The National Restaurant Awards 2012 were held earlier this week in a lavish ceremony at The Brewery in Chiswell Street where Brett Graham made it three years in a row as chef patron of The National Restaurant of the Year - The Ledbury.
Hospitality technology solutions provider the Robot Pub Group has launched a new range of self-serve tables for pubs and bars, allowing customers to pour their own beer and keep up-to-date with their bill in real time.
Spirit Pub Company has opened its 100th site under the growing neighbourhood brand John Barras and has committed to a target of further doubling the estate.
VisitBritain is calling on the hospitality industry to help it achieve an ambitious inbound tourism growth strategy by taking part in a consultation and helping address perceived weaknesses of Britain's image such as food, value and welcome.
Sat Bains has hinted that his next business venture could come in the form of a brasserie-style restaurant, but the two-Michelin-starred chef is still content with his eponymous site in Nottingham, claiming that the London dining scene isn’t always what...
Water systems specialist Vivreau has launched the Vi Tap mains-fed beverage system for hotels, restaurants and pubs exhibiting it alongside their portfolio of products at The Restaurant Show (stand F88).
Ben Murphy, chef de partie at Pierre Koffmann's London restaurant has been named Young National Chef of the Year 2012 following a tense final at The Restaurant Show.
Diego Jacquet and Alberto Abbate, the duo behind Casa Malevo in London’s Connaught Village, are opening a second Argentine restaurant in the capital with the launch of Zoilo Restaurant & Bar in Marylebone next month.
Alyn Williams, chef-patron of Michelin-starred Alyn Williams at The Westbury, has been crowned National Chef of the Year 2012 after a hard-fought final at The Restaurant Show.
Hotel giant Accor is expanding its Mercure portfolio to 75 properties in the UK, with four hotels opening under the mid-scale brand within the next four months.
Baron , part of the Ali Group, has launched the new ‘900 series’ of heavy duty cooking equipment at The Restaurant Show this week, with a half-price special offer to anyone who purchases it at the Show.
Restaurant operators have been warned the growing popularity of the street food trend could lead to an unsustainable growth in the market and a dilution of the original origins of the concept.
Michael Caines is to stand down as executive chef at the newly Michelin-starred Bath Priory after being appointed a non-executive director at Andrew Brownsword's country house hotel group Bath Priory Limited.
The Ledbury has been voted the UK's best restaurant for the third year running at the National Restaurant Awards, beating Pollen Street Social and The Hand and Flowers to the top spot.
Legacy Hotels & Resorts has taken over the running of two hotels in Bournemouth, the Orchid Hotel and the Woodcroft Hotel, taking the company into the seaside resort for the first time.
Soren Jessen, the man behind 1 Lombard Street in London’s Bank, is set to open a second restaurant neighbouring the fine-dining establishment later this month.
This year's Restaurant Show has opened at Earl's Court 2 in London, kicking off three days of events designed to help restaurateurs and chefs build a better business.
Connor Black, who is about to begin an apprenticeship in Tom Kerridge's Michelin-starred pub The Hand & Flowers, is among hospitality industry individuals and employers who have been honoured in the 2012 HTP Training Awards for Excellence.
New Zealand-based gourmet burger range, Angel Bay, is launching in the UK and is being exhibited by meat export company ANZCO Foods at The Restaurant Show this week (stand B69).
In his first speech to the industry, new Sport and Tourism Minister Hugh Robertson claimed tourism will play a central role in the legacy for 2012 and that the Government considers the industry as an important driver of the economy, but failed to address...
Employers across the hospitality industry must change their staff policies and adapt to the needs of the Generation Y workforce if they want to attract and retain talent in the future.
Gordon Ramsay believes today’s unemployed ‘have it too easy’ and that more hospitality businesses should be rolling out their own modern-day apprenticeship programmes as opposed to hiring migrant workers for low wages.
Following last week's early release of the 2013 Michelin Guide to Great Britain & Ireland, the Guide's editor Rebecca Burr has revealed how the inspectors define a Michelin-starred restaurant and what some establishments must do to take...
