Results tagged “Filini” from Birmingham Mail - Restaurant Spy

Farewell to Chris Duffy, chef at the excellent Filini restaurant at the Radisson hotel in the city centre.

He's off to work at the company's newly opened hotel in Split in Croatia at the end of the month.

I've met Chris - a contributer to the Mail's Food + Drink section on Thursdays - on several occasions and he's a charming, knowledge bloke.

Welcome to his successor, Jonathan Parnell, who trained at the Savoy.

It's not often that my plates are anything other than empty when they return to a restaurant kitchen, but last night was an exception.

I was among a group of journalists invited to sample the new autumn/winter menu at Filini, the Italian restaurant at the eye-catching Radisson SAS Hotel in the city centre.

There was an enormous amount of food - a selection of superb cheeses and cured meats, bruschetta, a fabulous seafood and red wine risotto made with black rice, a lemon sorbet, wonderful tender beef stewed in Barola and served with polenta pungent with truffle, a selection of desserts.

Gluttony is not an attractive quality, but it is sometimes understandable.

Yesterday I spent the morning in the office and, as usual, snacked and lunched at my desk prior to what I thought would be a straightforward interview with Chris Duffy, head chef at Filini, the very good restaurant at the Radisson hotel.

We chatted away for half-hour then, enthused by the ingredients he gets to use, Chris disappeared into the kitchen to bring a few examples.

Two more competitions in the Food + Drink section of the Birmingham Mail tomorrow - the chance to win a meal at Filini and the chance to win a meal at Pizza Express. Give it a go.