Food & Drinks
London Has a Fried Chicken Habit That Now Includes Champagne
Last year, the average Brit drank almost five times as much Champagne as the typical American. So the pairing should be little surprise.
Bebe Bob’s new fried chicken nuggets with a now ubiquitous Champagne pairing.
Photographer: Paul Winch-Furness
The UK’s fried chicken fixation is a longstanding one.
The no nonsense London chain Morley’s may have gone viral thanks to its sweet-spicy sauce collaborations with Heinz, but its first location opened in 1985. Amelia Dimoldenberg’s web series Chicken Shop Date dominates conversation; still the namesake chain where she hosts her idiosyncratic celebrity interviews got its start at a music festival in 2010.