Evening Standard, 17 December
Mark Boland at La Fromagerie

Bells and smells: it's olfactory overdrive at this time of year. Not just mulled wine or the fresh pine that is incongruously scenting your over-heated London flat, or the curranty whiff of plum duff, or even the tang of acid-sweet satsumas. Have you visited a perfume department recently?
La Fromagerie - Evening Standard review in full >>

Bloomberg, 14 December
Richard Vines looks at London’s best restaurants of the year

The question I am most often asked - apart from how do you get a job as a food critic - is the name of my favorite London restaurant. That's trickier than it sounds. I visit new venues three times, except when I come across a place that is such a turkey, it's not worth reviewing. (The word gets round critics quickly if somewhere is so bad it will make for amusing copy. Vanilla and Divo were recent popular targets.)

Metro, 12 December
Marina O’Loughlin at Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester

The Dorchester is another country, full of glittering foreignness. It's money, you see – vast, alien quantities of it. If you like gawping at the super-rich (I do! I do!), this is the place to do it. The latest principality in this strange land, Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester – from the 51-year-old culinary superstar – is richest of them all. I thought China Tang downstairs was pushing the oligarchs and minor royalty envelope until we ate here.
Alain Ducasse - Metro review in full >>

Time Out, 5 December
Guy Dimond at Market

One of the biggest trends of 2007 has been the resurgence of British cooking. Market is Camden's take on places such as Hereford Road and Canteen - ie modern settings with a daily changing menu of modish, seasonal dishes. There's a simple, almost Scandinavian, look to the room, with bare brick walls, slate-grey colours and metal-topped tables that evoke the look of zinc.
Market - Time Out review in full >>