“rhubarb” are delighted to announce that on 2nd August 2010, we will be officially opening Bond & Brook at the Fenwick store on Bond Street. As Fenwick are approaching completion of their ambitious three-year store expansion, beautification and redevelopment programme, we can safely say this is going to be a truly stunning in-store restaurant.

Bond & Brook is also the first joint project from conception to completion by “rhubarb” and A Private View – the partnership of Evening Standard restaurant critic Fay Maschler, and journalist and broadcaster Simon Davis.

Located on the second floor, overlooking Brook Street and sitting comfortably beside displays of high fashion, Bond & Brook will be an all-day restaurant open for breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, cocktails and canapés, all in harmony with the store’s opening hours.

Menu highlights include sharing plates of summer vegetable frittata, brochette of mustard-and-honey quail, and tomato water jelly on goat’s cheese mousse. Or how about main courses of vitello tonnato, chicken à la king, the best-ever prawn pad Thai or steak-frites with Café de Paris butter? And to start your day of retail therapy - Bond & Brook Breakfast in a Skillet  - a ladylike fry-up with a Virgin Mary shot.

In addition, on the third floor of the store is another new “rhubarb” offering, the Affogato Bar, designed for that perfectly invigorating jolt of caffeine for weary shoppers! Look forward to the richest espressos tipped onto a scoop of vanilla ice cream, served with sugared doughnuts, pastizies and glazed almond twists.

We will bring you more news as we approach opening day, but in the meantime, contact “rhubarb” to find out more about Bond & Brook or Affogato on
0208 812 3200.

On 2nd June, the Saatchi Gallery will open its largest show since moving to Chelsea. Entitled Newspeak: British Art Now, the exhibition will feature some of the most exciting artists to have emerged in the UK in the last few years who are still largely unknown in the wider art world.

Over a decade after Sensation, this new generation of artists is making work that collectively offers an arresting insight into the future of contemporary art in Britain. Through sculpture, painting, photography and installation, they explore issues such as class, consumerism and the phenomenon of instant success culture, often with a distinctly British dry wit.

A selection of works from the exhibition were shown at The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg in October 2009, including Eugenie Scrase's Truncated Trunk, chosen from the BBC2 series School of Saatchi, which aired last autumn.

To co-incide with the new exhibition, Gallery Mess are delighted to announce that the beautiful outside terrace at the restaurant is now open until 9.30 pm each evening – creating the perfect venue for warm summer evening drinks and al fresco dining.

The Gallery Mess menu has also seen some developments too, making the Kings Road café/bar a real destination evening venue. Menu highlights include: chargrilled beef tagliata with grilled vegetables, hummus and toasted ciabatta; sea bream with escabèche vegetable salad, citrus, coriander and chilli; and roasted chermoula poussin with aromatic cous cous, herbs and minted yoghurt. On the dessert menu you will find raspberries with bitter chocolate sorbet, ripe mango with blood orange sorbet and milk chocolate panna cotta.

Gallery Mess also has an extensive cocktail list – perfect for lazy evenings on the terrace with friends, and don’t forget your pitchers of Pimms either!

For further information about NEWSPEAK: British Art Now, or about Gallery Mess, or to make a reservation on the terrace, please call on 020 7730 8135.

The fabulous outdoor terrace at Gallery Mess is now open until 9.30pm.

Come and enjoy a pitcher of Pimms in the evening sunshine, or sample one of our delicious cocktails.

And if you can't make it to Gallery Mess, you can try making a “rhubarb” style cocktail at home instead!

“rhubarb's” Cherry Lycheetini

4 teaspoons lychee syrup
1 shot of premium vodka
1 shot of cherry liqueur
1 fresh lychee
And lots of chipped ice

Mix the chipped ice, lychee syrup, vodka and cherry liqueur in a cocktail shaker. Pour in to a chilled martini glass, with fresh lychees or cherries, and garnish with anything summery!

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Click here to download our New Cocktail Card

“rhubarb” are delighted to announce that we are now providing the in-lounge catering for all First and Business Class American Airlines passengers at Heathrow. Operating buffet style menus at the brand new Flagship Lounge and Admirals Lounge means we can serve “rhubarb” food to over 600 passengers a day, and we hope it gives them a chance to recharge their batteries before they move on to their next destination.

The new look lounges are superb places to work, rest or play, and we are very much looking forward to working with American Airlines in the months ahead.

