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TOM AIKENS SERVES UP CLOUDY BAY
If you’d happened by Parsons Green at the weekend you’d have seen celebrity chef Tom Aikens cooking takeaway dishes in an ad-hoc shack erected by wine producer Cloudy Bay. The dishes, designed to go with Cloudy Bay wines and including spicy crab cakes and deep-fried paprika, are now available at his Chelsea brasserie Tom’s Kitchen throughout August, as are some of the scrummy wines. Tom’s Kitchen, 27 Cale Street, SW3 3QP. www.tomskitchen.co.uk
SHIRLEY AND RITA HIT THE WEST END
A double bill of Willy Russell’s classic comedies about women on the up, Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita, has opened at the Trafalgar Studios following an acclaimed revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory. Meera Syal stars as holidaying housewife Shirley Valentine, while Laura Dos Santos and Tim Piggott-Smith are Educating Rita’s Open University professor and pupil. Until 30 Oct, Trafalgar Studios 1, Whitehall, SW1A 2DY. Tickets from £15 from www.ambassadorstickets.com