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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.

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.

Rusk & Rusk continues Glasgow restaurant expansion

Restaurant group Rusk & Rusk has launched its fourth Glasgow site following a £1m investment.

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.

How restaurants can create a good (and profitable) Christmas drinks list

Make Christmas go with a bang with an appealing festive drinks offering.

UKHospitality issues warning over falling migrant numbers

The falling number of migrants working in the UK could result in ‘disaster’ for restaurants, hotels and pubs, UKHospitality has warned.

Bocuse d’Or World Final to honour Joël Robuchon

The Bocuse d’Or World final is to pay homage to legendary French chef Joël Robuchon following his passing earlier this year.

Semi finalists for 2019 Gold Service Scholarship announced

Gold Service Scholarship has announced the 42 candidates that have made it to the semi finals.

Chef Nico Simeone to launch Glasgow gastropub

Chef Nico Simeone is to launch a gastropub in Glasgow, his third site in the city.

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