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Mastara Chef: Apprenticeship scheme aims to tackle ethnic skills shortage

10-Jan-2014 By Luke Nicholls

With immigration rules closing the door on all but the most senior chefs hoping to join the UK restaurant industry, there’s a crisis simmering in the kitchens of the nation’s curry houses. A recently launched initiative from the Asian Restaurants Skills...

Chefs' Choice Awards 2014: Winners revealed

10-Jan-2014 By Oliver Griffin

Restaurant magazine’s annual Chefs’ Choice Awards reveal the finest products, suppliers, brands and equipment gracing kitchens across the land. The winners have been voted for by professional chefs from every sector of the industry.

Monica Galetti: Pearls of Wisdom

20-Dec-2013 By Luke Nicholls

She’s the Samoan-born Le Gavroche sous chef that has become known as the tough-talking MasterChef: The Professionals judge. But how much do we really know about Michel Roux Jr’s right-hand woman, Monica Galetti?

Aiden Byrne on Manchester House: Business success before Michelin star

19-Dec-2013 By Emma Eversham

Manchester House, the partnership between chef Aiden Byrne and restaurant and pub company Living Ventures, opened its doors for trade in September with the firm aim of putting Manchester on the culinary map and bagging the city a Michelin star.

People on the Move in Hospitality: December 2013

17-Dec-2013 By Luke Nicholls

BigHospitality rounds up some of the latest movers and shakers in the industry with the past month seeing a number of key appointments at hotels, restaurants, pubs including Lancaster London, Luxury Jersey Hotels and L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon.

Exclusive Hotels to launch Chef’s Academy

13-Dec-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Exclusive Hotels and Venues has launched a new career development programme which will give young chefs the opportunity to work alongside MasterChef: The Professionals winner Steven Edwards along with some of the group’s Michelin-starred chefs.

Exclusive interview with MasterChef: The Professionals 2013 winner Steven Edwards

13-Dec-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Fresh from being crowned winner of MasterChef: The Professionals 2013, Steven Edwards has told BigHospitality he wants to use the experience as a springboard for his career and perhaps eventually open a restaurant of his own.

Jun Tanaka confirms first restaurant opening in London

06-Dec-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Food programme regular and former Pearl executive chef Jun Tanaka is set to open his first restaurant in central London next year.

Hospitality Guild reveals Apprenticeship Awards 2013 winners

03-Dec-2013 By Emma Eversham

The Hospitality Guild has announced the seven winners of this year's Apprenticeship Awards as well as the latest inductees to its Young Hall of Fame following an event earlier today at the Tower of London.

Daniel Pearse: Career Profile

29-Nov-2013 By Emma Eversham

Daniel Pearse, 28, has been head pastry chef for Hakkasan London for more than two years after stints at The Mandarin Oriental and The Langham. The pastry chef believes that classic training and knowing the basics before trying to climb the ladder is...

Chewton Glen chef to open first solo venture

21-Nov-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The head chef of Chewton Glen hotel in Hampshire is going solo to pursue his lifelong dream of owning a Michelin-starred restaurant with the opening The Elderflower in nearby Lymington next year.

Heston Blumenthal to open restaurant at Heathrow's Terminal 2

12-Nov-2013 By Emma Eversham

Heston Blumenthal is to open a nostalgic British restaurant at Heathrow's Terminal 2 next year as part of the airport's plans to improve its dining operations.

Bermondsey Street chefs host local fundraising feast

08-Nov-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Tanner & Co, the events-driven restaurant and bar on Bermondsey Street, played host to over some of the area’s top chefs on Wednesday night (6 November), to raise money for a national children’s charity.

Carl Clarke: Career Profile

04-Nov-2013 By Emma Eversham

Pop-up restaurant veteran Carl Clarke fell into a career in hospitality at the age of 15, working as a chef in hotels and the military before ditching it all to become a world-famous DJ. He returned to cooking in the 1990s, working for Marco Pierre White,...

Master of Culinary Arts 2013: Winners revealed

01-Nov-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Michelin-starred chef Jeff Galvin, patissier William Curley and Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons restaurant director Maurad Ben Tekfa are among the 14 winners of the 2013 Master of Culinary Arts (MCA) award.

