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Forbes
7 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Marlow Is Monte Carlo's First British Restaurant
Marlow is Monte Carlo's first British restaurant. Over the last few years, Monaco's culinary scene has shifted. Renowned for its glitz and glamour, Monte Carlo recently begun establishing itself as a culinary hotspot, drawing in visitors for its abundance of dining offerings, including popular restaurants like Pavyllon, The Blue Bay, Yoshi and Le Grill. Amazonico, COYA, BeefBar and Nobu also have locations in the capital. To further evolve its offerings, the destination just opened its first British restaurant, Marlow. 'British cuisine is in our DNA at Marlow,' says Bryan Gaillard, director of Marlow restaurant at Monte-Carlo Sociétes des Bains de Mer, in an email interview with Forbes."We believe that great food should be honest, seasonal, and elevated without ever feeling pretentious. That's exactly what we serve: beautifully crafted dishes for everyone, for any moment, whether it's a quiet dinner for two or a table full of friends raising a glass to something worth celebrating." Taking inspiration from English private members' clubs and the Mediterranean sun, it intends to serve food that feels effortless and can be enjoyed over a conversation. 'It's been so rewarding to see guests breaking bread together, passing dishes around and diving into flavors that nod to our British roots while still feeling fresh and relevant,' says Gaillard. 'Our signature plates are the soul of the menu, those familiar, bold flavors that keep the heart of Marlow unmistakably British, but we never let it feel heavy-handed. It's about striking the right note, and I think we've found it.' The British restaurant is known for its relaxed, shareable style of dining. The British restaurant is known for its relaxed, shareable style of dining. It offers English-inspired dishes, beginning from 8:30 am with a full English breakfast until midnight. Other menu specialities include Beef Wellington and truffle purée or the Marlow pie with walnuts, honey, mushrooms, rocket and Cheddar. On Sundays, the spot has brunch with complimentary champagne, and there is also an English tea time with pastries, finger sandwiches and scones. At the end of the day, the venue shifts into a sleek bar, complete with a cocktail menu that takes inspiration from British classics (like the Vesper Martini, Hanky Panky or Milk Punch). 'When it comes to drinks, I wanted our cocktail offering to stand shoulder to shoulder with the best in London, modern, clean, and driven by what's in season,' explains Gaillard. 'It's something we've worked hard to perfect, and now, having it all enjoyed on our beautiful new terrace overlooking the Mareterra esplanade feels like the missing piece. There's nothing quite like sipping a perfectly made cocktail as the Riviera sun sets. It's exactly the experience we envisioned when building out this concept.' Alongside British classic cocktails, Marlow will also serve a selection of whiskies, cognacs and rums and have a cigar cellar. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, there will be live music playing in the venue. Marlow is the latest addition to over twenty-five different restaurants from SBM, ranging from Café de Paris to Le Louis XV. Located within the newly opened eco-district of Mareterra, the all-day dining concept is the first restaurant to open within the new space.
Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Tom Kerridge reveals the European destination with the best food - amid rumours he's set to replace John Torode on MasterChef
Could British superchef Tom Kerridge be the man to take hugely successful BBC cookery show MasterChef into a new era, following the highly controversial departures of presenting duo John Torode and Gregg Wallace? The odds on it happening are shortening by the day, but he wouldn't put a bet on himself - at least not for now. The 51-year-old tells MailOnline Travel: 'The phone hasn't rang yet! I doubt it will be me but whoever does get the role has a magical experience coming their way. It's a phenomenal show.' Kerridge is a busy man, and shoehorning one of Britain's biggest TV shows into a schedule that already includes running a six-restaurant empire - said to be worth more than £37million - that started with his two Michelin-starred pub The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, wouldn't be easy. He already spends nine weeks a year filming another BBC hit, Great British Menu, and has just finished filming the follow-up to Tom Kerridge Cooks Britain, which bagged more than a million viewers per episode when it aired on ITV in the autumn. For the follow-up series, airing this week and in collaboration with M&S Food, he's pointed his compass at Spain, spending five weeks trundling a bright blue 1980s Mercedes truck north to south, east to west in Britain's favourite holiday destination - and saying hola! to some very unique producers. 'One of the characters we met - and I loved this guy so much - was called Juan. He's a rice farmer but he's also a former Spain's strongest man. 'The juxtaposition between this absolute giant monster of a man who's up at five in the morning training, and then he's spending this wonderful, tranquil time in the rice fields sowing his rice plants.' That Spain even has rice fields - Tom visited the Ebro Delta in the Catalonia region - was amazing to the chef, who grew up with a single mum on a council estate in Gloucestershire, with childhood holidays rare. 