The secret history of London’s restaurants

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In October 1976, London’s restaurant scene was transformed when Michael Caine, chef Richard Shepherd and entrepreneur Peter Langan opened Langan’s. The celebrity haunt quickly became the city’s most talked-about restaurant, helping establish London as an international dining destination. London never looked back. Over the next five decades, the city became a global culinary melting pot: home to superstar chefs, fierce rivalries, influential critics, dining fads, scandals, oversized egos and endless innovation.