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Tom Griffiths on Restaurant Kits: "We want to be the Secret Cinema of food kits"

12-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Having become head of partnerships for e-commerce platform Restaurant Kits, Flank founder Tom Griffiths is working on a plan to ensure the makeaway market continues to thrive after restaurants reopen.

Fundraising page set up to honour the memory of chef Chris Essex

12-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

A fundraising page has been set up to honour Chris Essex, head chef at Michelin-starred Thomas Carr 1873 restaurant, who lost his battle with cancer this month.

Gordon Ramsay joins make at home movement in partnership with Restaurant Kits

11-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Gordon Ramsay is to launch a DIY meal kit in partnership with e-commerce platform Restaurant Kits.

Rockfish secures Salcombe site

08-Mar-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Mitch Tonk’s Rockfish restaurant chain has secured a location in Salcombe, Devon, that will take its total number of sites up to nine when it opens next spring.

Flash-grilled: Rose Ashby

05-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

The head chef of Spring at Somerset House on her love of Christmas dinner, childhood aspirations of being a PE teacher, and struggling to impress her six-year-old niece with pasta.

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Walnuts: a key ingredient for plant-based

02-Mar-2021 By California Walnuts

With health foods on the rise and meat-replacement recipes more in demand, now is the time to get cracking on plant-based dishes.

The year of the ? Chefs and restaurateurs on what they want to see in 2021

01-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

With the Government due to announce its budget on Wednesday (3 March), we asked chefs and restaurateurs what they'd like to see 2021 bring.

Flash-grilled: Gemma Simmonite

26-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

The co-owner of all-day café Gastrono-me in Bury St Edmunds on her admiration of Asma Khan, watching MasterChef Australia, and why there's no place for machismo in her kitchen.

Festivals are go as chefs sign up in droves

26-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

UK festival organisers are hoping to put on events as early as May and have already signed some of the biggest names in the industry to provide food and drink.

Book review: Today’s Special

24-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Phaidon’s latest cookbook sees 20 leading chefs choose 100 emerging chefs to present a menu.

Community project Curry Club extends crowdfund campaign

22-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

A not-for-profit cook to community project supported by chefs including Stevie Pale, Meera Sodha and Anna Jones, has extended its crowdfunding campaign to raise money to provide free meals for the people of Islington.

Flash-grilled: Gary Lee

19-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

The Ivy's executive chef on his love of boxing, memories of eating at Alain Ducasse's Benoit in Paris, and watching Mark Hix on Great British Menu.

Flash-grilled: Shay Cooper

12-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

The chef-patron of Julie’s in London's Holland Park on his admiration for Joël Robuchon, being reviewed by Jan Moir, and nearly choking to death on a piece of bacon.

Elystan Street launches prize draw in aid of FOH team

10-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Chelsea restaurant Elystan Street has launched a prize draw to support its front of house team.

Flash-grilled: Masaki Sugisaki

05-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

The executive chef and co-founder of Dinings SW3 on his admiration of Nobu Matsuhisa, his love of Instagram, and why he can't stand whistling in his kitchen.

Ocado to sell Hawksmoor steaks

05-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Hawksmoor’s steaks will be available to buy from online supermarket Ocado and the steak restaurant group’s own website from next week.

Future of UK shellfish industry in doubt as EU confirms live import ban

04-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The future of the UK’s shellfish industry is uncertain following the EU’s confirmation of an indefinite ban on the sale of live mussels, scallops, oysters, clams and cockles to member states.

Burnt Chef Project launches free-to-use mental health support service for hospitality staff

01-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

Not-for-profit social enterprise the Burnt Chef Project has launched a free-to-use mental health support service for hospitality staff.

Flash-grilled: Gavin Edney

29-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

The group head chef for The Elder in Bath and The Woodsman in Stratford upon Avon on starting out in kitchens at 15 and his love of wild British ingredients.

Karine Canevet on her Michelin Sommelier Award

29-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The Brittany-born co-owner of Maison Bleue on her list, wine service style and her Suffolk fine dining restaurant's jar-based takeaway service.

