]> http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/ St. JOHN, St. JOHN Restaurant Smithfield, St. JOHN Bread & Wine Spitalfields, London dining, nose to tail eating, london restaurant en http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=129  A very belated Happy New Year to you all. Daniel Dwayne from Mens Journal magazine spent a week at St. John and St. John Bread and Wine late last summer, interviewing Fergus, our chefs and front of house staff to try and get an insight in to... Tue, Feb 02 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=127 Following supper this evening, both restaurants are closed for the festive holidays. We greatly look forward to seeing you all again in 2010 from January 4th. If you'd like to book whilst we're closed, you can do so using the booking form on the... Wed, Dec 23 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=128 The Guardian have published their top ten cookbooks of the decade and we're thrilled to find that Beyond Nose To Tail Eating has made it on to the list. The full run-down is available on the Word of Mouth blog from here.... Wed, Dec 23 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=126 Today (December 15th 2009) is the final day to place your orders for giftcards, t-shirts or other items from the St. John Shop in time for Christmas. Orders placed after today may not reach you in time for the 24th.... Tue, Dec 15 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=125 And what a result. St. John Bread and Wine's Dougie came through to win the 2009 Young Chef of the Year Competition. Well done Dougie. You can watch the competition online via the iPlayer if you missed it, see yesterdays news for a lin... Tue, Dec 08 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=124 The BBC3 strand to celebrate the best young person in their professional field reaches the chef competition tonight and we're thrilled that our won Dougie McMaster from St. John Bread and Wine is in the running. You can tune in from 10.30 pm this... Mon, Dec 07 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=123 The annual campaign to raise awareness and funds to support homeless communities throughout the UK begins again on Sunday as restaurants around the country embark on StreetSmart 2009. As usual, we'll be adding a voluntary donation of £1 to... Sun, Nov 01 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=122 Christmas feasting menus for both St. John and St. John Bread and Wine are now up online for those of you planning your festive lunch or supper feasts with us. There's also details up for those of you interested in putting in orders for mince pies... Mon, Oct 19 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=116 Game season is well and truly underway and our head chef, Chris Gillard, will be taking a Nose to Tail game masterclass with Amanda and Ben at the Mersea Island cookery school this month. Chris will be there on Thursday 15th October and places are... Mon, Oct 05 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=121 Tickets are now on sale for this years festival. Fergus will be appearing alongside Michael Caines and Mitch Tonks for the opening night party on Wednesday 21st October 2009. The events run through to October 25th and the local tourist office can be... Tue, Sep 15 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=120 Fergus Henderson and Tom Harris (St. John's sous chef) will be appearing at this years marvellous Aldeburgh food and drink festival in Suffolk. Plans afoot include a masterclass in the preperation of Devilled Kidneys among other things and the... Thu, Sep 03 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=119 The very fine Tim Hayward came to St. John a few weeks ago and joined Fergus for a morning to buy, prepare, cook and eat a pigs head. Tim's film has just gone up on the Word of Mouth Food Blog, part of The Guardian online and we hope to embed the... Fri, Aug 28 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=118 The first London Restaurant Festival launches in September. Fay Maschler is behind the celebration of food, wine and dining in the capital which runs between the 8th and 13th October 2009 and Fergus Henderson will be one of a group of London's best... Thu, Aug 27 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=6 St. JOHN Smithfield is now recruiting for its restaurant floor brigade. We require 2 full-time waiters and 1 part-time waiter to join our award winning front of house team at Smithfield. Farouk and Matthew require experienced waiting staff with an... Fri, Jul 17 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=117 Miles Irving is forager of choice at St. JOHN Bread and Wine and we've added his recently published guide to the foods readily available for free to list of books for sale. If you've dined at Bread and Wine odds are you've eaten something of a... Wed, Jul 01 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=115  St. John has joined the swelling ranks of Twitter and you can follow us online here.... Thu, Apr 23 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=114 Both St. John and St. John Bread and Wine will be open at the following times this coming holiday weekend: St. JOHN: Closed Good Friday, open for supper on Saturday, open for lunch Easter Sunday and closed Bank Holiday Monday.  St. JOHN BREAD... Tue, Apr 07 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=56 We are now recruiting for our Spitalfields bakery, wine shop and restaurant. St. JOHN BREAD and WINE Spitalfields Justin Piers Gellatly (pictured) is looking for a full-time baker to join his team at Commercial Street. Justin and his team bake... Wed, Mar 18 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=113 We're pleased to inform you that we have squirrel on the menu at St. John Smithfield from today. All being well we should have a farily regular supply over the next few weeks with season usually winding up in early April. Check the online menu... Tue, Mar 03 2009 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=112 Last weekend the Observer included a free magazine featuring 50 of the finest recipes for you to cook at home including a pearl or two of wisdom from our own Fergus Henderson among many other excellent chefs. Thoughtful people that they are, the... Fri, Feb 27 2009 00:00:00 +0100