Archive - Professional Lunch

June 2025

Smash Hit in Southwark plus Critics.

Jay & Dom go for pizza. Ellis has a bad Belly. Vittles finds Nashville in Chiswick.

Jun 30 •

Marshall Manson

Weekly Review: The Sportsman (Kent)

Kent classic feels like your local, if it had a Michelin star.

Jun 26 •

Marshall Manson

Competitive Dining. New Critics for NYT. World's 50 Best. Critics Wrap & More.

Ellis in Vietnam. Parker Bowles in Thailand. Rayner in Lebanon. Wilson in 1875.

Jun 23 •

Marshall Manson

Weekly Review: Cabotte

My new favourite place in the City.

Jun 19 •

Marshall Manson

Margot Closing. UK Top 100. The Tardiness Problem. Critics & More.

Ellis hits the Caribbean. Preston goes Rogue. Hayler off Oma.

Jun 16 •

Marshall Manson

Weekly Review: Duchy

A vanished kingdom's food traditions restored in all of their glory.

Jun 12 •

Marshall Manson

Coren v. Ellis: Settled! (Or not.) New Eater Top 38. More on Pricing. Plus Critics.

Parker Bowles the latest into Town. Ellis awards 5 stars to Eels. Wilson gets gastro. Ivers finds "the place" in Chinatown.

Jun 9 •

Marshall Manson

Weekly Review: Josephine Marylebone

Wherein I arbitrate the disagreement between Coren and Ellis.

Jun 5 •

Marshall Manson

Theory of Lunch. Mystery of Pricing. New Michelin Listings. Meh at County Hall. Plus Critics.

Maschler loves Row on 5. Coren & Dent follow the crowd to Town. Big buzz for One Club Row. Preston sings for burritos.

Jun 2 •

Marshall Manson

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