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☆ The chef at London's Chishuru just won her first Michelin star. She started with a competition to open a pop-up restaurant.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on an interview with the founder and chef of Chishuru, Joké Bakare, about pursuing her dream to open a restaurant. A year later, some friends spotted a competition run by Brixton Village in south London — they were offering the winner a three-month pop-up restaurant. In some ways, the Brixton restaurant was straightforward — it was a small site with just 18 covers inside and 14 outside. Harriet LangfordThe restaurant's success continued and in April 2022, Time Out named Chishuru as London's best restaurant. It's the food that my grandmother might have cooked, but with a London restaurant spin.

Persons: —, Joké, Covid, Jay Rayner, Matt Paice, Bakare, Harriet Langford, they'd, I've, We've, Cook, Chishuru Harriet Langford, It's Organizations: Service, Ahmadu Bello University, Business, Brixton, The Observer, Michelin, uda Locations: Kaduna, Nigeria, London —, Brixton, London, Matt, Chishuru

☆ London's famed BT Tower sold to U.S. hotel group for $347 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON — British telecoms group BT said Wednesday it had agreed to sell London's iconic BT Tower — once an important piece of network infrastructure — to developer MCR Hotels for £275 million ($346.6 million). The 189-meter structure has loomed over the capital city's central Fitzrovia neighborhood since 1965, when it opened as the Post Office tower. It was also known for a revolving restaurant on its 34th floor, which took 22 minutes to complete a rotation. MCR Hotels owns 150 properties, including the TWA Hotel located in the former TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Tyler Morse, CEO of MCR Hotels, said the group would "preserve this beloved building and will work to develop proposals to tell its story as an iconic hotel."

Persons: John F, Tyler Morse Organizations: LONDON, BT, MCR, Post, MCR Hotels, TWA, TWA Flight, John, Kennedy International Locations: Fitzrovia, London

☆ The BT Tower, London’s futuristic landmark, to become hotel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Tourists who fancy getting a top-down view of London may soon be able to book themselves a room in the city’s famous BT Tower. Situated in Fitzrovia, central London, it was officially opened by the then-prime minister, Harold Wilson, the following year. An aerial view of the BT Tower Tim Motion/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty ImagesOriginally known as the Post Office Tower, the building was designed to relay microwave signals carrying telecommunications from London around the country. It remained London’s tallest building until 1980, when it was overtaken by the NatWest Tower in the financial district. It’s been a privilege to adapt the TWA Flight Center into new use for future generations, as it will be the BT Tower.”

Persons: Harold Wilson, Tim, Brent Mathews, “ It’s, Eero Saarinen’s, John F, Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, Tyler Morse, Morse, It’s Organizations: London CNN — Tourists, BT, “, BT Group, British, Post, NatWest, MCR, TWA, Big Apple, Art Deco New Yorker, TWA Flight, Center Locations: London, Westminster, Fitzrovia, England, New, JFK

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