The Government’s proposed points-based immigration system will make it less costly for Indian and other Asian restaurants to recruit specialist chefs from abroad.
Following a successful crowdfund, siblings Ifeyinwa and Emeka Frederick have opened a bricks and mortar site for their Nigerian-focused pop up concept Chuku’s on Tottenham High Road in London.
Proposed changes to the immigration system have provoked fierce condemnation from the hospitality industry, with trade body UKHospitality calling it “disastrous” for the sector.
Restaurateur Ramin Mostowfi opened Kindling in Brighton last year with his wife Jane, the pair having previously founded and operated vegetarian restaurant Food for Friends in the city.
Famous Dublin boozer Gibney’s of Malahide is to open a sister site in the basement space beneath chef Richard Corrigan’s Daffodil Mulligan restaurant in London’s Old Street next month.
Chef Andrew Wong and the Baozilnn group are among the Chinese operators to have seen a recent downturn in sales as the fallout from the Coronavirus outbreak continues.
Once the darling of the Thai restaurant scene, Busaba has had a tough few years, with falling profits and site closures. Now with a simplified offer and a fresh focus on the capital, it’s looking to bounce back.
Arnaud Delannay is executive head chef for US-based co-living group The Collective, which opened restaurant and lounge concept Mthr within its London Canary Wharf co-living space last September.
The renowned chef on the inspiration behind his new Georgian townhouse restaurant Muse, channelling childhood memories, bringing something fresh to the capital’s dining scene and being called pretentious.
Gujarati street food and craft beer concept Bundobust has given more details about the launch of its second Manchester location, due to open later in the spring
Having opened six restaurants in three years, Nico Simeone has expanded his ‘ever-evolving’ tasting menu concept at an unprecedented rate. With a move to the capital imminent, he’s showing no sign of slowing down
A huge multi-faceted restaurant inspired by the DC Universe will open in Soho later this year in the art deco building that was once home to Marco Pierre White’s Titanic restaurant.
Trade body UKHospitality has called for ‘sector-specific guidance’ after the government announced is to resume naming and shaming businesses failing to pay staff the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
Georgie Pearman founded The Lucky Onion hospitality group with her husband Sam in 2006. However, they left the business in 2017 to setup hotel and restaurant group Country Creatures, which operates three sites across The Cotswolds and Yorkshire.
Urban Leisure is set to launch a bar and restaurant on the large north London site formerly occupied by Soho House’s Pizza East, Dirty Burger and Chicken Shop.
In 2018, Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams opened South African-inspired Kudu, in south London, to critical acclaim. Two years on and with a second venue just launched and another on its way, they discuss their newly formed Kudu Collective.
Restaurant's bookish rundown of the latest publications that should be gracing your shelves includes Jordi Roca's Casa Cacao and a tome from The Quality Chop House team.
