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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An essay and elegy on the inability to grow food — not just indigenous food, any food — in Mauritius thanks to climate change. In @vittles.bsky.social : www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/extinction...
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Extinction is a Continuum
Ariel Saramandi writes about eating through drastic climate change in Mauritius. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath.
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Kavey 😁 @kavey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fascinating in-depth expose on the changing world of London's restaurant influencers, the birth and changing nature of food influencing and where it is now...
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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is very good. Well done, Stephen
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Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
During the last six months, we have been investigating the world of London’s restaurant influencers - where they came from, how they became so powerful, what they get paid, and where they're going next. The investigation, by Stephen Buranyi, is now online: www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/who-is-pay...
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Who is Paying for All of This?
How are restaurant influencers actually making their money? Investigation by Stephen Buranyi. Collage by Cold War Steve
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Jake Tilson @jaketilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The @vittles.bsky.social 451 Great Restaurants to Try in London - Google Map is a thing of beauty. I've spent the afternoon adding recommendations to my map so when in deepest Dalston or out in Hounslow I'll have somewhere new to try. Subscription needed for access - worth it for this alone.
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Jude @judeinlondon.com · 31/07/2026
Making my @vittles.bsky.social debut with my pitch for everyone to please go to eat at Deluxe Manna so we can all finally agree that Congolese cuisine is the best in all of Africa thank you for coming to my TEDTalk. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/451-great-...
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451 Great Restaurants to Try in London
Six of One returns with a fully updated, absolutely stacked Vittles Restaurants map.
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Helena C. Aeberli @helenaaeberli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Me for @vittles.bsky.social on the long history of longevity dieting. open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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How To Live to 100
Helena Aeberli looks back at Luigi Cornaro, the first longevity influencer
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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Published today: a joyous exploration of what was once the UK's best desi pub davidjesudason.substack.com/p/glassy-jun...
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Glassy Junction, Southall: the definitive history of ‘London’s first Indian pub’
Let’s go for a glassy
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Jonathan Nunn @jonathandnunn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
wrote about super 8 - the group behind smoking goat, kiln, brat and mountain, and arguably the most influential restaurant group in the country right now - and whether it’s new restaurant impala can escape the template of being just another ‘super 8 restaurant’ www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/same-impala
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Same Impala?
Super 8’s sixth restaurant amplifies all the group’s strengths, and some of its flaws. Words by Jonathan Nunn. Photographs by Cole Wilson.
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Ami @amidanruo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
diabolically good headline for today's @vittles.bsky.social restaurant review that could apply to either institution cited www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/same-impala
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Same Impala?
Super 8’s sixth restaurant amplifies all the group’s strengths, and some of its flaws. Words by Jonathan Nunn. Photographs by Cole Wilson.
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’ve spent the last year investigating how the UK's broken employment tribunal system lets rogue bosses evade justice. But this is the craziest case,by far. A restaurant chain that lost 21 tribunal claims over several years, yet never paid a single one🧵 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Meet the restaurant boss who flouted judges’ orders for years
Jason Wells’ restaurant chain has cheated workers, lost 21 tribunal claims – and not paid a single one
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We were lucky enough to partner with the UK's best food publication @vittles.bsky.social for this investigation. Here's their version of the story: open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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Hospitality has a wage theft problem
The restaurant chain that lost twenty-one tribunal claims – and didn’t pay a single one. Words by Emiliano Mellino and Ero Partsakoulaki
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Alice Slater @aliceslater.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Hello friends. I wrote a piece about martinis and my late father for Vittles. Hope ya dig it 🍸🫀 substack.com/@vittles/not...
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Lessons in Mixology
Alice Slater on her quest to perfect her martini recipe, beginning with childhood instruction from her father
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Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This, from the great @vittles.bsky.social, is a fascinating read: open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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Food for the People, By the People
Stella Swain on the forgotten history of the Land Settlement Association, a government-funded scheme of collective smallholdings operating in the mid-twentieth century
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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Thus is a brilliant piece of writing. People ask me where labour history writing is. It's in journals like this.
