Chicken

Ethical fried chicken joint Happy Bird to debut in Bristol

05-Jan-2018 By Joe Lutrario

A former corporate lawyer who held senior roles at Domino’s Pizza and Mitchells & Butlers will open an ethical fried chicken restaurant on Bristol’s Whiteladies Road later this month.

Butchies is bringing its gourmet fried chicken to Shoreditch

02-Nov-2017 By Sophie Witts

Gourmet fried chicken brand Butchies is to open its first bricks and mortar site in Shoreditch at the end of the month.

Sunny side up: new research finds British Lion eggs safe to eat raw, as salmonella levels drop

10-Oct-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Dippy eggs are back on the menu, as the Food Standards Agency relaxes its guidelines.

CHIK'N confirms Islington for second site

19-Sep-2017 By Finn Scott-Delany

CHIK’N, the fast food fried chicken venture from the founders of Chick ‘n’ Sours, has confirmed its second site will open in Islington in the New Year.

Latest opening: Root

06-Sep-2017 By Joe Lutrario

High profile Bristol chef Josh Eggleton has replaced his Chicken shed concept with a forward-thinking small plates joint

CHIK'N closes temporarily due to 'huge demand'

19-Jul-2017 By Sophie Witts

CHIK’N, London’s new fried chicken restaurant from the team behind Chick ‘n’ Sours, has temporarily closed after facing unprecedented demand. 

Restaurant radar: July 2017

04-Jul-2017 By Joe Lutrario

From an English dim sum restaurant to an upscale Japanese burger joint, here are the July openings you need to know about

Chicken coup: Carl Clarke and David Wolanski on CHIK'N

08-Jun-2017 By Joe Lutrario

The founders of hipster fried-chicken restaurant Chick’n’Sours are hoping to redefine the chicken shop with their new ‘guilt-free’ fast-casual concept CHIK’N

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Ruling the roost: Marcus Samuelsson on his forthcoming restaurant Red Rooster

12-May-2017 By Stefan Chomka

The Ethiopian-born, Sweden-raised chef is bringing his famed Harlem restaurant Red Rooster to London later this month at the soon-to-open The Curtain hotel in Shoreditch

Chick ‘n’ Sours founders to open fast-casual concept CHIK'N

03-May-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Chick ‘n’ Sours founders Carl Clarke and David Wolanski are spreading their wings with another chicken concept, called CHIK’N.

More details revealed on US chef Marcus Samuelsson’s London site

03-Apr-2017 By Hannah Thompson

More details have been revealed about US chef Marcus Samuelsson’s debut London restaurant, which is due to open next month at the Curtain Hotel in Shoreditch.

Cooking with beer: How to make IPA-marinated sea trout

06-Dec-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Beer and food pairing is having a moment. Purecraft Bar & Kitchen head chef Andrew Smith demonstrates a sea trout dish with an IPA difference

Smiths of Smithfield to open first new site in three years

28-Oct-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Smiths of Smithfield is to open its first new site in three years, with a restaurant and bar in London’s Cannon Street on 21 November.

Street food group Duck Truck opens Boxpark Shoreditch site

15-Aug-2016 By Hannah Thompson

The Duck Truck street food group has launched a permanent site serving only duck meat dishes in London Shoreditch’s Boxpark.

Absurd Bird to open second London site amid expansion push

08-Aug-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Absurd Bird, the American South chicken group from Splendid Restaurants, is to open its second London site this August, in Soho.

'Posh' chicken restaurant Hen crowdfunding for London expansion

20-Nov-2015 By Sophie Witts

Hen – the ethically-sourced Brighton chicken restaurant – has launched a crowdfunding campaign to open a series of London sites.

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. 

SMALL TALK

Ana and Sanja Morris on Le Coq and rotisserie chicken restaurants

19-Jan-2015 By Carina Perkins

Sisters Ana and Sanja Morris talk about starting London's chicken restaurant trend and growing the Le Coq brand. 

'Ethical' chicken shop to open in Brighton

04-Dec-2014 By Carina Perkins and James Wallin

h.en - a new ethical chicken restaurant and takeaway - is set to open in Brighton next week.

Noble Inns plans second Smokehouse

29-Oct-2014 By Mark Wingett

London-based gastropub operator Noble Inns has secured a second site for its Smokehouse concept in Chiswick.

