Gary Usher

Elite Bistros passes latest crowdfunding target

07-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Gary Usher’s Elite Bistros has surpassed its £95,000 crowdfunding target ahead of schedule.

Gary Usher warns tough trading could force him to close Burnt Truffle

30-Nov-2023 By James McAllister

Gary Usher has warned he may be forced to close his Burnt Truffle restaurant in Heswall unless trade picks up.

"It’s a ridiculous name": Gary Usher to rename Wreckfish

22-Sep-2023 By Restaurant

Gary Usher is to change the name of his Liverpool bistro Wreckfish over confusion about its offer.

Seven top tips for running a successful crowdfund campaign

13-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Elite Bistros founder Gary Usher on what it takes to run a successful campaign

Mob mentality – why crowdfunding is no longer a small player’s game

08-Feb-2023 By James McAllister

With some investors currently apprehensive about putting money into hospitality, could crowdfunding provide the solution, even for larger businesses?

Gary Usher's pub crowdfund closes having topped £220k

08-Nov-2022 By James McAllister

Gary Usher's latest Kickstarter campaign to support the opening of his restaurant group's first pub site has closed having raised more than £220,000.

Gary Usher smashes £200k crowdfund within 24 hours

03-Nov-2022 By James McAllister

Gary Usher has successfully smashed his latest crowdfund target of £200,000 within 24 hours of the campaign going live.

Gary Usher to launch fresh Kickstarter after equity crowdfund 'fails'

27-Oct-2022 By James McAllister

Gary Usher is to launch a fresh Kickstarter campaign to support the opening of his restaurant group's first pub site, following the failure of his recent equity crowdfund.

Gary Usher launches first-ever equity crowdfund

02-Aug-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Chef restaurateur Gary Usher’s first-ever equity crowdfund has raised 17% of its £750,000 target in under 24 hours.

Elite Bistros to take on The White Horse in Churton for first pub venture

07-Mar-2022 By Restaurant

Elite Bistros is to open its first pub operation with the purchase of The White Horse in Churton, near Chester.

Gary Usher to open tapas restaurant as part of plans to grow Elite Bistros

17-Feb-2022 By Restaurant

Chef and restaurateur Gary Usher is looking to open a number of new restaurants using funds raised by selling shares in his Elite Bistro business.

Gary Usher smashes £150,000 crowdfund target within 24 hours

03-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

Gary Usher has smashed his £150,000 crowdfund target to help create a catering arm for his Elite Bistros restaurant group called Elite Bistro Events within 24 hours.

Gary Usher crowdfunds to launch Elite Bistro Events

20-May-2021 By James McAllister

Gary Usher is launching a crowdfund to help create a catering arm for his Elite Bistros restaurant group called Elite Bistro Events.

Aktar Islam is the latest high-profile chef to extend their meal kit business

07-Apr-2021 By Restaurant

Aktar Islam is the latest high-profile chef restaurateur to extend their meal kit delivery business as lockdown restrictions in England are on the verge of being lifted.

Gary Usher's Elite Bistros at Home looking to move into outside catering

17-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

Gary Usher’s restaurant group Elite Bistros has announced that it will continue with its make at home meal service Elite Bistros at Home post lockdown and will look to create a catering arm for it.

Friday Five: the week's top news stories

27-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

We round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including Sat Bains launching a Punjabi food business; and hospitality businesses having to face tier 2 and 3 restrictions.

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.

Elite Bistros to launch nationwide delivery service

01-Jun-2020 By James McAllister

Gary Usher's Elite Bistros group is to launch a nationwide delivery service this week.

Manchester-based hospitality collective launch crowdfund to help feed city's vulnerable

14-May-2020 By James McAllister

A collective of Manchester hospitality businesses that includes Gary Usher’s Elite Bistros, Honest Crust and Hawksmoor are working together to support key workers and vulnerable people in the city.

Flash-grilled: Gary Usher

20-Sep-2019 By James McAllister

Elite Bistros founder Gary Usher has crowdfunded more than £400,000 to launch restaurants including the recently opened Kala in Manchester. Earlier this week, a documentary charting the chef’s bid to open his Pinion restaurant in Prescot aired on Channel...

Gary Usher is looking at Leeds for a potential new restaurant location

22-Mar-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Gary Usher is eyeing Leeds as a potential destination to open a restaurant next year.

Restaurant leaders call for People’s Vote as Brexit is “the most important thing to happen to our industry in living memory”

08-Nov-2018 By Stefan Chomka

A group of leading restaurant figures, including Trevor Gulliver, Fergus Henderson, Mark Hix, Jeremy King, Ruth Rogers, Rick Stein, Paul Moran and Gary Usher are calling for support for a People’s Vote.

"I'm not trying to save the world, but it's nice to be part of the regeneration": Gary Usher on his two new restaurants

01-Mar-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Chef and restaurateur Gary Usher is opening two new restaurants in the north west in the style of his popular neighbourhood bistro, Sticky Walnut.

Gary Usher confirms fourth site’s name as Wreckfish, ahead of new crowdfund

13-Dec-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Chef Gary Usher – of the restaurants Sticky Walnut, Burnt Truffle and Hispi Bistro ‒ has confirmed plans to open a fourth bistro, this time named Wreckfish, in Liverpool, early next year.

Listen: Gary Usher’s top 5 tips for successful crowdfunding

11-Apr-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Listen to the straight-talking Chez Bruce-trained chef tell us how he managed to crowdfund not one but two new restaurants

Chef Gary Usher exceeds crowdfund target and will open new bistro Hispi

07-Apr-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Chef Gary Usher has confirmed he will open a third bistro named Hispi, near Manchester, after last night exceeding his second crowdfunding target of £50,000 to make £58,650.

Sticky Walnut’s Gary Usher to talk crowdfunding at the NRB Debate

17-Feb-2016 By Sophie Witts

Gary Usher, chef-patron of Chester’s Sticky Walnut and sweary social media phenomenon, has joined the line-up of the 2016 NRB Debate.

Gary Usher of Sticky Walnut talks crowdfunding and opening a second site

07-Aug-2015 By Stefan Chomka

Sticky Walnut has gone from an unknown Chester bistro to a northern sensation in a couple of years with a string of accolades under its belt. On the eve of the opening of a second site, Burnt Truffle, owner Gary Usher talks to Restaurant magazine's...