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Chef calls out kitchen bullying after having "boiling butter poured down trousers"

15-Jul-2019 By Sophie Witts

A chef at a high-end hotel in the Cotswolds has been sacked over accusations of bullying, which culminated in a colleague having boiling butter poured down his trousers.

Adam Byatt to replace Heinz Beck at Brown's Hotel

15-Jul-2019 By James McAllister

Adam Byatt, owner of the Michelin-starred Trinity restaurant in Clapham, has been named chef director of food and beverage at Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair.

Flash-grilled: Paul Welburn

12-Jul-2019 By James McAllister

Paul Welburn, who has worked under Andrew Pern, Brian Hughson and Richard Corrigan during his career, is executive chef at the Michelin-starred Oxford Kitchen in Oxfordshire.

Waka to open second restaurant

12-Jul-2019 By James McAllister

Peruvian-Japanese fusion concept Waka is to open a second restaurant towards the end of next month on Houndsditch street in the City of London.

Friday Five: the week's top news

12-Jul-2019 By Sophie Witts

We round-up some of the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week.

KFC commits to ensuring greater animal welfare standards

12-Jul-2019 By James McAllister

KFC is to sign up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC), which calls on brands to ensure greater welfare animal standards are implemented across the supply chain.

Latest opening: Siren

12-Jul-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Nathan Outlaw has responded to the call of The Goring and opened the first new restaurant in the London hotel in 109 years.

French chef demands withdrawal from "incompetent" Michelin Guide

12-Jul-2019 By Sophie Witts

Tensions are simmering in the world of French gastronomy with another top chef demanding his restaurant be removed from the Michelin Guide – a request its publishers have refused.

Natalia Ribbe: "Women don’t speak up and when they do it’s treated as a spectacle"

12-Jul-2019 By James McAllister

The co-founder of Ladies of Restaurants, which supports women working in hospitality, recently opened European dining concept Café Barletta with her partner Jackson Berg in Margate’s Dreamland amusement park.

Aizle chef to open second Edinburgh restaurant

11-Jul-2019 By Sophie Witts

The chef behind well-regarded Edinburgh fine dining restaurant Aizle is to open a second site in the city next month.

Pasta Loco pair to launch Italian trattoria concept

11-Jul-2019 By James McAllister

The team behind Bristol’s well-regarded Pasta Loco restaurant are to launch a new concept later this year on the site formerly occupied by Bell's Diner and Bar Rooms.

Neil Rankin to take on "heavily processed" vegan burgers

11-Jul-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Temper chef Neil Rankin is to launch a vegan burger restaurant that will provide an alternative to the "heavily processed" meat substitutes that most in the space are using.

The Lowdown: plant-based 'seafood'

11-Jul-2019 By James McAllister

A plant-based alternative to raw tuna, which up to now has only been available in the US, is to make its European debut at the Harro Food’s Japan Show at Hyper Japan this weekend.