World Chocolate Masters' UK candidate Ruth Hinks shares pastry chef career tips

28-Oct-2013 By Emma Eversham

Ruth Hinks, the chocolatier who will represent the UK in the World Chocolate Masters this week, has given her advice to those seeking a career as a chocolatier or pastry chef.

Great British Bake Off: Could it be inspiring the pastry chefs of the future?

24-Oct-2013 By Emma Eversham

The nation's new obsession with home-baking, inspired by the hit TV show Great British Bake Off, could be helping to drive up the number of pastry chefs entering the hospitality industry with colleges reporting an upturn in the number of students...

Hand and Flowers and Lancaster London chefs make Hospitality Guild's Apprenticeship Awards 2013 shortlist

21-Oct-2013 By Emma Eversham

Apprentice chefs from the Hand and Flowers in Marlow and the Lancaster London hotel are among those who have made the shortlist for the final of this year's Hospitality Guild Apprenticeship Awards.

Chris Underwood: Career Profile

18-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Pastry chefs are few and far between in UK restaurants, but Chris Underwood has been in the pastry department for all of his working life. Gaining experience with an array of big-name chefs including Tom Aikens, Michael Caines and Alan Murchison, Underwood...

Compass Chef of the Year 2013 winners revealed

11-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Chris Pulfer from Restaurant Associates has been named the Compass Chef of the Year after a hotly-contested final at The Restaurant Show earlier this week.

Gorgeous Kitchen chefs prepare for take-off at Heathrow T2

09-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Four female British TV chefs have partnered for The Gorgeous Kitchen – a contemporary restaurant opening at Heathrow’s Terminal 2 next year as part of the airport’s on-going regeneration project.

Joan Roca: ‘World’s Best Restaurant cannot be repeated'

09-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Joan Roca, head chef of El Celler de Can Roca, has insisted he won’t be opening any more restaurants despite receiving numerous offers from the UK after winning the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards earlier this year.

Hayden Groves named National Chef of the Year 2013

08-Oct-2013 By Emma Eversham

Hayden Groves, executive chef at BaxterStorey, has been named the 2013 National Chef of the Year following a tense final at The Restaurant Show.

Rococo's Barry Johnson wins UK Pastry Open 2013

08-Oct-2013 By Emma Eversham

Barry Johnson, a pastry chef at Rococo Chocolates, has won the UK Pastry Open 2013 after a six hour final at The Restaurant Show yesterday.

National Restaurant Awards: Hand & Flowers takes 2013 title

07-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The Hand & Flowers, Tom Kerridge’s pub-restaurant in Marlow, has been voted the UK’s best restaurant at the 2013 National Restaurant Awards, snatching top spot from The Ledbury, which held the title for three years.

The Restaurant Show 2013: World’s top chefs to take centre stage

04-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The Restaurant Show kicks off on Monday (7 October), with top industry organisations, a host of big-name chefs and over 320 suppliers descending on Earls Court 2 for what is the 25th year of the must-attend trade event.

Restaurant magazine launches Development Chef Club series

03-Oct-2013 By William Drew

Restaurant magazine is launching a new initiative – the Development Chef Club – aimed at informing, inspiring and interacting with the development chef and group executive chef community.

Olly Rouse joins Lainston House

01-Oct-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Exclusive Hotels has appointed Olly Rouse as the new head chef of its five-star Hampshire property, Lainston House.

Mark Greenaway: Pearls of Wisdom

27-Sep-2013 By Luke Nicholls

When he left school aged just 15, Mark Greenaway dreamt of having his own restaurant. Twenty years later, that dream was realised with Greenway’s eponymous establishment opening in Edinburgh. Having worked in numerous venues throughout the UK and Australia,...

Michelin Guide 2014: Chefs celebrate new stars

25-Sep-2013 By Emma Eversham & Luke Nicholls

With Michelin upgrading two restaurants to two-star status and awarding 15 restaurants with their first star, BigHospitality has caught up with some of the chefs who are celebrating their awards in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2014.

UCB awards Simpsons chef-patron Andreas Antona honorary doctorate

25-Sep-2013 By Emma Eversham

Andreas Antona, chef-patron of Simpsons in Edgbaston, Birmingham has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Birmingham (UCB) in recognition of his dedication and contribution to education within the hospitality industry.

