The air feels a little crisper. Leaves crunch underfoot. Daylight’s shorter, but twilight glows more warmly. It’s apple season. Such bundle-up weather has Londonist pulling out our most favoured woolly jumpers (well, we never really put them away) and listening to disproportionate amounts of Neil Young. Autumnal conditions have got hold of Moti Mahal’s Chef Ani as well. In fact, the dude’s come up with a collection of ten apple chutneys to sample for......

Saturday morning had Londonist sitting in on a cookery class at “chic and contemporary Indian restaurant” Moti Mahal (near Covent Garden at 45 Great Queen Street, WC2B 5AA). The student/teacher ratio was low (about ten in our class). And, our teacher, head chef Anirudh Arora (aka Chef Ani) was brilliant. His guided tour of Moti Mahal’s thriving kitchen impressed us, as did his mellow yet authoritative manner while sharing his cookery skills. Indeed, the......

From this Saturday (26th July) and occurring during the last Saturday of every month until 29th November, Covent Garden’s Moti Mahal Indian restaurant will host cookery classes led by head chef Anirudh Arora. More commonly known as Chef Ani, Anirudh will share his kitchen and his knowledge as a master of Indian cuisine with small groups of eight guests with informal two-hour classes starting at 10.30am. Participants will have the opportunity to learn how......