Shuko Oda is co-founder and chef at udon noodle restaurant Koya, which operates two London locations in Soho and The City, and is currently celebrating its 10th birthday.
A round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including Caffè Nero becoming the latest operator to explore a CVA and Henry Harris leaving Harcourt Inns.
The next video in the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards' Sessions series features Nathan Outlaw, who relaunched his flagship as a much simpler affair earlier this year.
Zidac Laboratories, who have an expert formulation team including Anica Detic, head of research and development, is warning hospitality owners to be careful about the types of sanitiser they are investing in.
Hospitality operators are struggling to adhere properly with the Government’s three tier system, which impacts on how businesses can trade depending on where they are located.
Hospitality sales continued to take a battering in the third quarter of 2020, with ongoing Government restrictions denting the temporary boost of the Chancellor's Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
A London restaurateur is calling for an urgent review of the Job Support Scheme (JSS) to help restaurants be able to pay their staff until claims can be made under the scheme.
Pret A Manager has distanced itself from founder Julian Metcalfe after he caused outrage by urging the Government not to introduce another lockdown to save a ‘few thousand lives’.
The owner of London’s G-A-Y nightclub in Soho has 'decided not to give up' after a court refused permission for his legal challenge against the 10pm curfew to go ahead.
UKHospitality Cymru has written to members of the Welsh Government outlining proposals for the support of the country's hospitality businesses during the 'fire-break' lockdown and beyond.
Almost 800 pubs and 12 wine bars in Nottingham will be forced to close unless they can operate as restaurants serving substantial meals when Nottinghamshire moves into Tier 3 lockdown on Friday.
Just 1% of hospitality venues across the UK have been linked to NHS Test and Trace incidences of Coronavirus, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the UK’s restaurant and pub trade bodies.
With so many systems and solutions available to help restaurants navigate the current pandemic, increase efficiencies and open up new revenue streams, never has back of house tech been so important.
Nearly half of restaurants, pubs and hotels have lost around 75% of festive bookings since the ‘rule of six’ and 10pm curfew began, according to a new survey.
Scotland’s restaurants and pubs will receive only £415,000 of Government support over the country’s three-week ‘circuit-breaker’ despite it costing business over £3.5m to close, the Scottish Hospitality Group (SHG) has claimed.
Singaporean restaurateur Ellen Chew is to partner with pâtissier Alix Andre to launch a permanent site for Asian-influenced bakery concept Arôme at The Yards in London's Covent Garden next month.
Three of the sector's biggest trade bodies have demanded the Government freeze the levy payments late-night hospitality and pub businesses have been required to continue paying despite Coronavirus restrictions.
Four British restaurants including Tom Aikens' Muse in London's Belgravia and The Ritz Restaurant in Piccadilly, overseen by chef John Williams, have been awarded four AA rosettes.
Hotly-tipped former Hide head chef Luke Selby and his younger brothers Theo and Nathaniel are confounding expectations by taking over the tiny counter restaurant beneath Layo and Zoë Paskin’s Soho pub The Blue Posts
Pan-Asian restaurant Tampopo has closed permanently its Piccadilly Gardens site, saying that its location meant it was ‘in the eye of the storm’ of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Trade Bodies representing Scotland’s hospitality sector have written to the First Minister and MSPs proposing a 'workable strategic framework' for the sector.
Westminster City Council has scrapped plans to charge restaurant and bar operators thousands of pounds to keep trading outside through the winter months.
Restaurateurs and operators from across the hospitality sector have rallied behind footballer Marcus Rashford's campaign to provide free meals to vulnerable children in England over the October half term.
Naz Hassan is head chef at Crispin, an all-day restaurant in London's Spitalfields area that serves an eclectic small plates menu of Italian-focused dishes, alongside speciality coffee and low-intervention wines.
This week's headlines were dominated by various parts of the country facing tougher lockdown measures, and the growing pleas of the hospitality industry for restrictions to be relaxed.
With the pandemic rewriting the rulebook on how restaurants operate, it’s never been more important for your EPOS system to be capable of adapting to the changing landscape
Chefs and restaurateurs have said the Chancellor’s latest round of financial measures, designed to help support the hospitality sector, will simply not be enough to save businesses.