Casual Dining

Gordon Ramsay lines up three openings in as many days with Street Burger launch

01-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

Gordon Ramsay has confirmed the opening of his first Street Burger restaurant, which will launch this Thursday (3 December) at One New Change in the City of London.

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It's time to harness plant-based power

01-Dec-2020 By Unilever Food Solutions

With more than one in five consumers cutting back on their meat consumption during lockdown, isn’t it time you shook up your menu to give it a more plant-based focus?

Caffè Nero rejects 'disruptive' EG bid in favour of CVA

01-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

Caffè Nero has rejected a takeover bid from the billionaire brothers behind petrol forecourt business EG Group, choosing instead to press ahead with its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).

Tomahawk restaurant group to make London debut on former Jamie Oliver Fifteen site

30-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Tomahawk restaurant group will open its debut restaurant in the capital at the start of next month in the site that was formerly home to Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen.

Over three-quarters of night-time economy businesses expect to go bust within a month

30-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

More than three-quarters of night-time economy businesses say they will collapse within a month, according to a new survey.

Wales bans all alcohol sales in hospitality under tough new Coronavirus restrictions

30-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Pubs, bars and restaurants in Wales will be banned from selling alcohol and be forced to close at 6pm every evening under tough new Coronavirus restrictions.

Patisserie Valerie partners with Sainsbury's to launch in-store range of cakes and pastries

30-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Patisserie Valerie has reteamed with Sainsbury's in a deal that will see the bakery chain retail 14 of its best-selling cakes and pastries across 250 supermarket stores from this week.

Government 'evidence' of hospitality transmission rebuffed by the sector

30-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Government ‘evidence’ of the transmission risk in the hospitality has been greeted with dismay by the sector.

Pizza Hut Delivery to recruit 2,500 staff

30-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Pizza Hut Delivery is to hire 2,500 staff in a recruitment spree after its plans for rapid expansion were boosted by surging demand for takeaways during the pandemic.

Hospitality set to receive additional financial support as rebellion over tougher tier restrictions grows

30-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The Prime Minister is set to announce that hospitality businesses facing tougher tier restrictions from this week will receive additional financial support from the Government.

Friday Five: the week's top news stories

27-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

We round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including Sat Bains launching a Punjabi food business; and hospitality businesses having to face tier 2 and 3 restrictions.

Hospitality businesses in Wales face tougher restrictions in the run up to Christmas

27-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Restaurants, pubs and bars in Wales will face stricter lockdown restrictions in the run up to Christmas but will receive further Government support.

The Double Red Duke restaurant with rooms to open next year

27-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Husband and wife duo Sam and Georgie Pearman will open gastropub The Double Red Duke in February next year with help from Hawksmoor and PittCue veteran Richard Turner.

Flash-grilled: Gaia Enria

27-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The Italian-born founder of Burro e Salvia, which opened on Redchurch Street, Shoreditch in 2013, on leading the current fresh pasta craze in the capital and how a trip to Modena changed her life.

Alexandre Santamaria: “The curfew was worse than the lockdown”

27-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The co-owner of Notting Hill’s Cha Cha X Sister Jane on being an international restaurant consultant in the time of Covid-19 and his Japanese dark kitchen business Oro.

Arran-based Auchrannie Resort to remain closed until 29 January

27-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Hotel and restaurant Auchrannie Resort on the Isle of Arran will not reopen until 29 January because of the Coronavirus restrictions imposed on the area, its owners say.

Tobacco Dock to offer socially distanced festive eating and drinking

26-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Tobacco Dock’s rooftop venue Skylight is to offer a socially distanced festive eating and drinking experience over the Christmas period.

Tougher tier restrictions could wipe out £7.8bn worth of trading in December

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

UKHospitality has warned that the landscape of the sector will be 'fundamentally degraded for the foreseeable future' if the Government fails to provide businesses with further financial support.

More than 31,000 hospitality businesses to remain closed in England under the tier system

26-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

More than 31,000 pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes will remain closed in England after the second national lockdown lifts on 2 December thanks to the Government’s tier system.

Government accused of making scapegoats of pubs with its restrictions

26-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

More than 50 UK pub and brewing businesses have written the Prime Minister saying that pubs are being ‘scapegoated’ and warning that they could be lost forever unless he takes action.

Macellaio RC's Roberto Costa to open Fulham restaurant and shop

26-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Macellaio RC founder Roberto Costa is to open an eponymous restaurant and shop in Fulham on 3 December.

Large swathes of northern England face Tier 3 restrictions as London remains in Tier 2

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Hospitality businesses across large swathes of northern England and the Midlands, including in Manchester, Lancashire, Newcastle, Birmingham and Leicester, will be forced to remain locked down under tougher Tier 3 restrictions.

UK pub market faces 61% decline in 2020

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic will wipe £14bn from the pub sector in 2020, although the market is set to tentatively recover next year according to Lumina Intelligence.

Piccolino and The Restaurant Bar & Grill brands bought in £40m deal

26-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Individual Restaurants, which owns the Piccolino, Restaurant Bar & Grill, Opera Grill and Bank high street restaurant brands, has been acquired by the directors of Iceland supermarket, in a transaction worth more than £40m.