Widely considered to be one of the world’s most beautiful buildings and a truly magnificent London landmark, St Paul’s Cathedral is a breathtaking events venue.

With three fascinating event spaces – The Wren Suite, The Crypt and Temple Bar – St Paul’s is the ideal setting for dinners for up to 250, for receptions for up to 350, and for daytime conferencing and private lunches for up to 70.

All three event spaces contain some of the oldest and most beautiful architectural features in the Cathedral. Guests are also able to experience the grandeur of St Paul’s by privately accessing the Cathedral floor during events.

We very much look forward to working at St Paul’s Cathedral. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to contact the “rhubarb” Planning Team if you would like to find out more about this amazing venue.

Catering giant "rhubarb" wowed hundreds of the planet's top chefs and food critics at the S Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants awards held at the Guildhall on Monday night (26 April).

Chosen to produce the food for the first time for arguably the most critical guests it is ever likely to serve, "rhubarb" rose to the task superbly.

A canape and champagne reception that featured culinary delights such as quails eggs with a selection of dipping salts, slow braised short rib beef wrapped in lardo with truffled cauliflower puree, brochettes of monkfish with bonito flakes and honey miso dip and Scottish lobster with a spicy Bloody Mary creme fraiche and Mottra Osetra caviar, was enjoyed by everyone.

After this guests got to enjoy the run down of the world's top 50 restaurants before moving into the Guidhall's Crypt space for an after party that featured a variety of cocktails from Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands and bowl food dishes from "rhubarb" that included loin of lamb, Scottish scallop and sticky beef.

Organised by Restaurant magazine the Danish eaterie Noma scooped the top prize, while the event itself was the must-have ticket in London that night (26 April).

Story by Jeremy King, Events Magazine
http://www.eventmagazine.co.uk/news/bulletin/newsbulletin/article/999425/?DCMP=EMC-NewsBulletin

From May 1st our catering arm on-board The Silver Fleet – "rhubarb” on the river – will be even busier. We are delighted to announce that we will now be managing the entire food and beverage operation on board this stunning fleet of luxury river vessels, including providing all front of house staff. This new working structure will enable the Silver Fleet team to focus on their marketing activities, while we can concentrate on planning and executing every angle of every event.
 
"rhubarb” on the river is already a very successful enterprise – we now cater for over 300 events per year on board The Fleet, varying in size from 10 to 550 guests. The vessels themselves continue to be some of the most glamorous and in demand event venues in London, and with a sizzling hot summer rumoured to be on the horizon, the River Thames couldn’t be a better place to be!

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The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants 2010 will be announced at London’s Guildhall on Monday 26th April.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010 is the result of an extensive poll of the world’s most celebrated chefs, renowned food critics, leading restaurateurs and well-travelled gourmands. This year the awards organisers are expecting their highest turnout yet and the magnificent surroundings of the Guildhall in the heart of the city of London are perfect for the grand occasion.

Last year, Spain’s El Bulli was at the Number One spot, with the UK’s very own Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck at Number 2, so who knows what might happen this year!

“rhubarb” will be creating canapés for the Awards reception and for the Awards after party. Not only will we therefore be feeding the world’s most revered and celebrated chefs, but we will also be looking after some of the most important people in the world’s food industry too. Approximately 200 journalists alone are expected at the awards, and another 200 chefs and restaurateurs…so no pressure then team!

For further information about The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010, visit www.theworlds50best.com.

Philip Owens is “rhubarb’s” very own menu designer, but as well as writing and compiling all our menus, we love him because he is a genius at spotting new culinary trends. With his finger absolutely on the pulse of what’s happening in the food and restaurant scene, he is quite a force to be reckoned with. We asked Phil what he thought we should all be looking forward to food-wise in 2010.

“Tasting plates and tapas style eating are still a really strong trend in 2010. And taking that one step further, I would venture as far as to say that this year is going to be the year of the canapé bar, with maybe some long awaited rotisserie restaurants and seafood bars too…

Congratulations to "rhubarb" founder - Lucy Gemmell, for completing Stage 5 of Lawrence Dallaglio CycleSlam and cycling from Wales to Scotland, which is nearly 700km. Please feel free to sponsor her here; www.justgiving.com/LucyGemmell

All the money raised goes towards Sport Relief - for more information, www.dallagliocycleslam.com