By: Adam Bloodworth

Features Journalist Adam Bloodworth is the Deputy Life&Style Editor at City AM. He has served in the role since 2022, writing and commissioning culture and lifestyle features for the newspaper and website. The Life&Style section covers film, TV, music, theatre, things to do in London and features that examine the ways Londoners live their lives. He also serves as Deputy Editor for City AM The Magazine, writing and commissioning for the quarterly luxury lifestyle product distributed by hand around the capital. He has been interviewed by the BBC News at 10, BBC Scotland, BBC Three Counties Radio and can be found on X and LinkedIn.

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The OWO London’s Mauro Colagreco: Raffles chef on the trends that will define 2025

January 2, 2025

Argentinian chef Mauro Colagreco, of Mauro Colagreco at Raffles London at The OWO, runs the three-Michelin-starred restaurant Mirazur on the French Riviera. He has restaurants in China, Thailand, Argentina and Japan, as well as the flagship restaurant at The Old War Office hotel on Whitehall in London. The Old War Office – known as the OWO [...]
Inside The Berkeley’s rooftop pop-up with Winter Wonderland views

December 31, 2024

Winter Wonderland without having to actually go: the rooftop pop-up at The Berkeley has more to offer than moreish Swiss raclette…. The Berkeley hotel overlooking Hyde Park has launched an immersive ‘ski gondola dining experience’ with an après-ski inspired sharing menu, views over Winter Wonderland and decor including actual ski gondolas to transport you to [...]
Five ideas for a killer London New Year’s Eve night out

December 31, 2024

Whether you’re looking for dining, dancing or just generally an outrageous time, we’ve got you covered. Here is our pick of London New Year’s Eve 2025 events – all with tickets still available. The Bonkers Bingo: HijingoA sort of bingo game set in some far dystopian future, Hijingo is the latest – and most intriguing [...]
Corinthia hotel London’s exec chef: London diners are moving away from glitzy restaurants

December 30, 2024

André Garrett is the Executive chef at the Corinthia London hotel on Whitehall, home to Tom Kerridge’s London restaurant and a popular hangout for international royalty and American screen talent. In our review, we called the property “one of the grandest central London hotels.” Garrett speaks to us about the food and drink trends he [...]
Lily Cole on returning to modelling: I’m opinionated now – I do my own hair and makeup

December 29, 2024

Lily Cole has been an actor and a model, but the 36-year-old is now focused on changing our washing habits. Could she be the rare case of an actor without an ego big enough for Hollywood? Throw back to the mid-noughties and the Saltburn-era of British fashion, and there was another style icon as ubiquitous [...]
James Bond film Goldfinger at 60: we take an Aston Martin to the Swiss filming locations

December 28, 2024

Goldfinger is the very best Bond film, and there’s no arguing with Adam Bloodworth about it. The lifelong Fleming fan celebrates the film’s 60th by taking an Aston Martin for a spin through Switzerland for City AM The Magazine. Photos by Tobi Stidolph There’s a secret to cracking the reservedness of the Swiss – take [...]
Trends for 2025: Mr Lyan reckons pop-ups are back

December 28, 2024

The latest in our series of articles about food trends: 2025 will see the return of the pop-up, and tropical cocktails, reckons Mr Lyan Mr Lyan’s bars have won the accolade of world’s best bar twice. He runs cocktail venues across the capital, including Lyaness, Super Lyan and Seed Library. He also writes books and [...]
Food trends 2025: Shaun Rankin on his ‘less is more’ approach

December 27, 2024

The latest in our series of articles about food trends: 2025 is all about simplicity, reckon’s one of Yorkshire’s prolific cooks Shaun Rankin, chef patron of Michelin starred North Yorkshire restaurant Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, is the latest culinary mind to share his thoughts on the food trends likely to pervade the capital in [...]
Food trends 2025: Death to small plates, the rise of Covent Garden and mindful meat

December 26, 2024

The latest in our series of articles about food trends: 2025 may (finally) spell the death of small plates Limor Chen is executive chef and co-patron (alongside husband Amir) of three Delamina restaurants. They are in Marylebone, Shoreditch and Covent Garden. The husband-wife team serve inventive Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean dishes in restaurants that [...]
How to use your Christmas dinner leftovers on Boxing Day

December 26, 2024

Robert Thompson was awarded an MBE for services to the hospitality sector after his cooking helped promote the Isle of Wight as a new food destination. This year, he opened RTCafeGrill on the island and is relaunching his eponymous Thompson’s in 2025. Here he shares his thoughts on how to make the most of your Christmas [...]

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