City Pub Company snaps up two more in London

25-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

City Pub Company, the Enterprise Investment Scheme-funded pub operator, has secured two new venues in central London and an extra £7m in banking facilities to continue its UK expansion.

Eclectic brings Dirty Blonde to Brighton

25-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Eclectic Bar Group is using Brighton as the location for another new concept – this time for the launch of premium bar and restaurant brand, Dirty Blonde.

Clutch chicken restaurant hatches in Hoxton

22-Nov-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Clutch, a ‘new breed of chicken restaurant’ is coming to roost in London's East End next month, capping off a year that has seen a host of poultry-led concepts flocking into the capital.

Cattle Grid owners secure first Poulet Rouge site

13-Jun-2013 By John Harrington

Shaun Gray and Steve Novak, the owners of Cattle Grid, the fast-casual steakhouse chain, have secured a first site for their chicken-led concept called Poulet Rouge in south London, BigHospitality's sister publication M&C Report has learnt.

Free-range chicken and egg restaurant to open in London

13-May-2013 By Emma Eversham

A restaurant championing British free-range chicken and eggs and overseen by former Restaurant Group and Ignite director Kevin Bacon is set to open in London this summer.

Gilbert's Foods launches Sweet Chilli Chicken dish for Chinese New Year

07-Jan-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Gilbert's Foods, a supplier of meat and poultry dishes to the foodservice sector, has  launched a new Sweet Chilli Chicken dish in time for the Chinese New Year celebrations on 10 February.

BigHospitality’s 2012 look-back: Chicken restaurants and pub food

17-Dec-2012 By Emma Eversham

As we approach the end of the year we take a look-back at our most-read articles to find out what the hot topics were that got you clicking on and sharing in 2012. In our first instalment we look at the rise of the chicken restaurant and the evolution...

Nando’s swings to profit as chicken restaurant craze shows no sign of abating

29-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

Nando’s, the fast-casual Portuguese chicken restaurant chain, made a £14.7m pre-tax profit in the year to 26 February 2012, marking a strong turnaround from a loss of £7.1m the previous year and bolstering the group’s reported plans to open up to another...

The Flat Chicken takes poultry craze outside of London

22-Oct-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The recent flurry of chicken-led restaurants in London is now spreading outside of the capital with The Flat Chicken coming to roost in Stratford-upon-Avon next month.

Hen party: London goes chicken crazy

03-Oct-2012 By Stefan Chomka

The recent flurry of new chicken-led restaurants shows no signs of abating with more set to launch in the capital in the coming months.

Restaurateur Gideon Joffe to open chicken restaurant Chooks

03-Sep-2012 By Emma Eversham

Gideon Joffe, the restaurateur son of Giraffe founders Russel and Juliette Joffe, has unveiled plans to open his latest concept, a casual-dining chicken restaurant in Muswell Hill, north London. 

Breed recognition: Majority of chefs don't know which chicken breed they serve

06-Jun-2012 By Peter Ruddick

The majority of chefs do not know which breed of chicken is on their menu or the provenance of the meat despite its continued popularity over pork or beef, according to a number of industry experts, including Mark Hix and the Sustainable Restaurant Association...

Cass Titcombe reveals details of new Roost chicken restaurant

31-May-2012 By Emma Eversham

Canteen co-founder Cass Titcombe has unveiled details of the new restaurant concept – Roost – which he is set to launch later this year in London.

Serve local pork and save pig industry, says Oliver

14-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

Restaurants serving locally reared pork are set to cash in on Jamie Oliver’s latest campaign to save the British pig industry

Oliver Cracks Over Egg Blunder

16-Jan-2008 By Alan Lodge

Jamie to wield the axe at Fifteen Cornwall after the restaurant was caught serving battery eggs to customers on the same night the TV chef was pointing out the evils in battery hen egg production on national TV.

Jamie Cries Fowl Over Poultry Production

21-Nov-2007 By Alan Lodge

TV chef Oliver teams up with Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to front Channel 4 food season.

Sam Sweeney of K West tells us what works and what doesn’t in his restaurant

14-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

Tian of Chicken with Coriander, Tomato, Avocado, Curly Endive, Raspberry Vinegar Reduction I have no idea why it is so popular. I guess that people read the description and think ‘that's exactly what I feel like'. It's a little ...