Lancashire's Steven Smith already runs one of the UK's most ambitious pubs but is upping the ante with Mr Smith's, a 10-cover communal table that offers a more top-end and involved experience.
Lee Westcott, who closed his well-regarded London restaurant Typing Room last year, announced earlier this week that he is to step down as head chef of Pensons on the Netherwood Estate after just a year in the role.
Chef Gary Rhodes died suddenly earlier this week while filming in Dubai. In a video featuring the TV chef shot a few months before his death, one of the last interviews he did, Rhodes speaks about becoming one of the first TV chefs, his celebrity peers...
Gary Robinson, who was previously head chef to HRH the Prince of Wales and executive chef at the British Embassy in Washington D.C., joined The Balmoral hotel in Edinburgh as executive chef earlier this year.
Since its first dinner on 20 August 2014, ever-changing restaurant Carousel has welcomed over 140 chefs from across the world. Co-founders Ollie and Ed Templeton reflect on half a decade of revolving doors and moving menus.
Chef Lee Westcott is to step down from his role as head chef of Pensons restaurant with rooms on the historic Netherwood Estate just a year after it launched.
Sir Terence Conran and former The Typing Room chef Richard McLellan have opened a ‘contemporary British’ restaurant with a focus on wild food beneath the Boundary London hotel in Shoreditch.
Theodore Kyriakou, the former executive chef and CEO of The Greek Larder in King’s Cross, is to open a seafood restaurant in London’s St Katharine Docks next month.
Red Dog Saloon founder Tom Brooke is to open a second site under his modern Indian street food concept Burra Khana, in Liverpool, and also has plans to tweak the offer at Red Dog Soho, BigHospitality’s sister site MCA reports.
London-based Korean barbecue brand Yori is to add a third restaurant location to its portfolio next month, opening on the former Jidori site in Covent Garden.
Trade body UKHospitality is calling on the next government to reform business rates, address the skills shortage, and guarantee the rights of EU citizens as part of its general election manifesto.
