Suhyung Lee is senior sous chef at London’s Taiwanese hot spot BAO and Soho’s XU. This Thursday (10 September) he'll be hosting a one-night-only guest takeover at Crispin in Spitalfields.
A round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including the closure of pioneering vegetarian restaurant Vanilla Black, and Mark Jarvis joining Liv in Belgravia.
Quality Chop House co-owner Will Lander has rejuvenated the Hoxton Holborn’s ground floor dining area with Rondo, a neighbourhood-style restaurant and wine bar that’ll have oenophiles salivating.
Nearly 60,00 hospitality and tourism jobs are at risk in Scotland because of the economic downturn as a result of Coronavirus, according to a new report.
With their pop up One Love Andi Oliver and Fred Sirieix are not just serving Caribbean/French food, they are championing diversity and challenging age-old gastronomic stereotypes
The Government’s Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme has been hailed a success by the hospitality sector, with a large majority of businesses saying it led to a boost in trade.
Robin and Sarah Gill's highly influential The Dairy restaurant, which permanently closed the doors to its original home in Clapham last month, is to reopen in London's Bermondsey next week.
Pret A Manger is launching what it claims will be the UK’s first in-shop coffee subscription as part of its strategy to attract more customers post lockdown.
West Country-born chef and recent Great British Menu contestant Harriet Mansell is to relaunch her Lyme Regis pop-up Robin Wylde as a permanent restaurant venture next month.
The co-founder of Corbin & King discusses reopening most of his estate, trying to launch a restaurant during the pandemic; the mixed bag of dealing with landlords and what he hopes the positive sides of the pandemic will be.
Diners spent 34.2% more at restaurants on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August than they did in July thanks to the Government’s Eat Out To Help Out Initiative but the industry is still down on last year.
YO! has confirmed it is to permanently shutter 19 sites after its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) proposal was approved yesterday (1 September) by creditors.
This month's radar features many long-awaited openings including chef Mike Robinson's latest venture, The Elder; the inaugural London outpost for French-based group Paris Society; and Club Mexicana's first permanent site.
Speciality Welsh coffee company Kin+Ilk has launched a café at the Intu-operated St David’s following a successful pop-up at the Cardiff shopping centre.
Former Gordon Ramsay Group alumnus Michael Carr has been named the new head chef of the Fenchurch Restaurant at Sky Garden, on the 37th floor at London’s 20 Fenchurch Street.
The Government scheme undoubtedly put bums on seats in August, but it has also encouraged an unwelcome return to discounting. So where does this leave the sector now?
Restaurateurs Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy have announced that their innovative vegetarian fine-dining restaurant Vanilla Black will not reopen on it’s current site in London's Holborn.
Hospitality business leaders operating in London have warned that the sector is at 'real risk of failure' unless there is a coordinated campaign to encourage tourists and office workers back.