With so many new restaurants opening over the past year, it begs the question as to where all the funding is coming from. These days, it seems, one of the industry’s favourite ways to fund new projects is through crowdfunding.
Following two months of trading out of a tiny hatch in Soho, Pleasant Lady Jian Bing is opening a larger site in Old Spitalfields Market’s the Kitchens.
The bleeding vegan burger will soon be available in UK restaurants, as parent company Beyond Meat has secured a partnership with a UK foodservice company.
Brighton and Hove-based chef restaurateur Ben McKellar will open a casual restaurant in the city’s The Lanes area early next year, taking his portfolio of restaurants and pubs in and around the city up to five.