What Happened to Doukan After Best Local Restaurant? (Wandsworth, UK)
Current status
As of October 2026, Doukan has closed per the business's own notice (April 20, 2015), reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact with the business.
Last verified
What the source shows: Time Out's listing for the Old York Road address is titled Doukan (CLOSED) on a page whose header shows 2015-04-20, and no current website or listing under the name turned up in a search on 2026-10-19.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 9
- Original air date
- Address 350 Old York Road, Wandsworth SW18 1SS
Address
350 Old York Road, Wandsworth SW18 1SS
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What happened after The F Word: Britain's Best Local Restaurant?
Doukan, a Moroccan restaurant at 350 Old York Road in Wandsworth, lost the heat shown on 2009-12-29 in the episode "Rest of the World" of Britain's Best Local Restaurant on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word (Channel 4), scoring 63 out of 100 against 77 for Retsina, according to Wikipedia. South West Londoner reported on 2014-03-05 that owner Khalil Abdesslem, born in Casablanca, cooks recipes passed down from his mother, that the show chose Doukan from over 10,000 entries as Ramsay's favourite local restaurant, and it highlighted danjal wal falfal, a cold aubergine dip with warm flatbread, Bastilla Fassilla, a filo parcel dusted with cinnamon and filled with diced chicken and almonds, a passionfruit creme brulee and a Sunday buffet brunch. Time Out marks the restaurant as closed in the title of its listing, on a page whose header shows 2015-04-20, though the review text beneath is still written in the present tense. A search run on 2026-10-19 turned up no current website or listing under the Doukan name.
Featured on The F Word: Britain's Best Local Restaurant
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Rest of the World
- What was featured
- Moroccan heat; scored 63 against Retsina's 77
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Doukan
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Visit info
- Address
- 350 Old York Road, Wandsworth SW18 1SS
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in London
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Sources
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_F_Word_(British_TV_series)
- timeout.com — https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/doukan
- swlondoner.co.uk — https://swlondoner.co.uk/?p=31167
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