'The highlight of the whole series for me was probably those paddy fields. When you think of rice fields you always think of South-east Asia - but of course, Spain's most famous dish is paella!' He loved the 'amazing' anchovies in the Bay Of Biscay, saying the northern Spanish coastal towns felt 'like a really hot Cornwall' with their rugged coastline and cobalt horizons - 'and the working fishing ports were beautiful and brilliant'. The weather was universally hot, except for one day of filming in Seville in which the series celebrated the city's famous oranges, for which Kerridge conjured up citrus-inspired dishes. 'The region has more sunshine than any other part of Spain - except the day that we visited, when it was like a November day in Oldham, throwing it down with rain and freezing cold.' How's his Spanish? He laughs: 'Really rubbish. I haven't got a brain for languages. It's just not there. I love culture and I love meeting new people and learning new words... but they don't stay in my brain.' Exploring the world is something Kerridge, who's married to sculptor Beth Cullen, says he's still learning to do. His childhood summer holidays were mostly spent 'hanging around having fun with my mates' on the estate where he grew up - although two classic British bucket-and-spade destinations did feature. Tranquility: For new series Tom Kerridge Cooks Spain, the chef headed for the paddy fields on Spain's Ebro Delta - and found a former Spain strongman planting rice 'To be honest, I didn't really have many holidays [as a child]. We had a couple to the Isle of Wight, my mum, myself and my brother. 'We went probably two or three years in a row to a holiday camp, staying in chalets. It felt really important for me because we went on a ferry - it felt like we were properly leaving, we weren't just driving there.' There's big nostalgia for Weston-super-Mare in the Bristol Channel too, where the family would take day trips to the beach. 'It's only down the M5 from where I grew up in Gloucester. It was a big holiday town and I still have huge fond memories of Western, I think it's amazing.' He didn't get on a plane 'until I was 18' and holidays didn't feature while he was carving out the stellar career that's made him one of Britain's most famous chefs. 'I was in the kitchen as an 18-year-old and that was it. I don't regret it at all - I loved every minute of it. 'The first holiday that I probably went on was with my wife Beth. We went to a small little Greek island and it was it was magic. 'I just remember thinking, wow, holidays are amazing. I can't believe I've waited until I'm 25 to do this.' Kerridge took a retro 1980s Mercedes truck around Spain for his latest ITV series Tom pictured as a child, he grew up on a Gloucester council estate and says holidays were a rarity - and became even more scarce as he threw everything at making it as a top chef 'Now, we always try to go back to one of the Greek islands, I like Crete a lot. It's a four-hour flight, the weather is beautiful, the people are lovely. 'The vocabulary of Greek food is very, very simple too but you can always get something pretty tasty, whether it's grilled fish, simply roasted potatoes or just a Greek salad.' He's determined to make up for lost time on the holiday front and 'expand our horizons. With wife Beth and son Acey, nine, the family escapes two or three times a year now, he says, with winter sun, a European summer jaunt and an annual trip to Carrara in Tuscany, where Beth sources the marble for her sculptures, their general routine. 'In all honesty, I normally do what I'm told. I'm super busy so my wife books the holidays! We try and get some winter sun, we'll have Christmas with the family, then go away for New Year with another chef and his family. This year it was Thailand, which was phenomenal.' You won't find him by the pool though with a book though. 'I'm not very good at sitting on a sunbed and doing nothing. 'I'll be there for about six minutes and then I'll say "what are we doing now?". It drives my wife nuts.' Thankfully, he's got a partner in crime to turn to. 'I'm quite lucky that my son's nine - we're more like brothers, to be honest. The star took his first proper holiday with now wife Beth Cullen, a sculptor, when he was 25 and says while he can't sit still on beach breaks - he's got a partner in crime, son Acey, nine, to have adventures with Family favourite: The top chef is a big fan of Greece and Greek food, saying simple dishes such as salads, grilled fish and potatoes are done really well (Pictured: Crete) 'We'll say: "Let's go play somewhere with the ball. Let's go throw something at something. Let's go swimming. Should we go find a go-kart track? What about going on a jet ski?" 'Later in the day, Beth comes and finds us somewhere. 'By the time she's read her book and is ready for lunch, we've played seventeen games of table tennis, had a go at water skiing and flown a kite.' Speaking of lunch... when it comes to holiday food, Tom says he's not always expecting culinary alchemy - 'bog standard is fine' - but there's destinations he rates with his chef's hat on: 'Singapore is always amazing, Hong Kong is also brilliant and Asia is somewhere I'd like to go a lot more to. 'I'd love to do India and Sri Lanka. We try to expand our horizons and go and eat in as many places and visit as many places as possible.' He reluctantly admits he didn't like Portugal - saying a burger he ate at a water park was 'one of the worst things I've ever eaten' - but is forgiving. 'I think it was the wrong time of year, we went to the wrong place and it wasn't Portugal's fault.' Over the border in Spain for his most recent TV adventure though, it was, happily, a much better foodie proposition - with easy-to-recreate dishes in the new series including crispy tempura anchovies, a pork chop and white-bean stew and yes, paella. 'I loved seeing how rich and vast the country is with so many different varying areas. 'You've got foodie Meccas such as Catalonia, Andalucia and San Sebastian - it's a country that's so full of passion for food, for flavour and for life. 'It was great doing the Britain show and it's been magic now adding Spain too.'
