Who is the new owner of the Riverside Diner Southampton?
Austin Thompson and his wife have taken over the Riverside Diner in Bitterne Park, after it was sold by the previous owners and closed on January 31. It was run by the same family for 34 years and sold as the previous owner wanted to retire.
Ruth Rogers, Baroness Rogers of Riverside, CBE (née Elias; born 2 July 1948) is an American and British chef who owns and runs the Michelin starred Italian restaurant The River Café in Hammersmith, London.
After waiting three and a half years to have a proper sit down with Saints' owner, and now chairman, Dragan Solak, it was a relief and a pleasure to spend time with him.
With his exact net worth shrouded in mystery, Turki Alalshikh, is said to be a billionaire due to his positions within the Saudi Arabian government and an advisor to the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The couple have two sons together – Roo born in 1975 and Bo, who was born in 1983 and sadly died suddenly at 27. Having fallen in love with Italian food during a stay with her in-laws who moved to Florence, Ruth was keen to bring a taste of her trip home with her.
It reopened in February 2014 with a change in its wine focus, and regained its Michelin star that same year. The Cafe lost its star in the 2023 rankings.
The restaurant is famed for the number of notable chefs who earned their stripes in the kitchen, including Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, April Bloomfield, Theo Randall and Jamie Oliver.
Chef Frédéric Ménager meanwhile says he refuses to let his restaurant La Ferme de la Ruchotte be judged by Michelin. He says he's received phone calls from the guide, but that “the only stars that count are the ones in the eyes of guests when they leave the table, mesmerized by their gastronomic experience.”
Polymath Ruth Rogers was born in Monticello, New York, and was educated at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School and at Bennington College in Vermont before moving to England and studying at the London College of Printing, where she earned a degree in graphic design.
Oliver moved to the River Cafe in Fulham, as a sous-chef. He was noticed there by the BBC in 1997, after making an unscripted appearance in the documentary Christmas at the River Cafe. In 1999, Oliver's BBC Two show The Naked Chef debuted, and his cookbook became a bestseller in the United Kingdom.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is hoping to get the go-ahead for a pop-up bakery at his countryside home. The 50-year-old, who lives near Finchingfield, in Essex, has applied for planning permission to temporarily change his estate's former stables to be able to bake bread for a month.
The River Café is a restaurant in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, specialising in Italian cuisine. It was owned and run by chefs Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray until Gray's death in 2010; since then, Rogers has been the sole owner and has run the restaurant.
Iconic London restaurant The River Cafe is celebrating its 30th birthday. Founder Ruth Rogers tells the story of her love affair with Italian food... Every morning at The River Cafe just three or four hours before guests arrive for lunch, Ruth Rogers and her chefs dream up a perfect Italian menu.
Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has opened up about the death of her sister Julia, who tragically took her own life back in 2019, and how it's changed her outlook on life. On Tuesday's episode of Loose Women, ITV panelist Janet Street-Porter opened up about recently celebrating her 78th birthday.
Evans and Shishmanian married in August 2007, and held a reception in Faro, Portugal, the following weekend that was attended by Evans's former wife Piper. The couple have four children and live in Ascot, Berkshire.
What is the pub on two sides of the street in London?
The Ship & Shovell has been part of London's history since the 17th century? It is believed to be the only pub in the UK split across two buildings either side of the street, connected underground by a shared cellar.
So, even if a restaurant obtains stars under a particular head chef, it will retain those stars even if that head chef leaves before the next annual assessment takes place by the guide's inspectors.
