A restaurant that's definitely in questionable taste Whatever next? We've seen some crazy ideas along the way, but The Clinic, a ‘multi sensorial fine dining and wild partying environment', opened in mid-December in Singapore, is ...
Pourcel brothers pull out of Pulze partnership deal at 11th hour The Pourcel brothers have pulled out of the partnership deal with Claudio Pulze to take over ailing fine dining French restaurant W'Sens and turn it into a more mid-market concept....
To win the battle against bacteria, scrub your staff daily and make sure their habits are clean The chef wipes his nose with his hand and then dips a soiled finger into the sauce to taste it. The waiter bringing the starters to the table has an ...
It’s time to sort out the inconsistencies surrounding service charge in the uk. That’s our mission for 2007 and we need you to lead the debate. By 2008 we hope to have a solution that suits everybody.
Chez Bruce in Wandsworth has won the Top Food award in the newly released Zagat Survey 2008. The guide, put together using comments from more than 5,300 Londoners, named L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Covent Garden the Top Newcomer, Les Trois .
The Gordon Ramsay Scholar Award 2007 is now open to entries from cooks aged between 18 and 25, working or studying in Great Britain or Ireland. Ramsay said, ;As ever, I am excited as we start the search for our scholar and look forward to the ...
Late nights, tempers frayed, nerves a-jangle – you can't imagine just how many times harmony has been restored in this office over an order of pizza from our local Strada. Sometimes it's the only thing that's brought us back from ...
Hof Van Cleve chef to open in Bruxelles-Midi and is interested in a Mayfair outpost Peter Goossens, the three Michelin-starred Belgian chef, is to open a speciality meat restaurant at Bruxelles-Midi train station early next year. Goossens will open ...
Tragus Group has announced an increase in turnover of 14.8 per cent to £148.7m in the year ended May 2007. Like-for-like sales for the casual dining company were up 9.7 per cent. It had 236 restaurants by the end of the period, made up of ...
To help restaurateurs save money and the planet, free workshops are available from the LDA Being energy efficient and minimising waste is not just about benefiting the environment, it is also a great way to save restaurateurs money and improve ...
WHO? | Restaurateur Tony Kitous of Pasha and Levant, both in London, introduces the flavours of the Maghreb to the City with his restaurant and late night lounge bar, Kenza. Head Chef is Lebanese-born Jad Youssef. The sommelier is Peter Lorimer; ...
WHO? | Thierry Tomasin, former Sommelier at Le Gavroche and General Manager of Aubergine opens a Parisstyle brasserie close to Hyde Park. Head Chef Olivier Duret comes from Scribe in Paris. ON THE MENU? | Cornish Crab in Aspic with Fennel Cream; ...
WHO? | Proprietor Vanessa Pinto subtitles Padstow's latest opening Custard, ‘an English diner'. Restaurant Manager Carrina Mullan comes from Rick Stein's Café; Head Chef Dan Edge is from Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant. ...
WHO? | Old school chums Tom Pemberton and Alex Mosley join forces in this informal British restaurant in Notting Hill. Pemberton was Head Chef at East London's St John Bread and Wine. ON THE MENU? | Grilled Razor Clams, Thyme and Red Onion; ...
Hamish Anderson on his artful development of the Tat's prestigious wine collection The Tate Gallery opened on the site of Millbank Penitentiary in London in 1897. Officially named the National Gallery of British Art, it quickly became known as ...
From Viennese trip hop to Depeche Mode, Ayako Watanabe reveals what's playing on the iPod at the Saki Bar and Food Emporium in Smithfield What's it like: Two discs of down-tempo chillout remixes from the masters of the same, Austrian ...
After a dismal season there's loose talk of an Indian summer, but as I write, it's too soon to say for sure. So in a spirit of optimism, let's consider some wines that will suit a warmish autumn before we start to think of the kind of ...
Knowing about good food and having great presentation skills simply isn't enough if you're thinking about jacking in the day job to become a restaurateur say first-timers You're sociable. You give dinner parties. You have ‘mine ...
If you reckon museum food is tired and boring, think again. Forward-thinking operators are dusting off its image and upping the takings A top-name chef and museum food isn't a traditional pairing. Usually, those unfortunate enough to be struck by...
Isn't it amazing how you can print off 100 copies of the menu and yet, halfway through lunchtime, they're all creased, covered in mucky pawprints and drizzled with red wine – and that's if you can find them. We like the solution ...
Racine founder sells up to concentrate on role with Nick Jones Henry Harris, Chef and joint co-owner of Racine in Knightsbridge, has sold his share of the business to Eric Garnier, with whom he set up the business five years ago. Harris has now ...
Gordon Ramsay's Dubai outpost, Verre, is to relocate from its current location at the Hilton Dubai Creek to the new Conrad Dubai when it opens in 2009, according to rumours. The 70-cover Verre was Ramsay's first restaurant outside the UK when...
A Central London Employment Tribunal has ruled that money paid to employees through a separate tronc payroll does count as earnings that can be used to make up restaurant employees' pay to the National Minimum Wage
The spiel? ;An authentic American diner (so far, one in Soho, one in Shoreditch) with milkshakes, cocktails and beer. We are here for more than just a burger: it's a whole dining experience,; says Co-owner Andreas Akerlund. Which means? ...
Forget Ludlow, for the hottest of gourmet hot spots right now, check out the virtual world of Second Life (aka SL). For those who aren't familiar with it, allow us to introduce a virtual world complete with shops, embassies, and yes, restaurants,...
