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Ambitious chefs vs ingrate guests

Prue Leith is the latest influential foodie to lay into modernist chefs. Is it time to show these pioneers more respect?

Italian restaurant to open on former Bar Buvette site

Former St John and Brawn chef Cosmo Sterck is to open an Italian restaurant and wine bar with his wife Lily on the site formerly occupied by Bar Buvette in Bristol.

Vegetarian Middle Eastern pop up Bubala to go permanent this summer

Vegetarian Middle Eastern feasting pop up restaurant Bubala will open its first permanent restaurant in the capital this year.

Franco Manca owner planning further 8-10 restaurants

The operator of the Franco Manca and The Real Greek restaurant brands is planning to open between eight and ten further sites in the next year.

Butcher and the Farmer to make European debut

Australian-founded ‘farm to table’ concept Butcher and the Farmer is to make its European debut at the ICON Outlet shopping centre at London’s The O2 in September.

No small fry: why you should have fish and chips on your menu

National Fish and Chip Shop of the Year owner David Miller reveals the secrets of his success and why he won't settle for anything other than Norwegian fish

Pork focused restaurant Pigsty closes Bristol site

Bristol-based specialist pork restaurant Pigsty has closed its Gloucester Road site after just one year of trading.

Chef calls out kitchen bullying after having "boiling butter poured down trousers"

A chef at a high-end hotel in the Cotswolds has been sacked over accusations of bullying, which culminated in a colleague having boiling butter poured down his trousers.

Dishoom takes on former Jamie's Italian site

Dishoom is to expand its Covent Garden restaurant after securing the lease on the former Jamie’s Italian site next door.

Tom Griffiths to launch Flank OG barbecue concept

Chef Tom Griffiths is to launch a third incarnation of his nose-to-tail cooking concept Flank, with a focus on ‘authentic American barbecue’.

Simon Rogan to open Lake District hotel restaurant

Simon Rogan is checking back in to the hotel business with the opening of a new Lake District restaurant this autumn.

Adam Byatt to replace Heinz Beck at Brown's Hotel

Adam Byatt, owner of the Michelin-starred Trinity restaurant in Clapham, has been named chef director of food and beverage at Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair.

Flash-grilled: Paul Welburn

Paul Welburn, who has worked under Andrew Pern, Brian Hughson and Richard Corrigan during his career, is executive chef at the Michelin-starred Oxford Kitchen in Oxfordshire.

Natalia Ribbe: "Women don’t speak up and when they do it’s treated as a spectacle"

The co-founder of Ladies of Restaurants, which supports women working in hospitality, recently opened European dining concept Café Barletta with her partner Jackson Berg in Margate’s Dreamland amusement park.

Waka to open second restaurant

Peruvian-Japanese fusion concept Waka is to open a second restaurant towards the end of next month on Houndsditch street in the City of London.

Latest opening: Siren

Nathan Outlaw has responded to the call of The Goring and opened the first new restaurant in the London hotel in 109 years.

KFC commits to ensuring greater animal welfare standards

KFC is to sign up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC), which calls on brands to ensure greater welfare animal standards are implemented across the supply chain.

French chef demands withdrawal from "incompetent" Michelin Guide

Tensions are simmering in the world of French gastronomy with another top chef demanding his restaurant be removed from the Michelin Guide – a request its publishers have refused.

Neil Rankin to take on "heavily processed" vegan burgers

Temper chef Neil Rankin is to launch a vegan burger restaurant that will provide an alternative to the "heavily processed" meat substitutes that most in the space are using.

Aizle chef to open second Edinburgh restaurant

The chef behind well-regarded Edinburgh fine dining restaurant Aizle is to open a second site in the city next month.

Big trouble in little China?

Chinatown is changing. The number of Cantonese restaurants is being reduced with the introduction of more specialist, regional Chinese and pan-Asian places in a bid to attract a broader spectrum of customers. But as the big money international players...