Former Inverlochy Castle head chef Thomas Swaby has been named National Chef Of The Year following one of the highly respected cookery competitions ‘closest ever’ battles.
The co-owner of Shoreditch's Oklava and the soon-to-reopen Linden Stores in Cheshire on her love of the Levant region and why txakoli would be her wine of choice for her last meal.
Joshua Owens-Baigler and Amar Takhar are to overhaul the London Soho space they launched as Golden Gai last year and reopen it as Japanese 'kushikatsu' restaurant Dai Chi.
Julien Jouhannaud, who previously worked under Alain Ducasse, has been appointed executive chef at Langan's in London's Mayfair, ahead of the restaurant's relaunch later this month.
Whatley Manor chef Niall Keating is to launch a restaurant close to his hometown of Stoke-on-Trent late next month that will 'celebrate the rich history and heritage of the Potteries and the industrial revolution'.
The former Vacherin head chef serves up a three-course meal and shares his views on sustainability, chef welfare and how the National Chef Of The Year competition has changed over the years.
The Peckham Cellar's co-founder on opening a wine bar during a pandemic, getting her start in the sector, and why hospitality can be the best job in the world.
Some 81% of pub operators are increasing prices in their businesses this year, a poll conducted by The Morning Advertiser - BigHospitality's sister site - has found.
Lewis Hamilton-backed vegan fast-food group Neat Burger is ramping up its expansion in the capital following the completion of a funding round that valued the company at $70m.
Widespread supply problems and increased demand from the hospitality sector combined to push up prices by 1.2% in August, the new edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals.
Indo-Chinese fusion restaurant Fatt Pundit has doubled up with a site in London's Covent Garden that's billed as 'an evolution' of the group's Soho original.
D&D London is looking to grow its estate significantly in the next two to three years with 16 potential projects in the UK and overseas currently in the pipeline.
Thai restaurant chain Giggling Squid is continuing to push ahead with expansion, with a number of new locations set to launch before the end of the year.
Trade body UKHospitality and Hospitality Minister Paul Scully have urged businesses to promote the hospitality sector during this year’s Hospitality Apprenticeships Week.
Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups achieved a significant bounce in sales in September, the latest edition of the Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals.
The head pastry chef at the Hotel Café Royal in London's Piccadilly, who recently impressed at the Coup de Monde de la Patisserie in France, discusses his career to date.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Elizabeth Haigh being hit with plagiarism allegations, the closure of 1,000 licenced premises since July, and a delay to planned business rates reform.
The Government has announced a consultation to temporarily amend so-called 'cabotage' rights in another bid to try and alleviate the pressures of Britain’s ongoing supply chain crisis.
UKHospitality is to request an urgent meeting with the Treasury, amid reports a major overhaul of business rates has been shelved so ministers and officials can undertake further work..
The number of EU workers in hospitality is continuing to fall, according to the latest figures from Fourth, with Brits now making up more than half of the sector's workforce.
Plans for a major overhaul of the business rates system have been shelved, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak now only expected to unveil smaller scale tweaks in this month's Budget.
More than a third of UK hospitality employers have boosted pay and benefits in an attempt to attract and retain staff, new data from Lightspeed reveals.
