All news articles for March 2021

Publican Awards winner announced

Publican Awards winners announced

By Joe Lutrario

Pub operators including Stay Original Company, Hippo Inns, Brewhouse & Kitchen, BrewDog and Greene King have picked up gongs at Morning Advertiser’s 2021 Publican Awards.

How I Got Here with MexGrocer CEO Katya Torres de la Rocha

How I Got Here: Katya Torres de la Rocha

By James McAllister

Former restaurateur Katya Torres de la Rocha, who now runs online retailed MexGrocer, on the importance of planning ahead, and why front-of-house should be a career to aspire to.

RedCat Rooney Anand pub investment vehicle secures first acquisition buying 42 sites from Stonegate

RedCat secures first acquisition

By James McAllister

RedCat, the investment vehicle founded by former Greene King chief executive Rooney Anand, is to buy 42 pub sites from Yates's and Slug & Lettuce operator Stonegate.

Welsh hospitality demands clarity over reopening

Welsh hospitality demands clarity over reopening

By James McAllister

The Welsh hospitality sector has demanded clarity from the Government on when it will able to unlock, warning that the ongoing delay risks further job losses and business failures.

Flash-grilled with Joanna's head chef Stephen Simon

Flash-grilled: Stephen Simon

By James McAllister

The head chef of Joanna's in London's Crystal Palace on the importance of patience, memories of his mum's cooking, and his dislike of plant-based meat alternatives.

Friday Five: the week's top news

Friday Five: the week's top news

By James McAllister

This week's main hospitality news stories include calls to allow bar ordering from May, Time Out jettisoning its London Waterloo market, and Jamie Oliver restaurant staff receiving a compensation payout

The company behind the Bubble waffle craze BubbleWrap is planning to roll out restaurants across the UK

Bubblewrap plans 'aggressive' expansion across UK

By Restaurant

Chinatown-based bubble waffle concept Bubblewrap, which is credited with starting the craze for the Hong Kong dessert on these shores, has unveiled plans to roll out across the UK and internationally.

Jöro chef Luke French to launch Liverpool izakaya Nama

Jöro duo to launch Liverpool izakaya

By Joe Lutrario

Jöro's Luke French and Stacey Sherwood are to launch a new dining and drinking concept within the new G.P.O Food Hall within Liverpool’s MetQuarter development.

Root bristol restaurant cookbook review

Book review: Root

By Joe Lutrario

Bristol-based chef Rob Howell’s debut book is a masterclass in extracting maximum flavour from vegetables.

Industry dismisses Johnson's 'vaccine passports' for pubs idea as 'repressive' and 'unworkable'

'Vaccine passports' for pubs 'repressive' and 'unworkable'

By James McAllister

Prominent voices from the hospitality industry have dismissed suggestions that publicans could require guests to have a so-called 'vaccine passport' to enter their pubs as 'repressive' and 'unworkable'.