To celebrate 21 years of the Restaurant Show we asked more than 16,000 people to name the key figures alive today who have had the biggest impact on the UK restaurant industry. Here are the names we were given
Chef Simon Rogan has opened a research and development facility next to L’enclume, his Cartmel-based restaurant with rooms, as well as acquiring an organic farm nearby
Staff at Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham celebrate after the restaurant becomes the only one to receive the coveted five rosettes in this year's AA Hospitality Awards
D&D London is to discontinue its practice of applying a 12.5 per cent discretionary service charge on customer bills in all its restaurants from October 1
Raymond Blanc is given the Lifetime Achievement Award while Marcus Wareing, Sat Bains, Von Essen and Exclusive Hotels are also among those receiving accolades at the AA Hospitality Awards 2009/10
Stephen Williams, head chef of The Harwood Arms in Fulham, was close to quitting life as a chef before he’d even begun, but six years later he’s receiving glorious reviews and awards for his very-British gastropub. Speaking to Becky Paskin in our latest...
The government gives the green light to proposals for licensed premises to sell wine in smaller measures and beer and cider in two thirds of a pint glasses
KPMG predicts that this autumn will be a critical period in the future success of the UK's hotel companies as summer holidays come to an end and corporate business remains slow
Heston Blumenthal has denied responsibility for the norovirus outbreak that potentially poisoned 500 diners at his Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, and has personally invited each diner back for a complimentary meal
Peter Avis, restaurant manager of Babylon at the Roof Gardens in Kensington, has been awarded the Academy of Food and Wine Dalmore Award for Excellence
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge has boosted its senior managerial team by appointing human resources and commercial directors six months before it is planned to open
Spanish wine brand Campo Viejo creates a new twist on food and drink matching by asking diners to choose a wine and then trust a chef to create a dish to go with it
Two of a group of phoenix companies used to operate The Huddersfield Hotel in Yorkshire have been disbanded ‘in the public interest’ after leaving creditors facing unpaid debts of more than £140k
Raymond Blanc’s group of brasseries is the first restaurant company to sign up to a new government initiative that enables operators with multiple sites to deal with one local authority for advice and help
Mottram Hall in Cheshire takes on Mark Bennett as executive head chef and Nicholas Baldwin moves to The Jam House in Edinburgh from its sister venue in Birmingham
The temporary Pierre Koffmann restaurant at Selfridges, due to run for just six days as part of the London Restaurant Festival, will now open until October 31 due to the excitement the legendary chef has created
The contract caterer will manage services at the 120-cover restaurant and 40-cover VIP room at the new John Hope Gateway visitor facility in Edinburgh when it opens next month
A report by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests that the hotel market has seen the worst of the recession and should see the speed of decline slow at the beginning of 2010
The Stafford Hotel in St. James’s, London, has been sold to Britannia Hospitality, the UK arm of an Egyptian construction and tourism company, for £77.5m
BigHospitality selects a few of the promotions, offers and marketing ideas being run by restaurants, hotels and pubs across the country for British Food Fortnight
Like-for-like sales at major restaurant and pub groups rise 0.8 per cent in August on the previous month and are up 4.9 per cent on the same period last year, according to the Coffer Peach Business Tracker
The show is back in 2009 with an exciting line-up of top chefs, including Ferran Adria, Michael Caines and Richard Corrigan, competitions, top suppliers and inspiring debate. Here are BigHospitality's top five reasons to go.
The Master Sommelier has been chosen for the sixth time to represent the UK in the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) World’s Best Sommelier Competition
The Which? Guide has expanded its list of the UK’s Top 40 restaurants to 50, after seeing a surge in the number of up-and-coming chefs making the grade
The recession may be affecting the corporate Christmas party budget, but with our guide on how to offer the perfect festive package, hospitality operators needn’t miss out
Pho 24, a Vietnamese fast food restaurant chain, is rolling it’s concept over to the UK, with the first of 30 planned sites to open in London next month
Laurie and Jacqueline Gear's Buckinghamshire restaurant Artichoke, forced to close last summer following a fire, is set to open in October following a large scale refurbishment
Restaurateur Vito Cataffo, star of Channel 4 series Dolce Vito, says he wants to open more British restaurants in Italy and help others expand their restaurant concepts here and abroad following the success of his first - Passion - in Bologna
