­ers had to queue in the street, some­times for hours. The reward was a cov­et­ed place down­stairs in the 5‑table poky cel­lar space, or perched at the cosy bar upstairs. The rea­son peo­ple were pre­pared to wait was due…

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Grillstock, LockJaw Burger
May 21

Summer in the city: festivals with urban appeal

Fes­ti­vals are going through big changes and the new­er breed of events are more often tak­ing place in the very cities we’re usu­al­ly so keen to escape from.The for­mu­la we’ve tra­di­tion­al­ly enjoyed, three days or so camped out in the fields of an oblig­ing farmer with enough bands and DJs to keep you hap­py, has shift­ed to encom­pass a new…

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