In the latest instalment of our Kitchen Equipment Special Feature we asked chefs working in pub, restaurant and hotel kitchens to tell us the one bit of kit they couldn't live without and we filmed three of them showing us exactly what made the equipment special.

Published: 22-Feb-2012

Since Mayfair brasserie Hush opened its doors in 1999, founder Jamie Barber has gained a reputation for a hands-on approach to choosing and launching varied restaurant concepts from Kitchen Italia to Villandry so BigHospitality caught up with him to talk success and failure.

Published: 15-Feb-2012

The director of London 2012 games transport at Transport for London, Mark Evers, has told BigHospitality transport help and advice is available for restaurants, hotels and bars and pubs but hospitality businesses also need to help themselves.

Published: 01-Feb-2012

Ahead of Valentine's Day leading patissier and chocolatier Will Torrent shows us some top recipes for maximising restaurant dessert sales when diners are increasingly looking for lower fat, lower calorie or lower cost options which can provide a challenge for pastry chefs.

Published: 18-Jan-2012

Restaurant editor William Drew heads to the kitchens of Les Deux Salons in London to spend a day as a kitchen porter.

Published: 11-Jan-2012

It is now almost two years since the Sustainable Restaurant Association launched in a bid to help restaurants, pubs and caterers become more sustainable and hundreds of businesses have since been audited and rated.

Published: 01-Dec-2011

Chef Bruno Loubet talks through his plans for a second London restaurant and gives his views on French restaurants in the UK and Michelin in this exclusive interview with BigHospitality.

Published: 16-Nov-2011

Food may have become the saviour of the British pub, but that doesn't mean that operators can get away with sticking a few classic dishes on a menu and hoping for the best.

Published: 02-Nov-2011

It has been endorsed by Heston Blumenthal, Ferran Adria, Thomas Keller and David Chang, so it's no wonder that Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is one of the most talked-about books in the culinary world.

Published: 14-Oct-2011

Day two of The Restaurant Show is almost at an end. Highlights from today include demonstrations from chefs Ashley Palmer-Watts, Bruno Loubet and Elena Arzak and the National Chef of the Year competition.

Published: 11-Oct-2011

The Restaurant Show 2011 has kicked off at Earls Court 2 today. If you missed it, here are some highlights.

Published: 10-Oct-2011

International contest The Bocuse d'Or is probably the greatest chef's competition in the world, which means it's vitally important that the right person fronts the British team.

Published: 05-Oct-2011

Westfield Stratford City attracted 200,000 visitors to its launch on 13 September, who were queuing en masse for a taste of what its 70 restaurants had to offer.

Published: 21-Sep-2011

Judges for the 2011 National Chef of the Year competition claim the eight finalists chosen represent the diversity and strength of the British dining scene today.

Published: 14-Sep-2011

Earlier this year BigHospitality announced that Jay Rayner, UK chair of the S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards would be stepping down from his position of three years.

Published: 07-Sep-2011

While beer sales have been steadily declining over the past few years, pub operators could be missing a trick by not addressing the beer buying potential of the female drinker.

Published: 17-Aug-2011

We’re moving rapidly towards a cashless society, and with the rise of the smartphone as the one item we cannot live without, it’s inevitable that the future of payment is through our handsets.

Published: 03-Aug-2011

If consumers are not willing to recognise calorie information on menus, how much responsibility should the hospitality industry be shouldering for the nation’s expanding waistline?

Published: 20-Jul-2011

With a 20-strong stable of restaurants, pubs and inns Marco Pierre White has gone from Britain’s first three Michelin-starred chef to celebrated businessman.

Published: 06-Jul-2011

It’s been a busy year for Jamie Oliver. The celebrity chef has seen his Jamie’s Italian restaurant chain open its first international site in Dubai; the second series of Jamie’s American Food Revolution is currently airing on Channel 4; and he recently announced plans to roll out a new restaurant chain entitled Union Jacks.

Published: 23-Jun-2011

Delegates at the inaugural Boutique Hotel Summit this week were told to watch their pricing structure for the 2012 London Olympic Games to avoid pricing themselves out of the market.

Published: 16-Jun-2011

Mid-market hotel brand Jurys Inn has spent the last couple of years reinventing its misconceived budget sector image and doubling its UK and Ireland estate.

Published: 08-Jun-2011

Britain has one of the highest VAT rates for the hospitality industry in the European Union, eclipsing 21 countries that have a lower rate for hotels, and 13 with a lower rate for restaurants and caterers.

Published: 25-May-2011

Mark Sargeant has revealed plans to roll out his new fish and chip concept The Smokehouse across Kent and Sussex coastal towns once his inaugural site in Folkestone launches next month.

Published: 11-May-2011

Following a two week soft launch period the five-star St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel has now opened – exactly 138 years since the original hotel at St. Pancras International launched.

Published: 05-May-2011