I find more people want to eat a little less. My generation, we're all watching our figures. They want to go to the bar and eat a few snacks, have a couple of cocktails or glasses of wine, and go home. People don't sit down at the table and have a whole three or four courses.

In addition to the Boston restaurant English holds a second Olives at the five-star Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas and a third in New York City in Union Square which was recently renovated and under the direction of new executive chef Patrick Malone. The restaurant was named Best New Restaurant by Boston magazine and has been honored as Best Food and Top Table by Gourmet magazine. restaurant in Las Vegas was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame.

His life and career received a chapter in Super Chef by Juliette Rossant who had written previously about English for Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 list. William Todd English (born August 29 1960) is a celebrity chef restaurateur author entrepreneur and television personality based in Boston Massachusetts United States.