Former Mon Plaisir chef to open French bistro and bar in Battersea

18-Sep-2013 By Luke Nicholls

After 10 years of service as head chef of London’s oldest French restaurant Mon Plaisir, Franck Raymond has departed to launch his own bistro and bar in the burgeoning dining district of Battersea.

Anthony Demetre to open pop-up restaurant at Tower 42

16-Sep-2013 By Emma Eversham

Arbutus, Wild Honey and Les Deux Salons chef-patron Anthony Demetre has partnered with Restaurant Associates to open AD12 atT42, a 12-week pop-up restaurant at Tower 42 in the City of London.

Stevie Parle: Pearls of Wisdom

13-Sep-2013 By Stefan Chomka

The chef-owner of Dock Kitchen in west London and star of Channel 4’s six-part TV series Spice Trip talks about the importance of travel, being fleet-of-foot, and why he dislikes concept restaurants.

Bryn Williams returns home for new restaurant

11-Sep-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Bryn Williams is planning to return to his native North Wales as the celebrity chef confirmed he would be opening a bistro at a multi-million-pound development in Colwyn Bay.

Restaurant magazine: Angela Hartnett on the transition from chef to restaurateur

03-Sep-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Gordon Ramsay protégé Angela Hartnett talks about her growing portfolio of restaurants in an exclusive interview with Restaurant magazine this month.

Pascal Proyart appointed chef consultant at The Leconfield, Petworth

29-Aug-2013 By Emma Eversham

Restaurant One-O-One executive chef Pascal Proyart has been appointed chef consultant at West Sussex restaurant The Leconfield.

Chef Norman Musa unveils new products to help put Malaysian food on the map

28-Aug-2013 By Emma Eversham

Ning restaurants co-owner and executive chef Norman Musa is aiming to introduce more of the trade and home cooks to Malaysian food with the launch of three new product lines designed for foodservice and retail.

Steelite launches Opera bowls in response to bowl food trend

20-Aug-2013 By Luke Nicholls

British tabletop manufacturer Steelite International has launched the new ‘Opera’ range of bowls to meet an increasing demand for bowl food from its clients.

Peter Gordon: Pearls of Wisdom

16-Aug-2013

The godfather of fusion cuisine and co-owner of The Providores and Tapa Room and Kopapa restaurants in London has just opened The Sugar Club on Level 53 of the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand.

Craig Sandle: Career Profile

09-Aug-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Craig Sandle is proof that dedication and commitment pays off in hospitality. The 37-year-old Edinburgh-born chef has worked in restaurants for over 20 years, spending nine of those heading up Number One at the Balmoral Hotel. Now, he oversees the latest...

Angela Hartnett to open St James’s Street restaurant in October

02-Aug-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Hot on the heels of opening Merchant’s Tavern in Shoreditch this September, Angela Hartnett has announced she will be opening another venue a month later – this time an informal Italian restaurant and standalone bar on the old site of Pétrus in central...

World Pastry Cup: Search begins for 2015 UK pastry chef team

31-Jul-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Six months after the UK came ninth in the final of the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie in Lyon, preparations are now being put in place for the 2015 World Pastry Cup and the search is on to find the chefs to represent the country in the contest.

One-trick ponies: Are single-dish restaurants widening the industry skills gap?

24-Jul-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The co-owner of a restaurant and bar in Notting Hill says the recent flurry of single and dual-dish restaurants is changing the skill set of up-and-coming chefs and making it harder for more varied and traditional concepts to attract new talent.

Top UK restaurants go head-to-head for Farm Africa’s charity football tournament

22-Jul-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Chefs and staff members from 16 of the UK’s best restaurants are donning their kitchen whites for football kits to take part in a five-a-side football tournament in aid of leading charity, Farm Africa.

Yashin Sushi & Bar to double up with South Kensington restaurant launch

18-Jul-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The Japanese owners of the Yashin Sushi & Bar restaurant off Kensington High Street have acquired a second site for the concept in South Kensington which will open in late August.

People on the Move in Hospitality: July 2013

17-Jul-2013 By Luke Nicholls

In this exclusive gallery, BigHospitality rounds up some of the latest movers and shakers in the hospitality industry. The past month has seen a number of new appointments at hotels, restaurants, pubs including DoubleTree by Hilton, Cotidie and Just Falafel.

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