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'Above and beyond' - Mum thanks primary school as daughter leaves for secondary
A Marlow mother has praised has described a Buckinghamshire primary school as 'one of the best' after they assisted her child's needs. Kelly Ann Pevy exclusively spoke to the Free Press about the positive work Claytons Primary School in Bourne End has done to help her 11-year-old daughter, Ellie, who has ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Ellie joined the school at the age of nine in the spring/summer of 2023 in year 4 , after stints at two different education establishments in the area. Her mother revealed that following a chat and tour of Clayton's two years ago, she believed that she 'wasn't rushed' when asking questions, and that the school wanted to be 'positive' in helping her daughter. She said: 'They have done so much for us. I can't thank them enough. 'I have been one of those parents who, in the past, have been very negative about schools, so to find a school that I am so positive about, they deserve to have recognition. 'Ellie previously went to two small village schools, and even though they were lovely, they were not for children who have additional needs. 'I did try with these two schools, and as a parent, it was very emotional because I was made to feel that it was my parenting, and both schools told me that maybe I needed to find a different school. 'I didn't want to keep moving Ellie, but if I did, I wanted to find a school that would accommodate her, and I did a lot of research, and one parent recommended Clayton's. 'I'm just so impressed with them and relieved that Ellie has had a positive end to primary school life. 'She's only been here for two years, and she's told me that this is the best primary school she's been to. 'I get choked up when she hears that. 'Claytons went above and beyond with everything - they are one of the best.' During the last two years, Ellie has integrated into life at Claytons by getting involved in class activities and making friends, one of whom will be joining her in her new adventure at Great Marlow School in September. The positive news will be very pleasing for the school's headteacher, Mrs Jensa Carter, who praised her team and staff for helping with Ellie's development. She said: 'We are a very special school as we look after our children particularly well. 'It's all about building strong and positive relationships with the children and their parents and carers, which is highly important. 'Ellie hasn't been with us for very long, but we have had a big impact on her and her family, and have helped them have a positive journey as they move onto secondary education. 'I lead an incredible staff body that culture of support, positive behavioural management and yes, making difficult decisions, which is a whole school ethos which is important. 'We want all of our children to reach their full potential.'
Metro
16-07-2025
- Business
- Metro
France considers axing bank holidays - would Brits riot if UK does the same?
