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Latest opening: Pabellón

Lee Shipley's follow up to Circo is located in a listed building next to Brighton Pavilion and again blends Spanish and Asian influences.

Patisserie Valerie CEO resigns amid accounting investigation

The CEO of Patisserie Holdings has resigned amid an ongoing investigation in to the company's accounts.

Denbies winery to launch restaurant and hotel

Surrey winery Denbies Wine Estate is to launch a hotel and restaurant following a £4m investment drive.

Middletons Steakhouse & Grill continues regional expansion

Middletons Steakhouse & Grill is to launch its eighth restaurant, in Chelmsford, with plans for a further two openings in 2019.

We want.... bowls?

First-time restaurateur Zarifa Ragimova is to open a Soho restaurant that serves food only in bowls.

HOP Vietnamese changes up for fifth City site

Grab-and-go group HOP Vietnamese will launch its largest ever site at The Leadenhall Building (AKA The Cheesegrater) early next month.

KERB to launch its first bricks and mortar market

Street food collective KERB and major London landlord Shaftesbury are teaming up to open a food hall concept in a former warehouse building in Covent Garden.

Duncan Welgemoed: "Celebrity culture has caused chefs to become hypocrites"

Chef Duncan Welgemoed has warned the rise of celebrity chef culture is causing many in the restaurant industry to become ‘hypocrites’.

Five ways to raise your restaurant’s chocolate game

Want to get more creative with chocolate? Here's five interesting ways to dabble with the dark stuff.

Emily Roux: "If I'm going to make it I'm going to make it by myself"

Michel Roux Jr’s daughter opened her debut restaurant Caractère earlier this year with her Italian husband Diego Ferrari, in Notting Hill.

Chef Mitsuhiro Araki to leave his three-starred Mayfair restaurant

The head chef of the UK's only three-Michelin-starred sushi restaurant, The Araki, is leaving to return to his native Japan next year.

Breakfast carbonara and bespoke art: how Azzurri is keeping its Italian restaurants fresh

Azzurri Group says it is primed for further expansion following the group’s announcement that sales have rise 8.5% for the year to 1 July.

Hard Rock Cafe to launch flagship restaurant in Piccadilly Circus

Hard Rock International is to launch a fifth UK Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly Circus, a short walk from its original location on Old Park Lane.

Arch Hotel London to rebrand after sale to Japanese firm

The Arch Hotel in London has been sold to a Japanese leisure company, which plans to relaunch it under a new international brand.

How I Got Here: Mark Lilley

Mark Lilley founded healthy eating chain Abokado in 2004 with his wife Lindsay. The company has grown to 23 locations across London with further growth planned for next year.

Fortnum & Mason opens first City restaurant

Fortnum & Mason has opened its first restaurant and store in the City of London as part of what the company says is the ‘next evolution’ of its brand.

Freaking out: restaurant milkshakes accused of containing 'grotesque' sugar levels

Restaurant brands Toby Carvery and Five Guys have been singled out for serving milkshakes with ‘alarming’ and ‘grotesque’ levels of sugar by health charity Action on Sugar.

Flash-grilled: Stephen Tozer

Stephen Tozer founded Le Bab with Ed Brunet in Soho back in 2015. Earlier this year the pair launched a larger upmarket kebab restaurant in Covent Garden called Maison Bab.

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