Best Authentic Restaurants in East Finchley

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1. Authentic Ethiopian Cooking Class & Supper Club

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££££Price: Expensive

• Ethiopian • Shepherd's Bush

Chef Nazareth welcomes you to Delina Kitchen - a cafe and purpose built kitchen in Shepherds Bush Market, one of the older food markets in West London.Learn how to cook 3 authentic traditional Ethiopian dishes, mastering delicious recipes and learning new cooking techniques. Enjoy your homemade feast after the cooking class (or take it away if you prefer). You will master the art of making traditional Ethiopian coffee/tea, which you can enjoy whilst you cook!Nazareth uses simple cooking techniques and teaches you how to prepare fresh and healthy dishes including vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free meals. You will use key ingredients that are essential to Ethiopian cooking, such as organic spices, herbs, legumes and multi-grains.

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2. Chef Pratap - Supper Club

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££££Price: Very Expensive

• International • Highbury

Pratap Chahal, has cooked at Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, Chez Bruce, Cinnamon Club and Galvin Bistrot, amongst others. He is accompanied by his wife Nikhat, who looks after Front of House.

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3. The Chefs Table Supper Club at Eleven98

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££££Price: Very Expensive

• Contemporary British • Stoke Newington

Michelin-trained Chef Aidan Brooks, creator of 'Eleven98', invites you to experience his Chef's Table concept: an innovative and sustainable fine-dining tasting menu served in the gorgeous dining room at his secret Hackney location.Eleven98's social dining at The Chef's Table begins with a quirky welcome cocktail on arrival, allowing folks time to gather and mingle. Then everyone will take a pew, sit back and delve into a sequence of 9 carefully curated tasting courses, based entirely on Hackney-sourced produce. Hackney, because that's the borough in which chef Aidan Brooks was born and bred. All of the fruit and veg on his menus has to have been cultivated or foraged in the borough, and everything else has to be Hackney-produced or sourced.Aidan's interactive style of service means he's on hand to offer insightful details behind each dish. This makes the whole experience way more than just a meal. Have a look at the sample menu below.

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4. Supper Club Host Emilie - Wine Tasting

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££££Price: Expensive

• Winery • Islington

Learn about the concept of natural wine, the differences between conventional wine-making processes and how to taste and describe wine using the WSET systematic approach to tasting with wine expert Emilie. In this unique wine tasting you will leave with more wine confidence, new knowledge about natural wine and (hopefully) a buzz. Never ask for a "dry Red wine" at a restaurant ever again!Emilie is an expat living in London with a passion for food and wine. When she is not working her day job in finance she is often cooking, hosting and drinking as her alter ego @redheadedwellness. Emilie lives in a Georgian town home nestled on a brick lined street in London's Borough of Islington.

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5. Chef Bita - Supper Club

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££££Price: Very Expensive

• Persian • Paddington

Growing up in Iran, where every single meal is a feast and our gatherings are based around vibrant and plentiful dishes. I fell in love with the art of Persian food which was nurtured, with age old recipe passed down through the generations. To this day I mostly make Persian food and my heart will always be there.After a 20 year career in teaching, it wasn’t easy to completely switch paths to give my passion a go, but after my first supper club in 2014, and a lot of encouragement from so many, I knew it was the right path. Since then I have enjoyed being a tv chef, working in Michelin star restaurants and writing for food cookbook. But my passion for health, the art of cooking, and creating community and a society which brings joy and change to peoples lives is still my main drive, and I feel that my supper clubs really nurture that desire and make me a very happy chef :)

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6. Delirium Supper Club

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££££Price: Very Expensive

• Fusion / Eclectic • Clerkenwell

We are excited to bring you Series 4 of Delirium dining club. Following the sell-out success of previous series Chef Ricky Evans is back at the Boathouse. Come alone or bring a friend, mingle with other people at a communal table, indulging in fine dining. Chef Ricky has developed a show-stopping menu, showcasing the best of sustainable British winter ingredients in a creative way designed to intrigue, challenge and confuse your senses.

