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HOP Vietnamese changes up for fifth City site

14-Nov-2018 By Joe Lutrario

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

14-Nov-2018 By Joe Lutrario

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"

14-Nov-2018 By Sophie Witts

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

Latest opening: Pabellón

14-Nov-2018 By Joe Lutrario

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

Five ways to raise your restaurant’s chocolate game

14-Nov-2018 By Restaurant Magazine

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

Chef Mitsuhiro Araki to leave his three-starred Mayfair restaurant

14-Nov-2018 By Sophie Witts

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.

Arch Hotel London to rebrand after sale to Japanese firm

13-Nov-2018 By Sophie Witts

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

Hard Rock Cafe to launch flagship restaurant in Piccadilly Circus

13-Nov-2018 By Joe Lutrario

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.

Rusk & Rusk continues Glasgow restaurant expansion

13-Nov-2018 By Sophie Witts

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

Fortnum & Mason opens first City restaurant

13-Nov-2018 By Sophie Witts

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

13-Nov-2018 By Stefan Chomka

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.