Beef

roundtable

High steaks: discussing the future of the beef sector

29-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

We gathered a group of chefs, restaurateurs, meat suppliers, and butchers round a table, in partnership with Bord Bia, to discuss the challenges – and opportunities – facing those in the beef sector.

The Lowdown: the Jack’s Creek steak menu

24-Nov-2023 By James McAllister

Australian producer Jack’s Creek once again triumphed at this year’s World Steak Challenge, and now you can sample several of its steaks thanks to a somewhat unlikely London chain

Australia claims title of World’s Best Steak at 2023 World Steak Challenge

14-Nov-2023 By Restaurant

Australia has claimed the title of the producer of the World’s Best Steak following the results of the 2023 World Steak Challenge.

Entries for World Steak Challenge 2023 now open

22-May-2023 By Restaurant

The prestigious World Steak Challenge (WSC), the competition that puts the planet’s finest cuts of steaks to the test, is returning this September.

Finnish grass and chocolate-fed Ayrshire sirloin crowned World’s Best Steak 2021

10-Nov-2021 By BigHospiality

JN Meat International has retained its World Steak Challenge Best Steak in the World title with a grass and chocolate-fed Ayrshire raised in Finland.

Products

Shopping Forecast: the latest product launches

09-Oct-2020 By Restaurant

This month's selection of product news stories includes a new standard for Irish beef and a multi-purpose non-chemical cleaning solution that has been proven to kill off coronaviruses.

The future of beef

22-Nov-2019 By Restaurant Magazine

Last month a group of chefs and restaurateurs headed to Corrigan’s Mayfair to chew the fat over what the future holds for beef.

Butcher’s special: Macellaio on beef, Italy, and creative freedom

12-Apr-2018 By Joe Lutrario

Roberto Costa’s inimitable steakhouse group Macellaio serves Piedmont’s famous Fassone cattle with a side order of Italian eccentricity

How to turn beef into a cash cow

19-Feb-2018 By Restaurant

Beef is set to overtake chicken as the number one protein eaten out of home. Raise your steak game with this handy guide to beef provenance, cuts and cooking

Beef & Brew eyes second London restaurant after crowdfunding drive

04-Jan-2018 By Sophie Witts

Former Murano chef Jessica Simmons is planning to launch a second Beef & Brew restaurant in London following a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Australian brand Antipodea is heading to Richmond

24-Nov-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Australian brasserie Antipodea has chosen Richmond as the location to open its third site.

Zelman Meats set for St Paul's

19-Oct-2017 By Sophie Witts

Goodman Restaurants is to launch a third restaurant under its Zelman Meats brand in St Paul’s next month.

Henry Harris to open three London pubs with Holborn Leisure

05-Oct-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Former Racine chef patron Henry Harris is teaming up with recently launched pub company Holborn Leisure to open three pubs across the capital this winter.

Beef & Brew launches crowdfunding campaign to open second restaurant

05-Oct-2017 By Sophie Witts

Affordable steak restaurant Beef & Brew has launched a crowdfunding campaign to open a second London site.

Meat and gin specialist Alston Bar & Beef to open in Manchester this autumn

06-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Beef and gin restaurant Alston Bar & Beef will open a second site, in Manchester, this year following a £2m investment.

Viva Brazil closes Birmingham restaurant

18-Jul-2017 By Sophie Witts

Brazilian steakhouse group Viva Brazil has closed its Birmingham site just five months after the company was bought out of administration.

New restaurants to head to Bristol's Cargo 2 development

03-May-2017 By Stefan Chomka

A raft of new restaurants are set to open at Bristol’s Cargo 2 development at Wapping Wharf later this year.

Rusk & Rusk to open third site in Glasgow

01-Dec-2016 By Emma Eversham

Glasgow-based restaurant group Rusk & Rusk will open its third site - The Spanish Butcher - in the city this week. 

Business Profile: Flat Iron

06-Sep-2016 By Mel Flaherty

Charlie Carroll has turned the traditional steakhouse model on its head with Flat Iron, his affordable steak restaurant brand. And the secret’s in the name

Gladwin brothers launch Nutbourne restaurant in Battersea

23-Aug-2016 By Hannah Thompson

The team from London restaurants The Shed, and Rabbit, are to launch new site Nutbourne in south London’s Battersea.

BBQ pop-up Texas Joe’s to open permanent site in London’s Bermondsey

28-Jun-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Texas Joe’s, a former pop-up specialising in BBQ meat, is to open its first permanent location in London’s Bermondsey on 4 July.

Italian butchery with tables to open third London site

08-Jun-2016 By Sophie Witts

Italian steakhouse group Macellaio RC is known for its extravagant preparation methods, with The Guardian dubbing its fondness for loud butchery and stabbing knives in to the table as 'butch-camp'.

Ex-Tredwell’s chef to head up Paddington hotel restaurant

06-Apr-2016 By Sophie Witts

Italian chef Andrea Secchi is to head up the kitchen at a new modern British restaurant opening in Paddington this month.

Dial M for Meat: Martin Williams of M Restaurants on his growing business

15-Jan-2016 By Emma Eversham

When Martin Williams left his post as managing director of Gaucho after nine years to launch M Restaurants, another steak restaurant in the capital seemed inevitable. Now with a second site just opened in Victoria, he’s out to prove that there’s more...

Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen team opens restaurant at Leeds' Headrow House

07-Dec-2015 By Emma Eversham

The team behind Leeds venue Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen has opened a grill restaurant called Ox Club at the city's mixed-use events space Headrow House.

Shackfuyu pop-up goes permanent

04-Dec-2015 By Emma Eversham

Shackfuyu, the pop-up restaurant from Bone Daddies owner Ross Shonhan, is now a permanent fixture in London's Soho.

