Brasserie Blanc

Heartwood Collection receives additional £100m funding

03-Jul-2023 By Restaurant

Heartwood Collection has secured an additional £100m funding to support its rollout into freehold pubs and pubs with rooms.

Brasserie Bar Co to become Heartwood Collection

13-Jun-2023 By Restaurant

Brasserie Bar Co is rebranding as the Heartwood Collection as it shifts focus into becoming a freehold pub company with a premium brasserie division.

Brasserie Bar Co builds 'strong pipeline' of freeholds

12-Apr-2023 By Georgi Gyton

Brasserie Bar Co has a 'big pipeline' of sites coming up with three new freeholds acquired so far this financial year, executive chairman Mark Derry has said.

The White Brasserie Company to open its first new site post pandemic

24-Aug-2022 By Restaurant

The White Brasserie Company will open its first new restaurant since the pandemic this autumn.

Brasserie Bar Co set for accelerated growth after being acquired by Alchemy Partners

08-Feb-2022 By Restaurant

Raymond Blanc's Brasserie Bar Co has been acquired by Alchemy Partners for an undisclosed sum, with the new owners planning an accelerated growth of its White Brasserie Co pub brand.

Raymond Blanc takes legal action against insurer

20-Apr-2020 By James McAllister

Brasserie Bar Co, the restaurant and pub chain led by chef Raymond Blanc, has enlisted lawyers after being denied a payout by the insurer Hiscox.

Sales rise at Brasserie Bar Co despite 'industry challenges'

30-Jan-2018 By Sophie Witts

Brasserie Bar Co, the restaurant and pub group run in partnership with chef Raymond Blanc, looks to have weathered the tough trading conditions hitting the casual dining market.

Brasserie Bar Co secures £20m funding towards expansion

28-Jun-2017 By Sophie Witts

Brasserie Bar Co, the restaurant and pub group run in partnership with Raymond Blanc, is to open 24 sites over the next five years after securing £20m funding from OakNorth bank.

Raymond Blanc’s Brasserie Blanc to open its first restaurant in a hotel

16-Jun-2017 By Hannah Thompson

Brasserie Blanc, the French-style restaurant group from two Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc, is to open its first site in a hotel, the Marriott Bournemouth Highcliff, on 26 June.

Brasserie Bar Co plans hotel restaurants

02-Feb-2017 By Emma Eversham

Brasserie Bar Co, operator of Brasserie Blanc and White Brasserie Company, is looking to open restaurants in hotels as part of its growth strategy.

Business Profile: Brasserie Blanc

10-Jan-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Five years ago French chain Brasserie Blanc was a brand in stasis. But a revamp of the entire estate and a move into the pub sector means it has rediscovered its je ne sais quoi.

62% of people think high street restaurant food is ‘basic’

04-Feb-2016 By Liam Garrahan

A survey of 2,000 UK diners has found that 62 per cent think that the food offer in high street restaurant chains is ‘far too basic’.

Brasserie Bar Co begins pub expansion, plans ‘more relaxed’ restaurants

06-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Fresh from securing £13.5m of new funding for expansion, Raymond Blanc's Brasserie Bar Co is expecting to open its third White Brasserie Company pub in Orpington later this year and is currently in talks on another four units.

Brasserie Blanc operator revives Bishopsgate Chez Gérard as trial for possible rollout

05-Dec-2012 By Peter Ruddick

The Chez Gérard restaurant brand is to be revived by Brasserie Bar Co, the operator of Raymond Blanc's Brasserie Blanc concept, with the re-opening of a site in Bishopsgate.

Brasserie Blanc operator insists lamb's liver is safe following ban on dish

14-Nov-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Brasserie Bar Co, the group behind the Raymond Blanc-founded casual dining chain Brasserie Blanc, maintains the view that its rare lamb's liver dish does not pose a health risk to customers, despite having been banned from serving it at all of its...

Brasserie Blanc to pursue strategy of expanding in provinces after London Chez Gerard conversions

28-May-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc's mid-range concept Brasserie Blanc is to pursue its expansion strategy of opening in the provinces after it completes the conversion of former Chez Gerard sites in London, chief executive Mark Derry has revealed.

Raymond Blanc's Brasserie Bar Co secures new funding to support expansion plans

10-Apr-2012 By Mark Wingett

Brasserie Bar Co, the operator of the Brasserie Blanc and White Brasserie brands, has secured a new £6m facility from Barclays to support its expansion and development plans.

Brasserie Blanc secures tenth restaurant in Liverpool

15-Dec-2010 By Becky Paskin

Brasserie Blanc, the casual restaurant chain founded by Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc, is to open its latest outlet at the Mann Island development on Liverpool’s waterfront.

Brasserie Blanc set to make entry into pub market this week

16-Aug-2010 By Martyn Leek

Mark Derry, the entrepreneur behind Loch Fyne, has described Brasserie Blanc’s entry into the pub market as a 'watershed moment' for the company

Brasserie Blanc to open first site in London

04-Feb-2010 By Emma Eversham

The Brasserie Blanc French restaurant chain is to open its first site in London this year - at the former Stock Exchange redevelopment in the city.

City Centre Rates force Blanc out of Brum

15-Feb-2008 By Alan Lodge

As Brasserie Blanc announces it is to close its Birmingham restaurant, blaming high rents on the decision to pull the plug, we ask just how bad this nationwide problem could get.