Mitchells & Butlers axes 1,300 jobs

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Harvester and All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers has confirmed 1,300 staff have been made redundant as a result of the impact to trade caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Fears for tiers - hospitality holds its breath as majority of England faces tougher restrictions

26-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Most regions in England look set to be placed into the toughest two tiers of the Government's Coronavirus alert system with hospitality businesses bearing the brunt of the tougher restrictions.

Disappointment as Spending Review fails to deliver targeted support for hospitality

25-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The Chancellor's Spending Review has been met with disappointment by the hospitality sector for not doing enough to support businesses as they prepare to face tougher tier restrictions.

Businesses claimed £849m through Eat Out to Help Out

25-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Hospitality businesses claimed £849m through the Chancellor’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme (EOHO) according to new data from HMRC, discounting more than 160 million meals,

Shoreditch restaurant Two Lights announces permanent closure

25-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Two Lights, the neighbourhood-style restaurant in London's Shoreditch from Clove Club alumnus Chase Lovecky, has announced it will close permanently due to ongoing Coronavirus restrictions making the business 'untenable'.

HospoDemo prepares for second protest as Government 'makes a scapegoat' of hospitality

25-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

A second hospitality demonstration in Parliament Square is to take place early next month to protest the tougher restrictions set to be imposed on the sector by Government next week.

Yummy Pub Co's Tim Foster: "Show me evidence we're unsafe or we reopen"

25-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Publican Tim Foster says he will break lockdown restrictions and open his pub The Wire Mill in Surrey unless the Government can provide proof that it is unsafe to do so.

Mark Hix to take on The Fox Inn in Corscombe, Dorset

25-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Mark Hix is to take on The Fox Inn in Corscombe, Dorset, next month.

Easing of restrictions over Christmas labelled a 'mockery' as hospitality shut out from plans

25-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Government plans to relax Coronavirus restrictions nationwide over the Christmas period have been branded a 'mockery' after it emerged the tougher restrictions imposed on hospitality venues would remain in place.

Accor and Ennismore to merge to become 'world’s leading lifestyle hospitality operator'

24-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Hotel groups Accor and Ennismore are entering into negotiations to form what has been described as ‘the world’s leading lifestyle operator in the hospitality sector’ through an all-share merger.

Bird appoints Andrew Clover to drive growth

24-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Fried chicken and waffle specialist Bird has appointed Andrew Clover as managing director to deliver an ‘ambitious’ expansion plan.

“What evidence justifies this” – anger as hospitality ‘unfairly targeted’ by tougher tier restrictions

24-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Voices from across the hospitality sector have demanded the Government provide evidence to explain its decision to target the industry with tighter restrictions under the new Coronavirus tier system.

Alex Ghalleb to open Chameleon in Marylebone

24-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Alex Ghalleb is spearheading a multi-faceted restaurant venture within the grounds of a Grade I-listed former church that will include a restaurant headed by high profile Israeli chef Elior Balbul.

Leon explores CVA

24-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon is drawing up plans for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in a bid to salvage its future.

Dining destination Glebe House to open in Devon in spring 2021

24-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Guest house, restaurant and 15-acre smallholding Glebe House will open in Devon in spring 2021.

Government forces 'restrictive straitjacket' on hospitality as tougher tier restrictions announced

23-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Restaurants and pubs in Tier 3 areas will be restricted to takeaway only under tough new measures announced by the Government that have been described as being 'a restrictive straitjacket' on the sector at best and 'a lockdown in all but...

Nightclub bosses appeal for bailout

23-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Bosses from some of the UK's biggest night-time economy operators will meet with the Business Secretary this week in an attempt to secure a potential lifeline for the sector.

Kolamba: “What we want for the next year is just stability”

23-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The co-founder of Soho-based Sri Lankan restaurant Kolamba describes his first full year in business as being a ‘rollercoaster’.

Sakurado brings its mille crepes to Chinatown

23-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Sakurado - the Franco-Japanese patisserie brand that specialises in mille crepe - has chosen Chinatown for its second London location.

Removal of Job Retention Bonus 'leaves £2.1bn black hole' in sector finances

23-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

UKHospitality has written to Rishi Sunak warning that additional financial support is vital to ensure hospitality businesses survive winter and are able to help power economic growth next year.

"A bullet in the head for hospitality" - sector set to bear the brunt of tougher tier restrictions

23-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Plans for a tougher tier system in England that will see restaurants and pubs in Tier 3 areas restricted to takeaway only have been described as 'a bullet in the head' for hospitality.

Hospitality venues account for just 4.1% of Coronavirus exposure, latest figures reveal

20-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Hospitality venues made up just 4.1% of Coronavirus exposure ‘common locations’ for the first two weeks of November, according to the latest figures from Public Health England (PHE).

Friday Five: the week's top news stories

20-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

We round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including Mitchells & Butlers announcing a raft of closures and TGI Fridays launching a new bar concept.

Petition launched to 'save Scottish hospitality trade' before Christmas

20-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

A petition has been launched calling for the Scottish Government to ‘tweak the tiers' and support the hospitality sector through what is guaranteed to be a tough festive season.

Nightclub group Deltic warns of collapse without sale

20-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Britain's biggest nightclub operator Deltic has warned landlords that the company faces collapse unless a sale is agreed imminently.

Shopping Forecast: the latest product launches

20-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

This month's selection of product news stories includes Sous Vide Tool's speedy new Imola induction hob, cutlery ranges from Pinti Inox and Tabasco's sriracha sauce.