Brand extensions of restaurant food can be a lucrative sector to get into, but only if it matches the reputation of your business ;You cannot bottle the experience, but you can ensure that when the customer uses the products at home they are of ...
From fed-up and hard-up to Nobu protégé and celebrating his first year going solo with Dinings Eight years ago, Tomanari Chiba, Chef/Proprietor of Japanese restaurant Dinings, asked his Taiwanese designer friend I Yu if he'd design ..
Pascal Proyart has quietly been waiting in the wings of the London restaurant scene, but now, with a newly refurbished restaurant, it's time for him to take centre stage It was a clear chill day last winter that found Pascal Proyart, me and a ...
PASTA WITH PEDIGREE Whitby Crab with Pasta and Herbs This dish is as simple as you could possibly get – that is why it works. The ingredients are locally sourced, fresh and made to order; the crab is caught in Whitby, the pasta made on-site. It .
Who is he? Owner of the Korova Group, which operates six sites in Liverpool with another two to open by the end of 2007. How did he get into the industry? ;Out of sheer necessity. I was entrepreneurial by nature and I'd been involved in a ...
Good news for restaurateurs who diversify into ‘meals to take home'. New research from Mintel shows that the market for ready meals in Europe has grown by five per cent between 2006 and 2007 to reach €8.4bn. The research showed the ...
Birmingham butcher Walter Smith has won 2007 Supreme Champion at the Great Taste Awards, with its Free-range Pork Pie. Other winners included Andrew Jones, West Yorkshire, with Figit Pie; En Place Foods, Ireland, with Castle Leslie Balsamic Reduction...
Organic food and drink sales in the UK have continued to rise, with a growth of 22 per cent last year, according to the Soil Association's annual Organic Market Report. The report, which included consumer research from Mintel, revealed that in ...
Charles Campion's London Restaurant Guide 2008 has been released featuring more than 400 London venues visited and reviewed by the food writer. At the book launch this month, Campion handed out tongue-incheek awards, where the hottest food in ...
September is proving to be a good month for chefs winning doctorates. For this month two restaurateurs/ celebrity chefs, have already been awarded honorary degrees in the first half of the month. Ken Hom has received an honorary doctorate from Oxford...
The Olive Branch & Beech House in Clipsham, Rutland, has won Michelin Pub of the Year 2008 in Michelin's newly released Eating Out in Pubs 2008 guide. ;The No1 spot can only go to a pub with star quality – that extra ingredient you ...
The shortlist for the restaurant category in this year's RSPCA Good Business Awards have been announced. They are Cubana, London SE1, Iglu in Edinburgh, Leon (branches across London), McDonald's, Moshi Moshi and The Swan Inn at Inkpen, ...
Time Out has announced its shortlist for the London Eating and Drinking Awards 2007. The awards, now in their 18th year have 10 categories including the new Best British Restaurant, Best British Traiteur and Best Coffee Bar. Time Out’s ...
Gilgamesh in Camden Stables, London has been taken over by the owners of the building – retailer turned restaurateur Richard Caring’s Gilgamesh Camden Ltd – after the previous restaurant owners allegedly failed to meet rent ...
At around this time each year, since around about 2004, I, along with my colleagues at Restaurant, have been forced to pause, scratch my chins and magic up a list of candidates for The Lifetime Achievement Award. Given out in April each year as part ..
Restaurants in the UK have significantly increased in confidence over the past year, according to American Express’ second annual Hospitality Monitor. The majority (80 per cent) of restaurateurs and hoteliers said they felt “as ...
Chez Bruce in Wandsworth was rated London’s top destination for food and named Londoner’s Favourite Restaurant for the third consecutive year in a survey for the Harden’s London Restaurants 2008 guide. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay came ..
With the fiery owner of L’ortolan at the helm, La Bécasse is aiming to fill the void Hibiscus has left in Ludlow It’s the morning after the much-anticipated first night of La Bécasse, the new kid on the Ludlow restaurant ...
Mauro Colagreco couldn't resist Mirazur in Menton, but how forward-thinking are the blue rinsers of the Côte d'Azur? When Mauro Colagreco first clapped eyes on Mirazur in Menton, he knew resistance was futile. Though he and his ...
An event is being held to raise funds in the name of wine merchant, writer and restaurateur Nick Tarayan who was struck down by a serious illness two years ago. The Nick Tarayan Bursary Fundraising Event will take place on September 17 at The Middle ..
WHO? | Sarah and Lino Poli open their second Italian, Boboli – sister of Firenze in Kibworth Beauchamp. Similarly Florence-inspired Boboli – named after the Tuscan city’s Giardini di Boboli – is less formal than Firenze, ...
Former Savoy Chef George Fuchs has bought his first restaurant on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast in Wales. Fuchs and his wife Einar, who will look after front of house, have bought Illtud’s 216, a former 16th Century malthouse in Llantwit Major, ..
WHO? | A former print works building refurbished by The Stanley Street Company. Print encompasses a design hotel, members club, restaurant, bar and club. Head Chef Dave Chapman joins Nick Henry, the General Manager. ON THE MENU? | Seared Tuna Loin, ...
For kids brought up in Britain during the 70s and 80s, the closest they got to experiencing Mexican food was usually supermarket-bought Old El Paso dinner kits
On the site of the original gatehouse to Dalton Park in East Yorkshire, the Pipe and Glass Inn dates back to the fifteenth century. After Kate Boroughs and partner James Mackenzie bought it in March 2006, a full refurbishment began, creating a ...
