All news articles for August 2013

Love's Fresh Pasta to open restaurant in South Kensington

Love's Fresh Pasta to open restaurant in South Kensington

By Emma Eversham

Love's Fresh Pasta, the restaurant that allows diners to design their own pasta or pizza dishes and order them via iPads or wall-mounted touch screens, has taken on the lease of a site in South Kensington where it plans to open its second restaurant...

The refurbished bedrooms feature Zoffany soft furnishings, 39-inch TVs and environmentally-friendly LED lighting

Gleneagles unveils £1m bedroom revamp

By Luke Nicholls

The Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire has completed a £1m renovation of its bedrooms as part of a major refurbishment of the five-star property.

The group comprises three freeholds and three leaseholds across Yorkshire and Lancashire

Chameleon’s change of colours pays dividend

By Luke Nicholls

Chameleon Bar & Dining, which operates six pubs across Yorkshire and Lancashire, has reported healthy annual accounts in the year to 31 March, with turnover up and margins improved following a shift of focus towards becoming ‘destination food venues’.

Peter Gordon: Pearls of Wisdom

Peter Gordon: Pearls of Wisdom

The godfather of fusion cuisine and co-owner of The Providores and Tapa Room and Kopapa restaurants in London has just opened The Sugar Club on Level 53 of the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand.

Since serving as Europe’s Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool’s hospitality businesses are nearly as big a draw for visitors as the city’s iconic skyline

Hospitable Cities: Spotlight on Liverpool

By Peter Ruddick

For years Liverpool was viewed from afar as the second-best city in the North West never mind being a destination in its own right, but in the last few years it has risen like a Liver bird from the flames due in part to its burgeoning hospitality scene.

Intu to start work on Lakeside's 'innovative' dining quarter

Intu to start work on Lakeside's 'innovative' dining quarter

By Emma Eversham

Shopping centre owner Intu is to start work on an 'innovative' new dining quarter at Lakeside shopping centre this month which will see 13 new food operators take up space there alongside existing brands Pizza Express, Ed's Easy Diner,...

Chef Aaron Craze to open pub in Berkshire

Chef Aaron Craze to open pub in Berkshire

By Mark Wingett

TV chef and former Fifteen graduate Aaron Craze is to open his second pub after taking on a site in Berkshire, according to BigHospitality's sister publication M&C Report.

Bunnychow's 270 sq.ft site can seat up to 12 customers indoors and up to 50 outside

Bunnychow parks up in Boxpark

By Luke Nicholls

After three months roaming London’s streets in its eponymous truck, South African street food vendor Bunnychow has secured its first semi-permanent site at one of the saught-after shipping containers within Shoreditch’s Boxpark development. 

Hospitable Cities: Spotlight on Leeds

Hospitable Cities: Spotlight on Leeds

By Emma Eversham

While it doesn’t have the same historical and cultural pull of yesterday’s hospitable city Edinburgh, the North Eastern city of Leeds is nevertheless fast becoming a hospitality hotspot with a growing eating-out market.

Chef in a Box launches ambient breakfast boxes

Chef in a Box launches ambient breakfast boxes

By Emma Eversham

Packed lunch specialist Chef in a Box has launched a range of ambient breakfast boxes to enable caterers and hoteliers to provide an on-the-go option for customers.

LeCoq's chickens are bred in a free-range environment on a completely additive-free diet

LeCoq rotisserie restaurant hits Islington

By Luke Nicholls

Two sisters – the co-founder and a former chef of the Salt Yard Group – are opening their first business together: LeCoq, a neighbourhood rotisserie chicken restaurant in Islington. 

The Coffer Peach Tracker analyses the monthly performance of 27 operating restaurant and pub groups

Summer sales up for London’s restaurants and pubs

By Luke Nicholls

A recent survey of BigHospitality readers revealed that 65 per cent of restaurant and pub owners saw increased bookings and sales as a result of the heatwave in July, and the latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker reflect these benefits. 

Hospitable city: Edinburgh now boasts five Michelin-starred restaurants, along with a diverse hospitality offering

Hospitable cities: Spotlight on Edinburgh

By Luke Nicholls

What better time to write about the Scottish capital than when the world’s biggest arts festival is in full swing? The Edinburgh Fringe brings in thousands of performers and tourists and its cosmopolitan and bohemian nature encapsulates the city’s year-round...

Lotus Bakeries launches 'Crumb' range

Lotus Bakeries launches 'Crumb' range

By Emma Eversham

Lotus Bakeries, makers of Lotus Original caramelised biscuits, has produced a 'crumb' range to help caterers spice up desserts or hot drinks. 

Welsh businessman buys former Rugby league star's hotel

Welsh businessman buys former Rugby league star's hotel

By Emma Eversham

Llanwenarth Hotel, the hotel outside Abergavenny owned by former Welsh rugby league star Richard Wallace, has been bought by a local businessman after a year and a half of being on the market. 

Craft beer sales have risen by 84 per cent for draught and 40 per cent for packaged in the past year

Brewing up a storm: Craft beer sales continue to climb

By Luke Nicholls

While many drinks categories in the UK on-trade are declining in sales, craft beer is bucking the trend, with a sales growth of 79 per cent in the past year equating to 74 million pints being sold in pubs and bars across the country.

Camra's 'List Your Local’ campaign aims to get 300 UK pubs listed as community assets

Assets of Community Value: 100 pubs given greater protection

By Luke Nicholls

With the Great British Beer Festival kicking off tomorrow (13 August), Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis is set to announce that 100 pubs in England have now been listed as Assets of Community Value (ACV), giving them greater protection against being...

Craig Sandle is now the executive chef of The Pompadour by Galvin

Craig Sandle: Career Profile

By Luke Nicholls

Craig Sandle is proof that dedication and commitment pays off in hospitality. The 37-year-old Edinburgh-born chef has worked in restaurants for over 20 years, spending nine of those heading up Number One at the Balmoral Hotel. Now, he oversees the latest...

The 60-cover Bō Làng restaurant features grey leather sofas and charcoal velvet chairs offset by cut-out wooden screens and tables

Specialist dim sum restaurant and tea house hits Chelsea

By Luke Nicholls

Bō Làng, a new dim sum restaurant and teahouse, is set to open in Chelsea next month as founder Aytan Eldarova hopes her debut hospitality venture will showcase the diverse food culture of China. 

Cabana has raised around £3m of funds to support its rollout

Cabana secures fourth site, new funding

By Mark Wingett

Cabana, the fledgling Brazilian concept led by David Ponte, founder of the Momo and Mocoto restaurants and restaurateur Jamie Barber, has secured its fourth site in London at the Designer Outlet at Wembley and raised £3.5m of new funding.

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