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Jamie Oliver and the British food problem www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/bad-people...
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Bad People, Bad Food, Bad Place.
Two decades after the 'battle of Rawmarsh', Heather Parry writes about how Jamie Oliverism affected her hometown.
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Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Terrific @vittles.bsky.social series on UK Chinatowns - here, a smart article on how Chinese students in the UK have transformed them www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-new-ch... - for a delicious spin on UKHE, for a change
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How Chinese Students Transformed British Chinatowns
The New Chinatowns. Words by Barclay Bram. Photographs by Chan Yang Kim.
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Angela Hui @angelahui.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The @vittles.bsky.social Chinatown project I guest-edited is out! No other neighbourhood has undergone a greater transformation. We have essays on who Chinatown is for? Have students reshaped UK food culture? And ofc a bumper guide on the best places to eat: www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...
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The Vittles Chinatowns Project
A special ten-part supplement about Chinatowns in the UK and how they’re changing, guest-edited by Angela Hui.
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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Reading my new essay — on mould, eating disorders, and Trans Kids Deserve Better — at the @vittles.bsky.social issue two (Bad Food) launch tonight at Horse Hospital.
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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I was very glad to be asked by @vittles.bsky.social to contribute to this weekend’s Six of One - Myanmar Special. I did so for two main reasons www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/six-of-one... (1/2)
Six of One - Myanmar Special

The best places to find Burmese food in London, by MiMi Aye, David Jay Paw and Ned Sedgwick.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Fascinating essay on *why* some cultures are terrified of reheating rice and others just...do it every day. The justification cycle - racialised thinking, call to science, appeal to long past and/or 'traditional' wisdom - seems universal for this sort of food story #histFood
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Grain of Terror
Why is the Western world so afraid of reheating rice? Joe Zadeh reports. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath
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Gary W Hartley @garybugsyou.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Really enjoyed this rice-reheating odyssey from @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/grain-of-t... #food #writing #history #scicomm
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Grain of Terror
Why is the Western world so afraid of reheating rice? Joe Zadeh reports. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath
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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I've written about how my troubled relationship with food was helped by "ratting" – the decadent habit of restaurant staff scarfing customers' abandoned food, and one that gives a thrill in the domestic kitchen. The ratter, you see, is hornier than most... www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/i-once-ate...
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‘I once ate a fly thinking it was crispy carbonised meat’: On Ratting
Luke Turner on an eating habit he developed while working in restaurants in the late 1990s. Illustration by Antoine Cossé.
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Sean Carroll @seanedmund.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A fun read from @vittles.bsky.social to start the week.
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The Curious Case of the Beano Cafes
How a network of Turkish-owned cafes became a Kent institution, by Rosella Dello Ioio
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vitoria @crodavit.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
My latest piece for @vittles.bsky.social I hope others can relate! open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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The Real ‘Life in the UK’ Test
Vitoria Croda examines Britain's obsession with the meal deal.
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Jonathan Nunn @jonathandnunn.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
london is one of the greatest food cities in the world. for the last few years, i’ve been writing this for @vittles.bsky.social: a guide to everything interesting about eating in london right now, from fine dining to diaspora restaurants. i hope you enjoy it! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/the-vittle...
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The Vittles 99: The Full List
By popular demand.
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Andy Hayler @wyahaw.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Vittles magazine has an interview with me discussing the Michelin Guide in their latest edition (on Substack or by print subscription at £45 a year).
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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
My new essay on mould, disorder, and trans life in the UK is out now in issue two of @vittles.bsky.social : www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/vittles-is...
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Screaming, crying, throwing up open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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Vittles Christmas Gift Guide 2025
The Bad Food Edition: over fifty silly, fun and delicious gift ideas suggested by the contributors to Vittles’ second print issue.
