Chefs

Albert Roux dies aged 85

06-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Hugely influential chef restaurateur Albert Roux has died at the age of 85 having been unwell ‘for a while’, the Roux family has revealed.

2020 Roux Scholarship postponed again

22-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The Roux family has again postponed the 2020 Roux Scholarship regional and national finals, which were due to take place in Birmingham and London in March next year.

Fast thinking: how restaurants are avoiding festive food waste

17-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

Closed for eat-in with just one day’s notice, hospitality businesses across London and large swathes of the South East are facing an unprecedented festive food waste challenge.

Hospitality industry sheds more staff than any other sector

15-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

The hospitality industry has seen the highest increase in unemployment than any other single sector, new figures from The Office for National Statistics show.

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Meet the chefs championing fun dining not fine dining

14-Dec-2020 By Stefan Chomka

The latest video in the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards' Sessions series features Brad Carter, Tom Brown, and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias discussing their attempts to make fine dining a more fun experience.

Book review: Fäviken: 4015 Days, Beginning to End

09-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Magnus Nilsson closed his remote Swedish restaurant Fäviken last year at the very height of its success. This book sets out why.

Tommy Heaney on toughing out Wales’ restrictions

09-Dec-2020 By Cameron Henderson

Unable to sell the hard stuff and forced to close at 6pm, many Wales-based operators have simply shut up shop. But Cardiff-based chef Tommy Heaney is pushing on.

Mattia Gerundio named as head chef at The Drunken Butler

07-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Mattia Gerundio has been promoted to the role of head chef at Yuma Hashemi’s Clerkenwell restaurant The Drunken Butler.

Graeme Cheevers chooses Glasgow for solo debut

07-Dec-2020 By Cameron Henderson

Former Isle of Eriska head chef Graeme Cheevers has chosen his home city of Glasgow for his first solo restaurant project.

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Going nuts for quality

03-Dec-2020 By Restaurant

With over 300 days of sunshine, the perfect weather and rich soil of California’s Central Valley provide ideal conditions to grow premium walnuts.

Maos 2.0: this time it’s personal

03-Dec-2020 By Stefan Chomka

Under the direction of executive chef Edoardo Pellicano and general manager Charlie Sims, Shoreditch restaurant Maos is aiming to become the capital’s most singular dining experience.

A (not so) wonderful Christmastime

02-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but one few in the UK hospitality industry will recognise.

Experienced trio launch Restaurant Brands Collective

25-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Two experienced chefs and an operations and franchise expert have teamed up to launch a collection of virtual delivery and dine-in food franchise brands.

Gary Usher: "I was ready to film the business going bust"

24-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

Gary Usher was prepared to film his restaurant business closing for good as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, he has revealed.

Layo Paskin: “It’s a horrible feeling to be haemorrhaging money”

24-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The Palomar and The Barbary founder on what it feels like to close a brand new restaurant after just two day’s trading, pivoting to retail and why he’s not taking bookings for his places just yet.

Andrew Wong: “Carrying on would have been a recipe for disaster”

20-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Andrew Wong on the closure of Kym's, the lease of his flagship A Wong coming to an end, and his research into the effect of Covid-19 on Chinese hospitality around the world.

Chutney Mary at 30: how one restaurant changed London's Indian dining scene

18-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

As it celebrates its 30th birthday, Chutney Mary's founders Camellia Panjabi, Namita Panjabi, and Ranjit Mathrani reflect on how they helped shape Indian fine dining in the capital.

Lorraine Copes: “Diversity drives businesses”

17-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

The founder of BAME in Hospitality on what the hospitality sector can do to be more inclusive, and how her organisation can help.

Tom Kemble on swapping fine dining for a Neapolitan pizza van

16-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The former Hedone, Fäviken and Bonhams chef has left The Pass restaurant near Horsham to launch high-reaching mobile pizzeria SOPI.

Aktar Islam: "Landlords, councils and the Treasury need to help"

10-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Birmingham-based chef restaurateur Aktar Islam has called on landlords, local councils and the Treasury to help the restaurant industry bounce back.

Tom Kerridge creates kids tasting menu with Uber Eats

09-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Tom Kerridge has launched a kids tasting menu via Uber Eats designed to help parents develop their children’s taste buds and get them to try new flavours as the nation enters a second lockdown.

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Liz Cottam: “It is time Home lives in a place in which she deserves to be"

09-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

Leeds-based chef and restaurateur Liz Cottam talks about what she got up to over lockdown, developing a more artistic cooking style and the possibility of moving her flagship restaurant Home.

Brett Graham partners with Wiltshire Truffles

06-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Brett Graham is collaborating with Wiltshire Truffles to produce a range of The Ledbury-branded truffle-based products.

Woky Ko chef Larkin Cen returns to Wales

02-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Bristol-based restaurateur Larkin Cen is bringing his Woky Ko delivery service to Newport after securing a site within an industrial unit in the Welsh town.

