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Emma Underwood: "Front of house staff have to be charming - most people are terrible at it"

The Stem restaurant manager and partner in the TMRW Project on why front of house need stages too

Som Saa fire chef for racist social media posts

A chef at one of London’s best-rated Thai restaurants has been fired after he was found to have posted a number of racially offensive Instagram posts and YouTube videos.

Latest opening: Hawksmoor Edinburgh

The Hawksmoor team has just launched its ninth restaurant, making its first foray outside the English border.

Friday Five: the week's top news

We round-up some of the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week

Pig & Pallet team to launch Exmouth pub-restaurant

The team behind Topsham smokehouse The Pig & Pallet will launch its first pub this month

Ex-UCB lecturer opens Birmingham pizza restaurant

A former catering lecturer at University College Birmingham (UCB) has launched his first permanent restaurant in the city.

The 'UK’s largest board game café' is coming to Shoreditch

It’s already home to a cafe that only serves cereal and soon Shoreditch will be the location for what is claimed to be the UK’s largest board game café.

Stephen Harris on being a self-taught chef

The Sportsman chef patron on learning how to cook from the books and restaurants of high profile chefs and how he ultimately went on to forge a style of his own.

Chef Kim Woodward joins 100 Wardour St

Kim Woodward has been named as the new executive chef at D&D London’s 100 Wardour St.

Latest opening: Ichiba

Tak Tokumine unveiled his latest project this week, billed as the biggest of its ilk in Europe.

A passage to India: Alun and Dawn Sperring on The Chilli Pickle Guildford

After a false start, Brighton & Hove Indian stalwart The Chilli Pickle is finally on the expansion trail with a new restaurant in Guildford.

Tristan Welch's Cambridge restaurant to open in August

Former Launceston Place head chef Tristan Welch will open his long-awaited Cambridge restaurant on 1 August.

Bundobust confirms Liverpool opening and eyes second Manchester site

Gujarati street food and craft beer concept Bundobust confirms its Liverpool opening and eyes up site for a second Manchester location.

Robin Rowland: "Restaurant business rates akin to the window tax"

The former CEO of YO! Sushi has likened the rise in restaurant business rates to the Dickensian window tax.

Independent kosher restaurant takes former Giraffe site

North London restaurant Tish will launch later this month, serving a fully kosher all-day menu of European cuisine and classic Jewish dishes.

The French national holiday takes place on 14 July, and although England almost ended up playing against Les Bleus in the World Cup final the hospitality industry will not be letting the day go by unnoticed.

Pret to open store run by ex-homeless staff

Pret A Manger is planning to open a store run entirely by members of staff who used to be homeless.

Rewriting the Million Pound Menu

In defining restaurant success as a big brand roll-out, BBC2’s Million Pound Menu is unrealistic and joyless

Luke Johnson: Majority of investors have "lost interest" in restaurants

Nine out of ten private equity groups have completely “lost interest” in the restaurant industry, according to serial investor Luke Johnson.

Leon's Thai Tuk Shop 'pops down' and disappears from Shaftesbury Avenue

Leon has closed its experimental Thai fast food restaurant Tuk Shop on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue after just two months of trading.

Chef Chantelle Nicholson to develop plant-based café concept

Chef Chantelle Nicholson is developing a plant-based café concept in partnership with contract caterer Graysons.

Casual Dining Group CEO: "My highest paid waitress is on £50k a year with tips"

The CEO of Casual Dining Group (CDG) has said the industry needs to dispel the “myth” that all restaurant workers are low paid.

Move over Nando’s, there’s a new piri piri place in town

Algarvian restaurant Casa do Frango marks a number of new projects in the capital for restaurant and bar group The Collective MJMK.

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