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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
An excellent piece in @vittles.bsky.social by one of our recent @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social Writing graduates, Mariam Abdel-Razek.
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Mariam Abdel-Razek asks: why are chefs expected to love what they do? Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 17/11/2025
This . From @vittles.bsky.social . Is bloody great. Adding tongue emojis for emphasis. 👅👅👅👅👅🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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'You want to imagine what this tastes like? Fuck you, says AI'
Georgina Voss on how AI-generated images impact the way we look at photographs of food. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath.
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Georgina Voss @gsvoss.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
For @vittles.bsky.social, I wrote about what happens food photography - a practice steeped in stagecraft - meets the synthetic horrors of AI images. Gorgeous original illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/you-want-t...
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'You want to imagine what this tastes like? Fuck you, says AI'
Georgina Voss on how AI-generated images impact the way we look at photographs of food. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath.
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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Extremely proud to have contributed to @vittles.bsky.social 'Six of the Best' South South East London Special and cracking up to discover that *two* of our recommendations are on the exact same road. Out today! www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/is-there-a...
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Is There Anywhere Good to Eat in Bromley?

Where to eat in Penge, Welling, Sidcup and Beckenham by Jonathan Nunn, MiMi Aye, Gary Doherty, Apoorva Sripathi, Toyo Odetunde and Tom Jenkins.

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Longreads @longreads.com · 12/11/2025
"Beef Wellington is a dish designed to dazzle and comfort at once. It offered the perfect cover for Patterson’s plan, dressing intent to kill in the flaky drapery of a culinary showstopper." —Aaron Timms for @vittles.bsky.social www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/death-by-d...
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Death by Duxelles
How modern food culture played a decisive role in the Erin Patterson trial, by Aaron Timms. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Perfect example of why I recommend @vittles.bsky.social to so many ppl. This kind of roving thoughtful exploration of the edges of a topic-historical/social connections you'd never make yourself-models the kind of piece I love to read (& ideally write) (also feeds my obsession w/Aus food TV MKR4Eva)
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Death by Duxelles
How modern food culture played a decisive role in the Erin Patterson trial, by Aaron Timms. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Fascinating @vittles.bsky.social on the murder by Beef Wellington in Oz: “We don’t know whether Patterson is a fan of MasterChef, but all murders reflect culture back to itself." www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/death-by-d...
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Death by Duxelles
How modern food culture played a decisive role in the Erin Patterson trial, by Aaron Timms. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee.
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Thom Eagle @thomeagle.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Wrote a bit about Bad Customers for @vittles.bsky.social! You need a paid sub I think but you should probably have one anyway open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...
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acid reflux - the customer is not always right
a rant about terrible restaurant customers, ft. Thom Eagle
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Agree to disagree 🍊🍊🍊 @stefgotbooted.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Fantastic little vignette about Glinner from today's @vittles.bsky.social newsletter (I highly recommend subscribing btw, if you're in any way interested in food).
 In the past, in my experience, bad customers were mainly either drunk and entitled or else minor celebrities, the kind who have tasted just enough fame to be complete arseholes; Graham Linehan, for example, seemingly made a point of always coming in five minutes after lunch service had started and asking for breakfast while his companions ordered from the lunch menu. “They’d tell him to fuck off at McDonald’s,” we’d mutter, but make him his bacon sandwich anyway. In fact, we would have told him to fuck off too (rather more politely) if he hadn’t been then-beloved sitcom writer Graham Linehan, years before his reinvention as extremely divorced transphobe. We should have realised.
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Vittles Magazine @vittles.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Today’s newsletter is an investigation by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob into the expansion of Gail’s, and how it relies on low-paid migrant workers (particularly from Gujarat) to sustain its rate of growth. Thank you to every Gail’s worker who talked to us. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
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'We're just a bakery': Does Gail's rely on low-paid migrant workers to further its expansionist vision?
The economics and migration behind the Gail’s expansion. Words by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla.
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