All news articles for July 2016

The Palace in Manchester announces stellar chef line-up

The Palace in Manchester announces stellar chef line-up

By Hannah Thompson

Manchester’s Palace Hotel has announced a new trio of chefs, who between them have trained with names including Ferran Adrià, René Redzepi, Pierre Gagnaire, Massimo Bottura, Raymond Blanc, and Marco Pierre White.

Avoid long queues forming in your restaurant with CST's top tips

ASK THE EXPERTS

Four ways to manage a restaurant queue

By Ashley Sheppard

Ashley Sheppard, commercial director at Call Systems Technology (CST), gives restaurant operators tips on how to handle queues. 

Rock on: Josh Littman, EMEA director of Hard Rock Hotels

SMALL TALK

Josh Littman of Hard Rock Hotels on UK expansion and updating the brand

By Hannah Thompson

As Hard Rock Hotels announces its entry into the UK with a renovation of the 900-bedroom former Cumberland Hotel in central London by 2018, we speak to Josh Littman, EMEA director of development for Hotels & Casinos at Hard Rock International, about...

People On The Move In Hospitality: July 2016

People On The Move In Hospitality: July 2016

By Hannah Thompson

This month's round up includes many group appointments, with a range of new positions announced at The Devonshire Arms, at Mercure Hotels, and Exclusive Hotels and Venues. Other top roles include Anna Haugh at Bob Bob Ricard and Ben Hesketh at soon-to-open...

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Chef James Martin to co-present ITV’s This Morning

By Hannah Thompson

Chef and TV presenter James Martin is to appear back on the nation’s screens as Friday co-presenter of ITV’s This Morning during the summer, four months after he left BBC’s Saturday Kitchen.

First Look: Adam Handling’s The Frog

First Look: Adam Handling’s The Frog

By Hannah Thompson

Adam Handling, the 27-year-old chef previously at his eponymous restaurant at Caxton at London’s St Ermin’s Hotel, has launched his first genuinely solo venture, The Frog, in London’s Shoreditch.