London diners are returning to their roots and are showing renewed interest in traditional styles of eating out – especially French – as opposed to the Oriental/novelty styles which have seemed predominant in recent years...
Elisha Carter has been appointed Head Chef of the Restaurant at Charlton House & Monty's Spa near Bath, Somerset. Carter, whose CV includes Lola's, Lindsay House and Silk at the Courthouse, is concentrating on using local, organic ...
Wilsons hotel, restaurant and club on Babbacombe seafront in Torquay, Devon, has been sold to family brewer Hall & Woodhouse from a freehold asking price of £1.1million. Christie & Co handled the sale for previous owners Rod and Laura ...
Aiden Byrne, Executive Chef of Danesfield House Hotel and Spa in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, is to be the Head Chef at the Dorchester's newly revamped Grill Room restaurant from November. Henry Brosi will continue to work as Executive Chef of the ...
Fresh whites to prolong those hazy days of summer. As I write, the heat is upon us and I am not too surprised to find my body – rather than my brain – telling me to drink less (alcohol). What interests me is that I find it hard to even ...
Southwark's loss is Islington's gain as lease expires and highly-acclaimed Scandinavian tapas concept prepares to move into former Lola's site. Glas, the Swedish tapas restaurant which opened in Borough Market in March 2005 to much ...
WHO? | Founders Jason Robson and Robert Nearn have teamed up with restaurateur and founder of Ping Pong, Kurt Zdesar, and chef David Selex, latterly of The Grocer on Warwick and the Sugar Club. ON THE MENU? | A departure for Selex, who will be ...
Latest opening for Soho House puts comfort and easy luxury in among the Chiswick chains. They've already taken Somerset, Soho, Mayfair, Notting Hill and Manhattan's Meatpacking District and now they're taking the high road – ...
The Rainbow Café has been servicing vegetarians' special needs since 1988 and willingly keeping up with dietary fads. Regular readers of the magazine will recall a recent story we ran on the horror that is dining out in the UK as a ...
East Coast Style in Newquay. WHO? | Managing Director Diane Coppock oversees the refurbishment of the Bay Hotel, including this new bar restaurant. Executive Chef Brian Moore brings his experience of working in Boston to bear on a menu rich in East ...
UK winemakers have worked hard to attain a standard worthy of inclusion on restaurant wine lists. So, in a business that's gone potty for locally sourced produce, why is English wine still the exception rather than the norm? We live in a world ...
Bank Restaurant Group has announced a 21 per cent increase in profits for the six months ended April 30. Bank, which bought the Zinc Bar and Grill chain for £1.5m in December 2005, saw profit before interest, taxation, depreciation and ...
Regent Inns has bought 31 Old Orleans restaurants from Punch Taverns for £26million. Of the estate, 27 are short leasehold. The cash proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce debt. Chief Executive of Punch Taverns, Giles Thorley, said, ...
Measuring customer satisfaction. One thing restaurants cannot do, no matter how hard they try, is force people to come in and eat. The competition between restaurants, particularly in busy cities, is fierce, and often, restaurants are a luxury that ...
A year and a half after commencement, Knightsbridge Brazilian project gets going again with a new chef secured. ? Mocoto, the modern Brazilian restaurant in Knightsbridge, on the former premises of Isola, which has been beset by delays, is now to ...
It may be the worst part of any waiter's job, but everyone profits from a properly celebrated birthday. Emptying bins, polishing glasses and cleaning ashtrays; of all the worst waiting tasks, there's one that knocks them all into a cocked ...
You've got until October 1 to make sure that you comply with new laws against age discrimination. With the new Age Discrimination legislation coming into play on October 1, now is the time for restaurateurs to make sure they fully understand the...
Anthony Bennett. Who is he? Bennett is Managing Director of the London division of contract catering company MITIE Catering Services, which he established just over two years ago. What else does he do? Through MITIE he recently developed the ...
Getting Started: From a very young age I was working in pubs in Herefordshire, where I grew up, and got the taste for working in hospitality. I went to college to get qualified and gained the equivalent of an NVQ. I had training as a chef and service...
Gordon Ramsay is Britain's richest chef, worth £67million, according to a Chef Rich List published in The Independent. The 39-year-old has built his wealth through nine UK restaurants and outposts in Dubai and Tokyo, adding TV shows ...
Your new cookbook is called Rebel Cook and has a photo of you on your motorbike. Trying to give Anthony Bourdain a run for his money? I'm really embarrassed about that. I thought it would look tongue-in-cheek and humorous but I actually look a ...
SURE AS EGGS Scrambled Eggs Signature dishes, the ones that define your career, are often a fluke. Little did I know when I put rich, creamy scrambled eggs on the menu at my first restaurant in '93, that I would become known as Sydney's ...
Presentation is everything, so why send out your beautifully crafted food on anything less than perfect tableware? Follow our expert's tips on choosing plates that please the eye. The whole ‘gastropub' thing aside, it never fails to ...
