A former professional event rider Natasha Cooke opened her first restaurant Lupins in London Bridge, along with her friend and business partner Lucy Pedder, in early 2017.
Dinner by Heston in Melbourne has entered ‘voluntary administration’ following an investigation by Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman that found the restaurant had been underpaying its staff.
From a huge restaurant based on the DC Universe to the debut restaurant from former Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra, there are plenty of big openings to look forward to in 2020.
George Farrugia swapped Soho for the Sky Garden earlier this year, leaving Bob Bob Ricard to become head chef of the Fenchurch Restaurant on the 37th floor at London’s 20 Fenchurch Street.
This year’s MasterChef: The Professionals winner Stu Deeley is to open his first solo restaurant early next year, in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
In this special festive double-header, our peripatetic prepper heads to Tom Clarke’s Reading restaurant to stoke its engine room and then gets chippy at Tommy Heaney’s eponymous Cardiff restaurant.
Former Boundary Hotel operations director and Casa Cruz general manager Guillaume Depoix recently launched upmarket restaurant Folie on Soho's Golden Square; his first solo project.
Azzuri Group, which operates restaurant brands including Zizzi and ASK Italian, reported shrinking losses over the past year amid ‘challenging’ trading conditions.
It’s small, noisy, insalubrious and deeply divisive, yet Lee Tiernan’s Black Axe Mangal is also one of the capital’s most exciting and riotous restaurants. And now the former St John chef has his own book out.
US burger and bar chain Wahlburgers looks set to overhaul its menu and introduce ‘concept changes’ at its London restaurant in Covent Garden, six months after opening.
Optimism in the eating and drinking-out market has risen to its highest point in 18 months although uncertainty surrounding Brexit remains, according to the latest Business Confidence survey from CGA and Fourth.
In just a few years former MasterChef contestant Larkin Cen has opened four Woky Ko restaurants in Bristol and is now one of the UK’s most exciting Chinese chefs
Hospitality trade bodies have called on the Conservatives to follow through on promises to cut business rates after the party won a clear majority in the general election.
With an estate-wide refurb programme and a repositioning as an evening proposition, Richard Caring and David Campbell are starting a new chapter for Bill's.
The number of pubs in the UK has increased for the first time in a decade, according to a report released today (11 December) by Scottish hospitality start-up Stampede.
The UK’s competition watchdog has warned that technology giant Amazon’s investment in to food courier platform Deliveroo could lead to higher prices for restaurants.
McDonald's is to introduce a Veggie Dippers option onto its UK menus in the new year in what’s being dubbed the fast food chain’s first ‘fully vegan’ meal.
Adam Jones is the co-founder and managing director of UK-based contemporary Chinese restaurant group Tattu, which recently launched its first Scottish location in Edinburgh.