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7. Chef Rex - Supper Club

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££££Price: Very Expensive

• International • Dalston

THE CHEF WITH A MISSIONChef Rex has made it his mission to pioneer and popularise Filipino cuisine in the UK since 2014. He established his following, by running a series of successful popup restaurants to show case his interpretation of Filipino cuisine.In 2016, the British born Filipino chef, embarked on a 3 month culinary research expedition to the Philippines to gain an insight into the many regional specialties that the Philippines has to offer and to share that knowledge back home in the UK.The ambitious chef and aspiring entrepreneur now continues to popularise the cuisine through his cooking channel as seen on Youtube and most recently, through his street food business; 'TURO TURO' which specializes in Filipino barbecue and street food. Chef Rex also competed in the 'British Street Food Awards' in 2019, winning the title of "Southern Champion" in the regional heats and then competing in the National Finals to win 'Best Vegetarian Dish' in the UK

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8. Chef Fergus - Supper Club

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££££Price: Very Expensive

• International • Notting Hill

Fergus spent the majority of his life as a passionate home chef, until his late 20's when stepped into a professional kitchen for the first time. He quickly got hooked on the buzz of a busy service, but also to need to explore and experiment far more then what is practical in a typical restaurant. Toward the end of 2019 he decided do induce his own baptism of fire, by launching a supper club serving a taster menu of experimental dishes in his home town. Alkemio is actually the Esperanto spelling for alchemy, Esperanto was a language that was constructed out of the world's languages and had no real home. Fergus aims to take inspiration from cuisine across the world, combining ingredients, flavour profiles and formats in ways you have not seen before, all the while elevating each dish with technique and presentation to make it unforgettable!

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9. Hoxton French Supper Club

5.0

Exceptional(2)

££££Price: Very Expensive

• International • Hoxton

Join hosts Guillaume and Maja - professional head chef and restaurant manager duo - for a modern, seasonal French-inspired tasting menu hosted at GILVIC, an exclusive creative dining space on the Kingsland Road in the heart Hoxton. Guillaume will welcome you with a delicious welcome cocktail on arrival, before serving a 4-course tasting menu based on seasonal, locally-sourced British produce, and expect some little surprises along the way.Chef Guillaume collaborate with local artists, art galleries and ceramicists and will serve each course on beautiful handcrafted ceramics, which are available to buy on the night. Social dining is not always available (post covid) so you may have a private table. See the sample menu below.

10. Chef Jon's Nepalese Tasting Menu in Hackney

3.7

Very Good(3)

££££Price: Very Expensive

• International • Hoxton

Professional chef Jon Villar has over 20 years of experience. Former head chef at PJ's Grill, Kopapa, MBER, and GammaGamma, he has now set up residency in a private members club in Shoreditch – The King’s Head. Jon works around the clock to offer fresh flavours, with a mix of authentic classic and modern innovative Asian dishes. His inspiration comes from the flavours he experienced growing up in the Philippines, and his later travels around Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Join Jonathan for his 8-course Nepalese Tasting Menu.

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Liam
London •1 review
5.0
Dined 2 days ago
Great food and great service will be back for more !
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Jam DelishPrice: Expensive• Vegan• Angel
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4.5
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Keiron
Birmingham/West Midlands •4 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
We had a lovely Valentine’s evening at the German Gymnasium. Service was excellent, food was marvellous. We did not opt for the Valentines menu as it felt too restrictive as we had the normal menu.
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German GymnasiumPrice: Expensive• German• King's Cross
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4.1
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Troy
London •5 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
Went for lunch and was really delicious food, felt really authentically mexican and stood out from other Mexican restaurants I’ve eaten at. Great cocktails and service. I’d like to go back for dinner when I can imagine the atmosphere and energy would be amazing. I will definitely go back and recommend it to friends.
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Mestizo Camden - Mexican RestaurantPrice: Expensive• Mexican• Euston
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4.4
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Felicity
London •1 review
5.0
Dined 5 days ago
Fantastic! We had the feasting menu and it more than lived up to our expectations. Meeting Sebby was an added bonus!
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Farang LondonPrice: Expensive• Thai• Highbury/Islington
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4.7
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Laura
London •1 review
5.0
Dined on 7 Feb 2025
Service was great - the guy serving us helped everyone with cocktail choices and also advised on foo options. We also asked if we could go to the cantina after our dinner and drinks and he spoke with the hostess who organised this for us - reserved us a table and our waiter took us down there. All my friends loved the food and the cocktails are just as good! I've been a few times before - before the refurb and moving upstairs and i just love it!
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Corrochio'sPrice: Moderate• Mexican• Dalston
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4.5

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