Fred Sirieix

The Lowdown: restaurant stars on reality TV

17-Nov-2023 By James McAllister

Food critic Grace Dent and maitre d' turned TV presenter Fred Sirieix are heading into the jungle for the latest series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

National Waiters’ Day race to make its return

28-Apr-2023 By Restaurant

National Waiters’ Day race will return after a three-year break as part of the London Hospitality Festival.

The Lowdown: Fred’s Last Resort

17-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Fred Sirieix is tackling the sector’s recruitment crisis once again with a new TV show which sees a dozen young Brits battle it out for a job in high-end hospitality.

Christmas trade plunges as businesses report cancellations in the hundreds

15-Dec-2021 By Restaurant

Restaurants and pubs are reporting huge numbers of cancellations over the past few days as a result of the Government’s announcement of its Plan B to deal with the Omicron Coronavirus variant.

Only A Pavement Away partners with Fred Sirieix to launch ex-offender employment campaign

23-Apr-2021 By James McAllister

Hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away (OAPA) has partnered with Fred Sirieix to launch an employment campaign aimed at helping ex-offenders into jobs within hospitality.

Fred Sirieix's The Right Course charity to open a restaurant at HMP Wormwood Scrubs

26-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

A prisoner-run restaurant run in collaboration with Fred Sirieix's The Right Course charity will open in London’s HMP Wormwood Scrubs in April.

One Love: “We’re surrounded by people telling us how to stay apart - we want to remind people of what keeps us together"

04-Sep-2020 By Stefan Chomka

With their pop up One Love Andi Oliver and Fred Sirieix are not just serving Caribbean/French food, they are championing diversity and challenging age-old gastronomic stereotypes

Andi Oliver and Fred Sirieix to open One Love pop up restaurant and bar

03-Aug-2020 By Restaurant

Andi Oliver and Fred Sirieix are opening a pop-up restaurant and bar space in Clapton, east London, this month.

Top industry names back Hospitality Action's Invisible Chips campaign

13-Jul-2020 By Restaurant

Fred Sirieix, Heston Blumenthal and Tom Kerridge are the faces of a new campaign by Hospitality Action asking owners and customers of restaurants, bars, hotels and takeaways to sell and buy ‘Invisible Chips’ to raise money for people in the sector.

The Lowdown: Snackmasters

03-Oct-2019 By James McAllister

Fred Sirieix has been branded a “monster” after snapping a KitKat the wrong way on Channel 4's Snackmasters.

National Waiters’ Day race to once again celebrate front-of-house staff

03-Sep-2019 By Stefan Chomka

The annual National Waiters’ Day race, an event designed to promote the front-line workers in the UK’s hospitality sector, will take place this Sunday (8 September) at the London Hospitality Festival in Chiswick.

Fred Sirieix grapples with government’s EU Settlement Scheme

03-Sep-2019 By James McAllister

Fred Sirieix is the latest industry figure to have grappled with the Home Office after applying under the government’s EU Settlement Scheme.

Galvin at Windows to rebrand bar offering

15-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

Mayfair’s Michelin-starred restaurant Galvin at Windows is to rebrand its skyline bar with a new name, new look, and a new menu.

Last year's My Million Pound Menu contestants - where are they now?

08-Jan-2019 By Helen Salter

With the second series of My Million Pound Menu airing this evening, we take a look at what last year’s crop of contestants are up to now.

"People are always looking for new restaurants": Fred Sirieix on the return of Million Pound Menu

04-Jan-2019 By Sophie Witts

My Million Pound Menu returns to BBC2 on 8 January with a reworked format that sees budding restaurateurs compete to gain investment from hospitality industry veterans.