All news articles for September 2019

Flash-grilled with chef Felipe Preece

Flash-grilled: Felipe Preece

By James McAllister

Chef Felipe Preece is behind Japanese-Latin street food brand Sugoi JPN. His second concept, Just Yuca, recently launched at Old Street Brewery in Bethnal Green.

William Reed launches Low 2 No Bev Show

William Reed launches Low 2 No Bev Show

By Joe Lutrario

BigHospitality and Restaurant magazine publisher William Reed has unveiled a new trade show designed to support the growth of the burgeoning low to no beverage sector.

Marc Veyrat (R) at the 2018 Michelin Guide France announcement

The Lowdown: Marc Veyrat versus Michelin

By James McAllister

French chef Marc Veyrat says he plans to sue Michelin claiming the awards body downgraded his restaurant because an inspector wrongly identified cheddar cheese in a soufflé.

TiPJAR set to expand to restaurants including Honest Burgers and Red's True Barbecue following trial period

TiPJAR set to expand following trial period

By James McAllister

TiPJAR, the tip solutions business owned by BrewDog retail director James Brown and Rosa’s Thai co-founder Alex Moore, has begun rolling out to restaurants, beginning with Honest Burgers.

The secret stagiaire: Restaurant Coworth Park

The secret stagiaire: Restaurant Coworth Park

By The secret stagiaire

Our surreptitious stage finds the busy Ascot hotel in full wedding and polo season swing, where he juggles multiple menus, marigolds and a visit from the Dubai royal family.

Bancone set for second restaurant site in Soho

Bancone set for second site

By James McAllister

Another of London’s new wave of fresh pasta-focused restaurants is to expand operations with Will Ellner’s Bancone announcing it is to open a second site on Soho’s Lower James Street in December.

Latest restaurant opening: Charlie’s at Brown's Hotel

Latest opening: Charlie’s

By Stefan Chomka and James McAllister

Chef Adam Byatt has opened Charlie’s, a high-end restaurant at Mayfair’s equally upscale Brown’s Hotel that certainly knows its audience.

How I Got Here with chef director Akira Shimizu

How I Got Here: Akira Shimizu

By James McAllister

Akira Shimizu is chef director for his eponymous restaurant Akira at Japan House in Kensington, and Engawa in Soho.

Tortilla restaurant group results show record rise in EBITDA

Tortilla results show record rise in EBITDA

By James McAllister

Fast-casual Mexican restaurant group Tortilla saw a record rise in EBITDA according to results released by the business for the year ending 30 December 2018.

St John Group to open restaurant in LA

St John set to open in LA

By James McAllister

Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver’s St John Group is set to open its first international outpost in Los Angeles next month, 25 years after launching its original London site.

Push the button: our annual deep dive into the world of restaurant tech

Push the button

By Fiona Griffiths

Our annual analysis of the restaurant technology landscape contains insight from the biggest in the business.

Flash-grilled with chef and Elite Bistros founder Gary Usher

Flash-grilled: Gary Usher

By James McAllister

Elite Bistros founder Gary Usher has crowdfunded more than £400,000 to launch restaurants including the recently opened Kala in Manchester. Earlier this week, a documentary charting the chef’s bid to open his Pinion restaurant in Prescot aired on Channel...

Former Gordon Ramsay Group CEO Stuart Gillies opens new Chislehurst wine bar Bank House.

Latest opening: Bank House

By Stefan Chomka

Former Gordon Ramsay Group CEO Stuart Gillies has opened the doors of his new Chislehurst wine bar Bank House.

Brookes Restaurant in Oxford to close

Brookes Restaurant to close

By James McAllister

Oxford Brookes university is to close its Brookes training restaurant at the end of the current academic year, with a date provisionally set for 1 May.

Thinking outside the lunch box

Thinking outside the lunch box

By Tony Naylor

Lunch visits are falling in frequency, but are there ways restaurants can work around, or with, this change in customer habits?

Benito's Hat launches CVA

Benito's Hat launches CVA

By Finn Scott-Delany

Benito’s Hat operator Pico’s Ltd has entered into a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).

The Lowdown: Rutland's last stand against fast food restaurant giant McDonald's

The Lowdown: Rutland's last stand

By James McAllister

McDonald’s hopes to open a restaurant in Rutland, which would make it the last county in England to be conquered by the Golden Arches. However, local resistance could derail the chain’s plans.

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