People on the move: October 2020

30-Oct-2020 By James McAllister and Stefan Chomka

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

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Recipe: Tenderstem® broccoli, onion, cheddar and caper tarts

23-Oct-2020 By Restaurant

Chantelle Nicholson creates a delicate yet punchily-flavoured tart using Tenderstem® and discusses sustainability.

Philippe Conticini doubles down in Camden

21-Oct-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Famed French pastry chef Philippe Conticini has chosen Buck Street Market for his second café in London as his debut site in nearby Camden Market re-opens.

Andreas Antona launches home delivery service

19-Oct-2020 By Joe Lutrario

High profile chef restaurateur Andreas Antona has launched a nationwide delivery service that brings together his three Midlands restaurants.

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Recipe: Tenderstem® broccoli with chickpeas, salsa verde and créme fraíche

16-Oct-2020 By Restaurant

Chantelle Nicholson's dish showcases Tenderstem® broccoli's ability to be the star of the show.

Galvin brothers to launch Bistrot de Luxe-inspired restaurant on former HOP site

08-Oct-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Chris and Jeff Galvin are to relaunch their Galvin HOP pub concept in Spitalfields as Galvin Bistrot & Bar.

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

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.

D&D London Bristol restaurant to be called Klosterhaus

15-Sep-2020 By Joe Lutrario

D&D London’s upcoming Bristol site will be named Klosterhaus and will serve classic food that pays homage to grand mittel-European cafes.

Ex-Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra finally set to make London debut

08-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Former Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra is to finally open his long-awaited debut restaurant Kol next month on Seymour Street in London's Marylebone.

Wingmans duo: "We don’t want to expand at a rate where we lose control”

20-Aug-2020 By James McAllister

Wingmans founders Ben Ford and David Turofsky say that while further expansion for their cult chicken concept is on the cards, it’s not something they’ll be considering any time soon.

Robin and Sarah Gill's The Dairy closes

19-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Robin and Sarah Gill have closed their highly influential The Dairy restaurant in Clapham.

Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare to launch first restaurant

14-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Nigerian-born chef Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare will open her first standalone restaurant, in Brixton, later this month.

8 is the magic number for Andrew Sheridan

10-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Craft Dining Rooms chef Andrew Sheridan will launch his first solo restaurant 8, in Birmingham, on 8 October this year.

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Ikoyi duo: “To come back as we were felt insensitive”

10-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The pair behind celebrated London restaurant Ikoyi have described the operational changes to their restaurant as a ‘cultural response’ to the pandemic.

Wingmans lands in Soho

04-Aug-2020 By James McAllister

Cult chicken concept Wingmans is to open a huge 150-cover restaurant on the former Belgo site in London's Soho next week.

Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen to re-open... with just three tables

04-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Nathan Outlaw’s casual (but still Michelin-starred) Outlaw’s Fish Kitchen restaurant is Port Isaac in to re-open later this week with just three tables.

Kitchen Table to takeover Bubbledogs space

03-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

James Knappett and Sandia Chang’s diminutive Fitzrovia fine dining restaurant Kitchen Table is to expand into the space that was previously home to their Champagne and hot dog concept Bubbledogs.

Sandia Chang to launch online Champagne shop

23-Jul-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Sommelier and Bubbledogs co-founder Sandia Chang will launch an online shop later this month specialising in grower Champagne.

UK will not compete in Bocuse d’Or Europe 2020

21-Jul-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The Bocuse d’Or UK Academy has withdrawn Team UK from the European selection of the Bocuse d’Or citing the Coronavirus pandemic and the strain that it has placed on the wider UK hospitality industry.

David Carter on creating a more stripped-back version of Smokestak

03-Jul-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Shoreditch barbecue restaurant Smokestak re-opens its doors tomorrow with a simplified offer centred around meat cooked overnight sold by the 100g.

Downtime development: Crispy-topped Alaska pollock with beurre blanc

02-Jul-2020 By Restaurant

This instalment of BigHospitality’s Downtime Development series sees Etch chef Steven Edwards pair pan-fried Alaska pollock with beurre blanc.

Fine dining restaurants announce reopening dates and plans

19-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Some of the countries most vaunted restaurants are gearing up for re-opening despite a lack of clarity from Government on when the industry can re-open for eat-in and what safety measures will need to be in place.

James Cochran's 12:51 to re-open for eat-in as Around The Cluck

18-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

James Cochran is to re-open his Islington restaurant 12:51 under his recently created fried chicken delivery brand Around The Cluck.

Rebecca Mascarenhas: “I'm astounded by the short-sightedness of some landlords"

18-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The respected West London restaurateur behind Elystan Street, Kitchen W8 and the recently launched Church Road on the dangerous lack of clarity from Government and why landlords should be using rent deposits to cover rent arrears.