Bank Holidays are for washing the car, firing up the BBQ and maybe even filling up a paddling pool – if you're not living under a hosepipe ban of course. But as France toys with the idea of scrapping Easter Monday and VE Day bank holidays to provide a much-needed boost to their economy, Metro asks top economists if the UK could follow suit. With the UK facing a similar yawning spending black hole, experts consider whether one less day of rest could be the answer, and if so, which day it should be. One less day of rest means one more day of workers back in the office and being economically productive, argues Maxwell Marlow, Director of Public Affairs at the Adam Smith Institute. Indeed research suggests each bank holiday costs the UK £2.3 billion. With economic growth declining in April and then in May this year, that boost could be an 'attractive' option for the Chancellor. Marlow told Metro: 'In terms of the facts and figures, scrapping a bank holiday would be good for GDP and they should probably do it.' Senior Economist Charlie Cornes agreed that cutting a bank holiday would help to balance the books. It could also be a 'creative', but unlikely, way Rachel Reeves could avoid tax rises or spending cuts in the Autumn Budget. Less bank holidays would hit an already struggling hospitality sector, economists told Metro. Bars, restaurants, pubs and shops all see a boost to their profits when Brits are off work and socialising, explained Cornes, Senior Economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). But as the sector continues to be 'in a lot of trouble, facing rising costs and labour shortages, one less public holiday could be the nail in the coffin'. While a cut to bank holidays could see a short-term boost to GDP, the risk is that the move would upset and demotivate workers. Prof Stephen Millard told Metro: 'Public holidays are partly about morale. Less days off could damage morale and could mean people won't work as hard.' The UK only has eight public holidays a year as it is – compared to 14 in Spain, 11 in France and nine in Germany and Ireland. Prof Millard, who is the Interim Director at National Institute of Economic and Social Research, explained that workers might just ask their bosses for more annual leave anyway – making the cuts less effective. 'The idea that a government would want to scrap public holidays as a way of improving public finances doesn't seem to be the right sort of logic,' he added. Above all, the move would be 'too politically toxic' and unpopular for the Chancellor to ever consider. 'There would be riots on the streets,' Marlow predicted. The most costly bank holidays, Christmas and Boxing Day, are also the most culturally important, adds the Adam Smith Institute economist. 'They are total turn-off days for the economy' because shops shut and people stay at home with friends and family. Marlow added: 'If the Chancellor was going to cut a bank holiday, it'd probably be one of the seasonal bank holidays in May or August. They are not cultural bank holidays.' Economics lecturer Renaud Foucart believes that people are attached to the May breaks from work and that if Reeves was going to target one she should pick the August holiday, due for August 25 this year. Cornes disagreed, however, saying the August day off needed to be protected because summer weather is most profitable for local tourism and hospitality. While the Easter bank holidays are also religiously and culturally significant, that leaves the early May holiday as the economist's choice too. Dr Siegel from Kent University says the May bank holidays have the highest impact on the economy because of disruptions to the construction sector that months – so agrees one of the two days off would be best to axe. All experts Metro spoke to saw the economic benefits of moving a bank holiday away from the 'cluster' of days off in the Spring. The UK always see two rest days for Easter and then two more just months later in May. 'This leads to multiple four-day weeks and could lead to increased disruption to the economy' explains Cornes. 'They have more of an impact than singular bank holidays.' Marlow called this 'front-loading' of days off 'crazy'. He believes that spreading them out would help GDP in the spring months. Moving a bank holiday would also address burnout faced by workers in the long stretch without a day off at the end of the year. Prof Millard explained: 'We have no holiday between the August bank holiday and Christmas. That's a very tough time for workers, that would have an effect on productivity.' More Trending Taking out the early May bank holiday and shifting it to later in the year could help workers and keep them 'happier', he speculated. Rachel Reeves and her advisors appear set to tackle the UK's financial challenges without touching bank holidays. A UK Government spokesperson told Metro: 'Economic growth is the number one mission of this government to deliver our Plan for Change. 'The current pattern of bank and public holidays is well established, and we have no plans to change it.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: What changes in ISAs could mean for you and where you should invest MORE: What changes to mortgages for first-time buyers means for you MORE: The Starmiversary is here – where did it all go so wrong?
Finextra
14-07-2025
- Business
- Finextra
SAS appoints chief financial officer
SAS, a global leader in data and AI that has its UK Headquarters in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, has appointed Matt Parson as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). 0 This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Matt succeeds long-time CFO David Davis, who is retiring after nearly 40 years of dedicated service and leadership at SAS. As CFO, Matt will lead SAS' global financial strategy, including forecasting, planning, capital management and investor engagement. He will also help shape operational priorities that support scalable growth, market expansion and long-term value creation. 'Matt joins us at a pivotal time,' said SAS CEO Jim Goodnight. 'From auditing at Big Four firms to steering the finances of global tech companies, Matt brings a blend of technical expertise, strategic insight, and leadership acumen that will benefit SAS as we continue evolving our operations and growth strategy for the future.' Over the past two decades, Matt has helped transform several high-growth technology companies. He spent 12 years at Red Hat, where he played a key role in its international expansion as the company scaled from $200 million to nearly $3 billion in annual revenue. He has since served as CFO at CloudBees and Paymentus - guiding the latter through a successful IPO - and most recently held dual roles as CFO and COO at ExtraHop, helping lead financial and operational strategy through a period of rapid growth. 'I'm honoured to join SAS as it builds momentum for the future,' said Parson. 'The company's reputation for innovation and customer impact is well-earned, and I look forward to partnering with the leadership team to build on that momentum and support the next phase of growth.'
