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Matt Worswick named executive head chef at the Savoy Grill

01-Oct-2020 By BigHospitality

Former Pennyhill Park chef Matt Worswick has joined the Savoy Grill as its executive head chef.

Edwin Kuk named Young National Chef of the Year 2021

30-Sep-2020 By BigHospitality

Edwin Kuk, junior sous chef at The Art School Restaurant in Liverpool, has claimed the coveted title of the Young National Chef of the Year 2021.

Vacherin's Nick Smith crowned National Chef of the Year 2021

30-Sep-2020 By BigHospitality

Nick Smith, head chef at Vacherin London, has been crowned National Chef of the Year 2021.

Ex-Hawksmoor chef to take over the stoves at The Coal Shed's London outpost

30-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Former Hawksmoor executive chef Lewis Hannaford is to take the helm of The Coal Shed's London outpost at One Tower Bridge.

How I Got Here: Adam Mani

30-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Adam Mani is the co-founder and CEO of the 90-strong desert parlour brand Creams.

Calum Franklin: “We’ve never been afraid to share our secrets”

30-Sep-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The self-proclaimed pastry deviant on his debut cookbook, being a beef Wellington agony aunt and his ambition for Holborn Dining Rooms to win the World Championship of Pâté-Croûte.

Community Heroes: Tom Kerridge and crew

29-Sep-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Lockdown saw Tom Kerridge and his team raise over £180,000 and cook 80,000 meals for NHS staff, key workers and people in need in the Marlow area

People on the move: September 2020

28-Sep-2020 By BigHospitality

A roundup of the biggest personnel changes in the hospitality sector over the past month.

Five tips for handling Track and Trace data

28-Sep-2020 By Andrew Sharp

With all restaurants and pubs now required to collect data for Track and Trace, Data privacy expert Andrew Sharp at data consultancy Securys shares five tips for safe and legal customer data collection.

Hospitality heavyweights join forces to launch unemployment support service

28-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Industry heavyweights including Michel Roux Jr and Clare Smyth have joined forces with industry groups to launch a free support service for people in the sector struggling to find work.

Flash-grilled: Will Devlin

25-Sep-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The chef owner of The Small Holding in Kildown, Kent, and The Curlew in Bodiam, East Sussex, on dodgy Tripadvisor reviews, tasting menus and avocados.

Julian Metcalfe lambasts PM’s ‘exaggerated nonsense’

24-Sep-2020 By BigHospitality

Itsu CEO Julian Metcalfe has savaged Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “spouting Churchillian nonsense” and called a new six-month call to work from home “criminal”.

Nouvelle cuisine pioneer Pierre Troisgros dies aged 92

24-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Pierre Troisgros, the legendary French chef who's credited with helping reinvent the country's traditional cuisine, has died at the age of 92.

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Moving last orders to 9-9.30pm could be calling time on thousands of hospitality businesses

23-Sep-2020 By Stefan Chomka

When Rishi Sunak announced in July the Eat Out to Help Out initiative I, like a number of people in the industry, viewed it with an air of scepticism.