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Jamavar owner to launch Chinese restaurant

20-Feb-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The group behind high-end Mayfair Indian restaurants Jamavar and Bombay Bustle is to launch a Chinese restaurant in Curzon Street in May.

Points-based immigration system could ease specialist Asian chefs shortage

19-Feb-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The Government’s proposed points-based immigration system will make it less costly for Indian and other Asian restaurants to recruit specialist chefs from abroad.

Bulgarian chain Happy to open in London

19-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Bulgarian-based bar and grill brand Happy is to open its first UK outpost on the former TGI Fridays site in London’s Piccadilly Circus next week.

Latest opening: Chuku's

19-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Following a successful crowdfund, siblings Ifeyinwa and Emeka Frederick have opened a bricks and mortar site for their Nigerian-focused pop up concept Chuku’s on Tottenham High Road in London.

Government closes door on 'low-skilled' EU migrants

19-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Proposed changes to the immigration system have provoked fierce condemnation from the hospitality industry, with trade body UKHospitality calling it “disastrous” for the sector.

Neat Burger sets out UK and US expansion plans

19-Feb-2020 By Sophie Witts

Neat Burger, the plant-based restaurant brand backed by Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, is planning to open a further five UK sites this year and expand overseas.

Satay Street to open permanent restaurant in Spitalfields

19-Feb-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Street food stalwart Satay Street will open its first permanent restaurant – in Spitalfields – later this week.

How I Got Here: Ramin Mostowfi

19-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Restaurateur Ramin Mostowfi opened Kindling in Brighton last year with his wife Jane, the pair having previously founded and operated vegetarian restaurant Food for Friends in the city.

Gibney’s London to open beneath Daffodil Mulligan

18-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Famous Dublin boozer Gibney’s of Malahide is to open a sister site in the basement space beneath chef Richard Corrigan’s Daffodil Mulligan restaurant in London’s Old Street next month.

Nuno Mendes leaves Mãos (Updated)

18-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Chef Nuno Mendes has left Shoreditch restaurant Mãos, the ‘kitchen table’ concept he launched with Hostem fashion boutique co-founder James Brown.

Chinese operators count the cost of Coronavirus

18-Feb-2020 By James McAllister

Chef Andrew Wong and the Baozilnn group are among the Chinese operators to have seen a recent downturn in sales as the fallout from the Coronavirus outbreak continues.

Once the darling of the Thai restaurant scene, Busaba has had a tough few years, with falling profits and site closures. Now with a simplified offer and a fresh focus on the capital, it’s looking to bounce back.