Chefs: The Interview
Pre-prepare a questionnaire of approximately twenty two roughly chopped hot and cold questions making sure to cover a healthy diet of culture, lifestyle, travel and industry related themes. Choose your favourite chefs in the world, making sure you mix exciting names
Tailored Thoughts On: Food
Huntsman cutter and resident tailoring columnist Matthew Gonzalez turns his attentions to the value of cooking at home I’m currently on a pre-birth-of-child trip to New York with my wife. It’s a city that I haven’t visited in many years and
A Turncoats Thoughts On: Flavoured Gin
Turncoat Gin’s head distiller-turned-rebel gives his two cents on the finer details of flavoured gin ‘Got any flavoured gin?’ It’s an oft-repeated question, one that’s likely met with a fair bit of eye-rolling and tongue-biting by your local bartender. That’s fair. After
Drinking with PUBLIC
Tucked away in the former public convenience of Sheffield’s Town Hall, Public specialise in cocktails, wine, small plates and vinyl. Edgy yet low-key, bold yet understand, Public serve up independent passion without the prohibition-era pretence The Featured Libation: Knockbox City Limits ‘Essentially
High Spirits
A month’s worth of comings and goings in the world of The Whisky Exchange Here at The Whisky Exchange, we think that variety is very much the spice of life, and variety is exactly what we’ve brought you this month. Over
The 91 Year Conversation
On a recent trip to La Marzocco HQ in Scarperia, our creative director learned that there’s more to coffee than the caffeine fix As part of the La Marzocco induction pack, I am pretty certain there’s a section on the
A Cut Above
Suffering from a small dose of FOMO, Ian Harrold offers his own twist on our chef interviews Who is the coolest barber in the world and why? Paul Wilson of Art + Science. You could honestly put that guy in a bin
Architectural Thoughts On: The Industrial Aesthetic
Ever sat on a scaffolding plank and sipped a cocktail from a jam jar at a table made from a reclaimed cable drum? Welcome to the new industrial aesthetic From the latter part of the 20th Century - as Britain’s manufacturing
Setting the Bar with Cocktails in the City
This year’s Cocktails in the City is on a mission to celebrate the illustrious history of the cocktail by shining a spotlight squarely on the craftsmanship of the modern-day bartender Welcoming over 40,000 guests over the last five years and shaking up
The Other Banksy
The youngest British Michelin Starred chef, the face of the best restaurant in the world and a new restaurant, called Roots set to open in York. You could say it’s all coming up Tommy Banks. But despite this, the North
Chef Biographies
Andy Taylor was the co-founder of London-based French American street food pop-up, Le Bun. His latest restaurant, Carte Blanche, opened this summer on Hackney’s Mare Street. Ben Shewry is the New Zealand chef owner of Melbourne restaurant, Attica. His food is
Switching up the Marketplace
ARKET are out to improve the high street shopping experience, partly, with the help of food. We checked in with Martin Berg, chef and curator of ARKET’s Nordic café to chat favourite pieces from the collection, fishtail parkas and childhood
One Thing Done Well: Dawson Denim
Our series of brands doing one item especially well continues this month with the Dawson Denim Mercantile Apron Heritage workwear is a style so seldom taken to task in the relative comfort of the contemporary workplace. Sure, these styles are designed
Issue 37 – Tommy Banks
“You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.” – Anthony Bourdain Food glorious food, as Oliver Twist once sang. Although food plays a part, this issue is mainly about chefs. The idea behind the issue, as we
Ben Sherman x Francesco Mellina
Ben Sherman x Francesco Mellina - Thursday 4th October 2018 The Essential Journal are excited to invite you to the exclusive launch of the pop up exhibition showcasing the work of acclaimed photographer Francesco Mellina at Ben Sherman's Liverpool One store. There will be a Q&A
Ben Sherman x Brian Cannon
Ben Sherman x Brian Cannon - Thursday 18th October 2018 The Essential Journal are excited to invited you to the exclusive launch of the Brian Cannon collection, celebrating the spirit of Northern Soul. To celebrate the collaboration Ben Sherman will be hosting a pop up