Gousto offers indies the chance to create recipe box dishes

28-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Gousto is offering five independent restaurants £10,000 each in funding alongside business coaching and the chance to co-create one of its recipe box dishes.

Clare Smyth named Bocuse d’Or UK Academy Global Chef Ambassador

27-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The Bocuse d’Or UK Academy has appointed Clare Smyth as its Global Chef Ambassador.

Flash-grilled: Michael Carr

22-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

The former Gordon Ramsay Group alumnus, who now oversees the stoves of Fenchurch Restaurant at Sky Garden, on childhood Christmas dinners, working in pubs, and his love of Sunday Brunch.

The Lowdown: The Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2021

21-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The little red book is going ahead with its 2021 guide - albeit later than normal - to ‘celebrate the many amazing restaurants in Great Britain & Ireland and all the hugely talented chefs and restaurateurs’ despite the ongoing pandemic.

Hospitality for Heroes launches cookbook

21-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Hospitality for Heroes, the not-for-profit initiative responsible for providing close to 100,000 meals for the NHS since the start of the pandemic, is to launch a cookbook.

Think tank calls for London ‘College of Food’

20-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

A world-beating College of Food should be established in London with a mission to transform culinary education and support the hospitality industry to recover from Coronavirus and Brexit.

Birmingham chef Andrew Sheridan to launch street food van

18-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Birmingham-based chef Andrew Sheridan is to launch a street food van that will serve French bistro dishes as well as putting on a number of collaborations with other well-known chefs.

Flash-grilled: Marwa Alkhalaf

15-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

The co-owner of Iranian restaurant Nutshell in London on what it means to be a good chef, and why she regrets not pursuing it as career from a younger age.

The Lowdown: GRUBie

14-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

A platform will soon be launched that allows cooks - both professional and amateur - to sell home-cooked food to the public.

The Nest team head west with Fenn

13-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The team behind Hackney restaurant Nest are to open a seasonal British restaurant on Fulham’s Wandsworth Bridge Road.

Tomos Parry to open permanent restaurant at Climpson’s Arch

13-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Brat chef Tomos Parry’s residency at semi-outdoor dining venue Climpson’s Arch is going permanent.

Flash-grilled: Tom Peters

08-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

The former Masterchef: The Professionals finalist, who took over the stoves at Bob Bob Ricard last year, on how he got his start in the industry and his long-held admiration of Thomas Keller.

French chef Cyril Lignac to bring Bar des Prés to London

08-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Top French chef Cyril Lignac intends to make his London debut this spring with the launch of Bar des Prés within the site that was once home to Indian Accent on Mayfair’s Albemarle Street.

The Lowdown: Regenuary

07-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

For the month of January, some will only be eating produce that is local and seasonal and farmed using regenerative agricultural practices.

Albert Roux dies aged 85

06-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Hugely influential chef restaurateur Albert Roux has died at the age of 85 having been unwell ‘for a while’, the Roux family has revealed.

Flash-grilled: Lorna McNee

04-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

The Great British Menu 'Champion of Champions', who took over as head chef of Glasgow’s Cail Bruich restaurant last year, on working with Andrew Fairlie and her dream dinner party guest list.

Flash-grilled: Avinash Shashidhara

24-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

The head chef of recently launched Fitzrovia restaurant Pali Hill on dining at Italy's Trattoria Caprini, and why he'd be a surgeon if he wasn't in kitchens.

2020 Roux Scholarship postponed again

22-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The Roux family has again postponed the 2020 Roux Scholarship regional and national finals, which were due to take place in Birmingham and London in March next year.

Fast thinking: how restaurants are avoiding festive food waste

17-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

Closed for eat-in with just one day’s notice, hospitality businesses across London and large swathes of the South East are facing an unprecedented festive food waste challenge.

Hospitality industry sheds more staff than any other sector

15-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

The hospitality industry has seen the highest increase in unemployment than any other single sector, new figures from The Office for National Statistics show.