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Richard McComb

Richard McComb

Birmingham's cafe society finding the perfect blend

Richard McComb gets a flavour of Birmingham’s thriving independent cafes. Read

Marco Pierre White’s lofty ambitions for Birmingham's rooftop

What are we to make of Marco Pierre White's new restaurant on the top floor of The Cube? Richard McComb considers.Read

Masterchef winner Lisa Faulkner and judge Gregg Wallace at Solihull food event

The BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef champion Lisa Faulkner is joining TV judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace at a Meet The MasterChefs event at Peel’s Restaurant, in Hampton-in-Arden, Solihull, this week.Read

Simpsons owner to open steak restaurant in Kenilworth

Andreas Antona, the owner of Simpsons in Birmingham, is to open a second restaurant specialising in steaks.Read

Chef Jason Eaves follows in the footsteps of Glynn Purnell

The boy is back in town. Food Critic Richard McComb talks to Glynn Purnell’s new head chef, Jason Eaves.Read

Jamie Oliver's Italian job ... and his Bullring pasta

The TV chef tells Richard McComb that his Bullring pasta is impossible to resist as his latest Mediterranean venture prepares to open in the city.Read

Richard McComb: Stark choice of Diva Fever

Only on the X Factor could a presenter get away with such abject, hyperbolic, borderline insulting, nonsense.Read

Jamie Oliver sounds alarm over school dinners funding

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has pleaded with David Cameron not to cut spending on school dinners and said wielding the axe would go against what “every sane parents knows.”Read

Food for thought at the new RSC theatre in Stratford

New venues will whet the appetites of diners at the RSC theatre, writes Richard McComb.Read

Tantalising Toulouse

Richard McComb falls under the spell of La Ville RoseRead

The art of cider-making in Herefordshire

Food Critic Richard McComb raises a glass or two to the bittersweet delights of artisan cider-making.Read

Shoddy service sees Birmingham snubbed in Good Pub Guide

In the era of the triple-cooked chip and tempura haddock, dining pubs and traditional boozers have been given a battering for shoddy service.Read

Richard McComb: Futile battle of the underpants bulge

Is this really what women want? Marks & Sparks is introducing a new range of men’s undies that (and I am sorry, but there really is no other way to say this) make a chap’s old chap look chunkierRead

West Midlands has cheapest beer but few decent pubs, says new guide

The West Midlands has the cheapest beer in England, according to a new guide.Read

West Midlands has cheapest beer but few decent pubs, says new guide

The West Midlands has the cheapest beer in England, according to a new guide.Read

Restaurant Review: The Fountain, in Clent, Worcestershire

Aren’t awards brilliant? A public recognition of selfless endeavour and attainment. There are awards on show everywhere at this country pub. Read

Richard McComb: Why I'm bitter about Twitter

I’ve done a SWOT analysis on my social networking credentials, running through my “strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.”Read

Handsworth's wartime heroine of the Birmingham Blitz

A previously unpublished letter in the vaults of Birmingham Central library reveals the unsung heroics of a female ambulance driver during the Blitz, writes Richard McComb.Read

Memories of the Luftwaffe blitz on Birmingham still painful, 70 years on

As Birmingham prepares to remember those who died on the Home Front, Richard McComb discovers that emotions are still raw some 70 years since the start of the Blitz.Read

Jason Atherton has the world at his feet after leaving Gordon Ramsay

Richard McComb talks to Jason Atherton about Malaysian food and life after Gordon Ramsay.Read

Author Profile

Richard McComb is a columnist, writer and restaurant critic for The Birmingham Post. Likes: Stevie Wonder (1963-1982 output); taking the long view; beaches; jumpers for goalposts. Dislikes: (Amongst others) enablement; spitting; the short straw; double maths.