With over 40 employees and myriad high profile clients, Tash and Jack Durling – founders of travel, events and lifestyle agency Total Management Group (TMG) – hardly had spare time on their hands when lockdown hit. That said, entrepreneurial flair and creative spark rarely take a day off. Combine this with a love for cocktails and the desire to do something good, and Lockdown Liquor & Co was born. If you're in the market for a treat, or you know someone in need of one, look no further. This is one of the most satisfying ways to spend £25 on a night in right now...

Jason Atherton started out working under some of the greats, including Pierre Koffmann and Marco Pierre White, before joining Gordon Ramsay in 2001. He launched Pollen Street Social in 2010 and now has 18 restaurants and bars around the world, four of which hold Michelin stars. Here, he tells us what he’s cooking in lockdown, his most memorable meal and where he is heading when restaurants reopen…

It’s a bank holiday week, so we asked some of our favourite chefs for their best BBQ recipes. From Indian lamb chops and veggie hot dogs to Tom Aikens’ ultimate BBQ sauce, here are 12 ways to raise your BBQ bar this weekend.

Chopped tomatoes might be a kitchen cupboard essential, but they don’t always inspire creativity when cooking. That’s why the team at catering and events company Searcys is here to show you how to make this hero ingredient more exciting…

Alex Claridge is chef-owner of The Wilderness, where he cooks modern British food with the aim of surprising, delighting and sometimes provoking his customers with flavour combinations that capture the soul of Birmingham. He’s come a long way from his first foray into black olive tapenade…

Endlessly versatile, these beef stir fry strips can be cooked in just a few minutes, making them especially useful for quick, midweek meals, says food writer and SL contributor Chloe Scott-Moncrieff. Whether it’s a Cambodian classic or fun Mexican street-food, here are three ways to use them…

With restaurants shut and home store cupboards being raided, we asked the chefs at some of London’s best-known Italian restaurants for their easy at-home pasta recipes. From Padella’s crab tagliarini to Gloria Trattoria’s gran carbonara, here are seven dishes to impress anyone you’re currently confined with…

The best wine clubs pair the convenience of home delivery to the discernment of a sommelier. With access to every corner of the wine world, they can source emerging, rare and classic bottles at keen prices. Their burgeoning popularity makes for an increasingly crowded market, so SLMan asked Joe Fattorini – presenter of Amazon Prime’s The Wine Show – for his pick of the crop…

Changing the way you eat can have a massive impact on your health and fitness. SLMan asked The Mindful Chef and Shoreditch-based health food restaurant Atis for some easy ways to balance your diet. Read on to discover 19 direct swaps to set you on your way…

As start-up distilleries have emerged to tinker with its age-old formula, the world of gin has well and truly exploded. To help you cut a swath through this new landscape, we asked Olivier Ward at Gin Foundry for the brands worth knowing about, how to serve them and why it’s worth trying something new.

To make the most of wild mushroom season, we asked some of our favourite chefs for fresh ways to bring the multifunctional fungi into your dinner plans…