All news articles for November 2020

Greenwich's Design District food restaurants O2

Operators sought for Greenwich's Design District

By Joe Lutrario

Upcoming Greenwich Peninsula development the Design District is looking for operators to provide food and drink to 10,000 creatives, students and residents, as well visitors to the O2.

Caffe Nero launches CVA

Caffe Nero launches CVA

By James McAllister

Caffè Nero has launched a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in response to the 'decimation' in trade caused by the ongoing Coronavirus restrictions.

The Lowdown: Great British Christmas Menu Jason Atherton, Tom Aikens, Pip Lacey, Simon Rogan James Cochran NHS key workers BBC2

The Lowdown: Great British Christmas Menu

By James McAllister

Next month sees the Great British Menu (GBM) return for a festive mini-series in which past winners and veteran chefs battle it out to cook for NHS workers.

How I Got Here: Lawrence Huggler

How I Got Here: Lawrence Huggler

By James McAllister

Lawrence Huggler owns the Jersey-based Huggler Hotels. His portfolio includes The Club Hotel & Spa in St. Helier, which is home to the Michelin-starred Bohemia restaurant.

Whitbread to reduce number of job cuts by half

Whitbread to reduce number of job cuts by half

By James McAllister

Whitbread is set to significantly reduce the number of job cuts it proposed in September, suggesting the furlough extension and recent vaccine hopes could soften the employment crisis in hospitality.

New restaurants offering nationwide meal kits delivery michelin star chefs simon rogan jason atherton michel roux jr

Updated: Restaurants offering nationwide meal kits

By Stefan Chomka

From Michelin-starred meal boxes from James Lowe, Jason Atherton, Michel Roux Jr and Simon Rogan to vegan DIY taco kits and Sri Lankan dinners, here are the latest nationwide restaurant meal kits.

Chef James Sommerin opens The Shed in Barry

James Sommerin opens The Shed in Barry

By James McAllister

Four months after being forced to close his eponymous Michelin-starred restaurant in the Welsh coastal town of Penarth, chef James Sommerin has opened a new site in nearby Barry.

Asma Khan Darjeeling Express Covent Garden UKs most expensive Indian tasting menus

Asma Khan: “I am the ultimate outsider”

By Stefan Chomka

The founder of Darjeeling Express on finally being accepted into Covent Garden, developing female leaders and why her new restaurant is serving one of the most expensive Indian tasting menus in the capital

Consumer spending drops 0.1% in October

Consumer spending drops 0.1% in October

By Restaurant

Consumer spending declined 0.1% year-on-year in October, as the introduction of further restrictions and the arrival of colder weather encouraged Brits to stay at home and turn to online shopping.

Labour leader Sit Keir Starmer calls for 10pm curfew rethink following lifting of England Coronavirus lockdown

Starmer calls for curfew rethink

By James McAllister

Sir Keir Starmer has called for a rethink of the Government's 10pm curfew on hospitality, suggesting it would be better to stagger closing times once businesses reopen post lockdown.

Tom Kerridge kids tasting menu Uber Eats

Tom Kerridge creates kids tasting menu with Uber Eats

By Joe Lutrario

Tom Kerridge has launched a kids tasting menu via Uber Eats designed to help parents develop their children’s taste buds and get them to try new flavours as the nation enters a second lockdown.

US pizza chain Sbarro eyes expansion as it opens first UK restaurant in Birmingham

Sbarro eyes expansion as it makes UK debut

By James McAllister

US pizza chain Sbarro has set out plans to potentially open a number of sites across the country having recently established its first UK location.

Merlin Labron-Johnson Osip restaurant Bruton fergus Henderson

Flash grilled: Merlin Labron-Johnson

By James McAllister

The chef proprietor of Osip in Bruton and former Portland chef on his admiration for Fergus Henderson, almost getting run over and wanting Simon Hopkinson to cook him his final meal.

The biggest news stories in UK hospitality

Friday Five: the week's top news stories

By Restaurant

A round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including relief over the extension to the Job Retention Scheme, the welcoming of off-premise alcohol sales, and arrests made in connection with the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

Chefs Ollie Dabbous, Ravneet Gill, James Elliott, Jeremy Lee, Eyal Jagermann and Ixta Belfrage Belazu Virtual Banquet

Top chefs join line up for second Belazu Virtual Banquet

By Restaurant

Chefs including Ollie Dabbous, Ravneet Gill, James Elliott, Jeremy Lee, Eyal Jagermann and Ixta Belfrage will participate in the second Belazu Virtual Banquet following the success of the first online event in May.

Big Mamma's Napoli Gang delivery pizza concept launches in Wandsworth

Big Mamma's Napoli Gang crosses the river

By Joe Lutrario

Napoli Gang - the recently launched delivery-only brand from Gloria and Circolo Popolare operator Big Mamma - is crossing the river for the first time with the launch of a dark kitchen site in Wandsworth.

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