Independent south west-based brewer Bath Ales is set to open its 11th managed pub and its largest to date when the latest site under the Graze brand launches near Bath Spa train station.
Chef James Durrant recently saw his life ambition come true when he bought, renovated and opened his own restaurant – The Plough Inn in Hampshire. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay, Durrent worked within GRH for nine years, starting at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay...
Trade seafood supplier M&J Seafood has introduced a new service - the Tally initiative - which allows chefs to trace the fish they buy back to the fishmonger who prepared it.
Ex-England and Manchester United footballer Gary Neville's Manchester hotel, which he hopes to get started on next year, could be one of many if successful.
With Channel 4’s Hotel GB currently highlighting the importance of customer service standards in the UK (albeit in Big Brother fashion), the People 1st Training Company has developed a new programme to give UK managers the skills to create a long-lasting...
Marston's has revealed its move into opening pub restaurants is paying significant dividends by increasing the company's exposure to the casual dining market while the operator has committed to opening 20-25 new pubs in the 2013 financial year.
With Prezzo and Pizza Hut the latest branded national operators to up their gluten-free offerings, the rest of the industry needs to ‘get up to speed’ when it comes to catering for customers suffering with coeliac disease.
Andrew and Lisa Radford, the husband-and-wife team behind the long-running Edinburgh restaurants Atrium and Blue, have returned to the industry with the opening of a new restaurant called Timberyard which they are running with their three children.
Call Systems Technology has launched the Motorola CLP mini two-way mini radio for use in busy restaurants where staff need to be able to communicate with each other quickly and easily.
Dev Biswal, chef patron of The Ambrette restaurant which has sites in Margate and Rye, has revealed plans to expand the Indian fine-dining concept to six sites in the South East and London before embarking on a new business venture under a franchise model.
The De Vere Group has announced it has acquired a site in Portsmouth for the first new hotel under its Village Urban Resorts concept since relaunching the brand earlier this year with negotiations taking place in four other locations for further new venues.
High street restaurant chains were the big winners in last night's Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) 2012 Annual Awards for Excellence with two Brasserie Blanc and TGI Friday's general managers scooping the top prizes.
Behind every restaurant industry big name, high-profile restaurateur or Michelin-starred chef is a hard-working chef heading up a kitchen with someone else's name above the door - this month BigHospitality celebrated those hidden heroes with a video...
Street food vendors The Pizza Pilgrims have been appointed chef consultants at Clapton pub The Princess of Wales, which has re-launched this week following a five-week revamp.
Stoneleigh Park is the first exhibition and events venue in the UK to have installed Snoozebox – a new transportable modular accommodation concept which has allowed the hotel to increase the number of its bedrooms from 58 to 138, in just two days.
Restaurant and pub groups such as Nando's, Pizza Hut, Mitchells & Butlers and JD Wetherspoon are cutting their energy consumption across the business by as much as 15 per cent by getting their staff to make small changes to their behaviour.
Ever wondered who is running the kitchen for Heston Blumenthal, Marcus Wareing or Jason Atherton when they are busy in TV studios or planning their next business move?
Legacy Resorts and Hotels has joined forces with hotel operator Longrose Buccleuch to form a new hotel management company in a bid to capitalise on the growing branded hotel market.
Gordon Ramsay is dishing out the orders in the restaurant, Mary Portas is in charge of the rooms and Gok Wan is running the bar. The stars of Hotel GB think the show will have an eventual wider impact on our hospitality industry - are they right? BigHospitality...
With an ever-growing number of customers booking accommodation based on the environmental credentials of the business, BigHospitality has spoken to hotel giant Rezidor and Snowdonia-based Brynn Bella guest house to discover whether the long-term benefits...
Brighton vegetarian restaurant Terre a Terre has been forced to close temporarily after a fire swept through its ground-floor kitchen in the early hours of this morning (1 October).
