]> 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=95 So with Smithfield now closed and the refurbishment works underway a few items of information that may prove useful. Whilst St. John is closed we will not be processing online shop purchases until after Monday 18th August with the exception of gift... Mon, Jun 30 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=94 Regular visitors to the bar at St. John and keen readers of both our books will know well of our affection for Fernet Branca; the Italian bitters and internationally renowned life saver. Fergus and his father recently visited the Fernet Branca... Tue, Jun 17 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=93 St. John will close from the end of June for a much needed programme of refurbishment and maintenance. After fifteen years fairly intensive labour, our kitchen, bar, dining room and back of house areas need a little attention and a few upgrades and... Tue, Jun 10 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=88 And so a grand day was had the Art Car Boot fair - here's our car boot to prove we entered fully in to the boot minded spirit of the day. A big thank you to James, Leon and Andrea who, for various reasons, dug us out of one or two holes throughout... Mon, Jun 09 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=91 We've added two new books to our growing list of books for the discerning, or charitably minded cook. Nick Landers' compilation of recipes in aid of Shelter feature a pudding from Fergus and Rosie Sykes' Kitchen Revolution aims to minimise food... Wed, Jun 04 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=92 Now showing on St. JOHN tv is Fergus Henderson's recent taste taste of the best pork pies the high street and internet has to offer for The Telegraph TV website, scroll down the screen to find out which pie came out on top.... Wed, Jun 04 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=89 We've added another book to our growing list that you can buy through our site. The Crisis Cookbook features contributions from many a noteable chef and has been put together by our good friend Nick Lander, food editor at the Financial Times. Among... Tue, May 27 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=87 The Independent on Sunday's Skye Gyngell covered this years Restaurant Magazine Top 50 Restaurants List lunch, held at St. John the day after the list is announced. As well as some rather cheery pictures (such as Fergus with Giorgio Locatelli here... Mon, May 12 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=86 We have ample supplies of Trotter Gear in stock and are happy to say that you can now buy Unctuous Potential from St. John Bread and Wine in Spitalfields too.... Tue, Apr 29 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=85  Can pig's trotters really reverse the tides of time? We have no idea but if you hop on to the news page at www.trottergear.com you'll find details of a forthcoming programme that may have some answers.... Tue, Apr 22 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=84 We're delighted for Farouk Gohil, our restaurant manager, who completed the 2008 London Marathon in 3 hours, 45 minutes and more importantly raised a total of £2580.80 for the Notre Dame Refugee Centre in the process. On his behalf we would... Mon, Apr 21 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=83 Regular visitors to St. John will undoubtedly recognise Farouk Gohil, our Restaurant Manager and Maitre'd for many years now and always thought of as being a good egg and this Sunday Farouk will be running in the 2008 Flora London Marathon to raise... Wed, Apr 09 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=82 We seem, rather carelessly, to have lost one or two stories from March and April as part of the website upgrades including a collection of recipes from Fergus Henderson that appeared in The Telegraph over a number of weeks and a guide to all the... Tue, Apr 08 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=81 St. John Bread and Wine will be taking part once again in the 2008 Taste East festival which celebrates the best of flavours across East London. The festival itself runs across March 7th and 8th with our Ox Heart Bun stall on the Saturday only. For... Wed, Feb 20 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=80 Further to recent events to celebrate the launch of My Last Supper (see the news for October 17th 2007), Fergus and Margot Henderson will be cooking together at the Number 8 Restaurant in Melbourne later this month. Tickets for this very special... Fri, Feb 08 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=74 All being well we will have Trotter Gear in stock at St. John from this Friday - January 11th 2008.... Tue, Jan 08 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=56 We are now recruiting for various positions at both our Smithfield and Spitalfield restaurants. St. JOHN Smithfield Bar Staff (full time): our Smithfield bar requires a bar tender with ample service experience. A basic knowledge of French... Tue, Jan 08 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=79 Both our restaurants are now closed for the festive holidays and so we would like to wish all of our guests, friends, peers and colleagues the happiest Christmas and a prosperous 2008.... Sat, Dec 22 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=78 Our very own Fergus Henderson will be a guest on Loose Ends this Saturday evening (December 22nd 2007) with Peter Curran to discuss cooks, books and pig's trotters. You can listen online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 from 6.15pm or listen again from the... Thu, Dec 20 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.stjohnrestaurant.com/news/?ID=77 As we near the 25th a reminder that there is still time to order your Christmas Puddings and Mince Pies from either restaurant. See the Christmas page on the Smithfield site for more information on pudding sizes and collection dates. And added to... Thu, Dec 13 2007 00:00:00 +0100