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City Centre Rates force Blanc out of Brum

City Centre Rates force Blanc out of Brum

By Alan Lodge

As Brasserie Blanc announces it is to close its Birmingham restaurant, blaming high rents on the decision to pull the plug, we ask just how bad this nationwide problem could get.

Perfect A La Carte at Hotelympia

Perfect A La Carte at Hotelympia

By Rational

Using the SelfCooking Centres Finishing technology, chefs at this years show will deliver perfectly cooked food quickly with minimum hassle.

Hallmark snaps up Carlisle's Lakes Court Hotel

Hallmark snaps up Carlisle's Lakes Court Hotel

By Alan Lodge

Private equity-backed group completes purchase of Grade-II listed hotel in a deal worth nearly £4million and plans to transform it into the citys first four-star resort.

Considerate Hotelier Awards Announced

Considerate Hotelier Awards Announced

By Claire Miller

The Considerate Hotelier of the Year Awards have been announced celebrating work by hotels to lessen their impact on the environment

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Delia: ""I'm not a Great Chef

By Alan Lodge

TVs original celebrity chef heaps praise on Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson while claiming that she isnt a great chef and cooking doesnt require a great amount of skill.

Bisto's Best

Bisto's Best

By Premier Foods

Bisto is celebrating its centenary year by launching two new flavours to its Chefs Gravy Mixes range.

Reach for the Pie

Reach for the Pie

By Alan Lodge

Jus-Rol introduces the first ever British Pie Week and the call goes out for pub chefs across the UK to get involved by putting pies at the top of the menu.

Oliver looks for restaurant staff

Oliver looks for restaurant staff

By Alan Lodge

Jamie Oliver is in the hunt for new recruits to join him at his new Italian restaurant in Oxford, which is due to open its doors in May this year.

National Chef of the Year Competition - the Final 40

National Chef of the Year Competition - the Final 40

By Alan Lodge

The semi final stages of the KNORR National Chef of the Year competition kick off next month as the remaining chefs battle it out for a place in the live final cook-off at The Restaurant Show

Top Chefs to run London Marathon

Top Chefs to run London Marathon

By Alan Lodge

Eight of the industrys finest will bring a new meaning to fast food, or maybe not, when they run the famous 26 mile London Marathon

Caring buys into Soho House

Caring buys into Soho House

By Claire Miller

Richard Caring has added to his already glittering estate by securing a controlling interest in ultra-hip Soho House.

Kitching to Quit Juniper

Kitching to Quit Juniper

By Alan Lodge

Greater Manchester set to lose its only Michelin star chef as Paul Kitching reveals plans to quit the Altrincham restaurant in April.

Beatles Hotel Opens in Liverpool

Beatles Hotel Opens in Liverpool

By Alan Lodge

The four-star Hard Days Night hotel opens its doors, just a stones throw from the legendary Cavern Club where the Fab Four made their name.

Apex Scoops Seasonal Food Prize

Apex Scoops Seasonal Food Prize

By Alan Lodge

Apex Hotels scoops the Promoting Seasonal Food gong at the Considerate Hotelier of the Year Awards, held in the companys home city of Edinburgh.

Michelin Stamp of Approval for Goose

Michelin Stamp of Approval for Goose

By Lucy Britner

Head chef at the Goose in Oxfordshire says the Michelin star picked up by the pub is a stamp of approval for his teams hard work.

Michelin Guide for the UK & Ireland 2008

Michelin Guide for the UK & Ireland 2008

By Alan Lodge

The new Michelin guide fails to promote any restaurants to three-star status for the fourth consecutive year in a disappointing set of awards.

Jamie's Chef pub closes down

Jamie's Chef pub closes down

By Lucy Britner

Fifteen Foundation pub The Cock in Beazley End, Essex, closes as bosses blame the economic climate and the struggles facing small businesses.

Oliver Cracks Over Egg Blunder

Oliver Cracks Over Egg Blunder

By Alan Lodge

Jamie to wield the axe at Fifteen Cornwall after the restaurant was caught serving battery eggs to customers on the same night the TV chef was pointing out the evils in battery hen egg production on national TV.

Hakkasan Sold To Fund Expansion

Hakkasan Sold To Fund Expansion

By Carina Simon

ALAN Yau has sold his central London restaurant Hakkasan and Yauatcha for $60m in a move which will help holding company Hakkasan fund its international expansion plans. Four Hakkasan ...

Tavistock's Ambitious Plans for 2008

Tavistock's Ambitious Plans for 2008

By Alan Lodge

Tyneside-based Tavistock Leisure reveals plans to double the size of its hotel portfolio in the north east in 2008, as well as expand its Italian restaurant chain.

New Jewel in The Crown at Whitebrook

New Jewel in The Crown at Whitebrook

By Alan Lodge

Michelin star Welsh restaurant appoints internationally acclaimed restauranteur David Hennigan as its new general manager.

Ramsay Delays Paris Opening

Ramsay Delays Paris Opening

By Alan Lodge

Gordon Ramsay has been forced to postpone the opening of his new restaurant in Paris as he looks to avoid the mistakes that plagued his New York debut in 2006.

Multi-Million Pound Refurb for Caledonian

Multi-Million Pound Refurb for Caledonian

By Claire Miller

Five-star Edinburgh hotel to undergo second huge refit in seven years as owners defy fears of a difficult 2008 for the industry by outlining investment plans.

New KNORR Stock Reduction

New KNORR Stock Reduction

By Unilever Foodsolutions

Its got the closest taste, look and aroma to scratch-made stock ever.

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