Zelman Meats: Steakhouse opening in Soho

29-Oct-2015 By Liam Garrahan

The team behind Goodman, Beast, Rex & Mariano and Burger & Lobster, are launching Zelman Meats in Soho, London, in November.

The Corner House: April opening for Canterbury restaurant

14-Oct-2015 By Liam Garrahan

Kent-based chef and restaurateur Matt Sworder will open a second The Corner House restaurant in Canterbury next year after acquiring the freehold of the city's The Flying House pub. 

Compass Group Directors opening Leith Chop House in Scotland

08-Sep-2015 By Liam Garrahan

The Compass Group’s directors, Mark Fraser and Michael Spink, are opening Leith Chop House in Leith, Scotland, in September.

Jessica Simmons on new restaurant Beef & Brew and tackling the chef shortage

28-Aug-2015 By Sophie Witts

Chef Jessica Simmons, who previously worked under Angela Hartnett at Murano and Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room, is opening her first standalone restaurant Beef & Brew with business partner Dan Nathan in September. She spoke to BigHospitality about...

National Burger Day: How to prepare and serve burgers safely

26-Aug-2015 By Emma Eversham

For National Burger Day, BigHospitality gets advice on what controls can be put in place to ensure that diners are not put at risk from the serving of pink or rare burgers. 

'The time is right' for chefs to try new menu ideas

08-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

Restaurants, pubs and hotels are being urged to make the most of quality UK-grown produce and low food inflation to trial new menu ideas.

Akrame Benallal considers London for meat and potatoes bistro

28-Apr-2015 By Emma Eversham

French chef Akrame Benallal is considering opening an Atelier Vivanda - his meat and potatoes concept bistro - in London. 

Smith & Wollensky UK: plenty of room in London for another steakhouse

26-Mar-2015 By Emma Eversham

There is ‘plenty of room’ in London for another steakhouse and burger operator to make their mark, according to Smith & Wollensky’s operations director Nathan Evans, who is gearing up to open the company’s first site outside the US on the Strand in...

Chefs advised to consider alternatives for menus as beef and lamb prices rise

10-Mar-2015 By Emma Eversham

With beef and lamb prices on the rise, chefs and restaurateurs are being advised to look at cheaper, less-used cuts as well as consider featuring more pork and fish on Easter menus to avoid putting off customers with inflated prices.  

Chop Bloc steak restaurant to open in Essex

24-Nov-2014 By Lauren Houghton

US-style steak restaurant and cocktail bar Chop Block will open in Chelmsford in Essex in mid-January 2015. 

Details released for ‘M’ by ex-Gaucho MD

09-Oct-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Details have been released for new steak restaurant M by former Gaucho managing director Martin Williams, which will open next month in the City of London.

Product news

JJ Food Service launches gluten-free chips and traceable meat

30-Sep-2014 By Melodie Michel

JJ Food Service is moving into the restaurant, pub and hotel sectors with a new range of gluten-free chips, as well as traceable British beef and Welsh lamb.

Featherblade pop-up to open in East London

28-Aug-2014 By Lauren Houghton

New ‘modern British meat’ concept Featherblade will be setting up in the Star of Bethnal Green pub from September to January. 

US steak house Smith & Wollensky to open UK venue

07-Jul-2014 By Melodie Michel

US-based steak house brand Smith & Wollensky is set to open its first international restaurant in London in early spring 2015. 

Business Profile: CAU

11-Jun-2014 By Joe Lutrario

Gaucho’s more accessible little brother CAU has carefully refined its premium casual offering and is now beefing-up its presence in the south of England with northern expansion planned for next year 

US beef makes its way to UK tables

13-May-2014 By Melodie Michel

The UK is has proved one of the toughest markets to crack for US beef, but restaurateurs are now showing more and more interest, according to the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Dabbous confirms second London restaurant

24-Feb-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Barnyard, the second restaurant from Michelin-starred chef Ollie Dabbous and mixologist Oskar Kinberg, will open just a few minutes’ walk from their original site in Fitzrovia next month.   

Big Easy heads to Covent Garden

21-Nov-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Long-standing London restaurant Big Easy Bar.B.Q & Crabshack is doubling up in the capital with a second venue opening in Covent Garden next year.

Mark Greenaway to open second restaurant in Edinburgh

12-Nov-2013 By Emma Eversham

Chef Mark Greenaway has announced plans to open a second restaurant - Bistro Moderne - in Edinburgh's Stockbridge area. 

BRGR.CO doubles up with new restaurant in Chelsea

26-Jun-2013 By Luke Nicholls

BRGR.CO, part of the ‘burger boom’ that hit central London last year,  is opening a second site in the capital this autumn, having secured the former Black & Blue unit on King’s Road in Chelsea.

Brazilian steakhouse chain Viva Brazil plans expansion to eight restaurants by 2015

25-Oct-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Viva Brazil, the Brazilian steakhouse restaurant chain founded in Liverpool in 2010, is preparing to open its third venue in Cardiff as part of expansion plans that see it operating eight sites by 2015.

Soren Jessen to open 1776 restaurant next to 1 Lombard Street

08-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Soren Jessen, the man behind 1 Lombard Street in London’s Bank, is set to open a second restaurant neighbouring the fine-dining establishment later this month.

Hensons Foodservice launches salt beef sausage to tap into street food popularity

14-Aug-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Hensons Foodservice has launched a salt beef sausage for chefs looking to take advantage of the growth in popularity of street food dishes and British produce.  

Callooh Callay team reveal Beard to Tail restaurant details

22-Jun-2012 By Peter Ruddick

The team behind the Callooh Callay cocktail bar have revealed details of Beard to Tail, a new restaurant focused on nose-to-tail cookery, which is due to launch in September after a successful pop-up earlier this month.