Individual Restaurant Company

Individual Restaurants to relaunch five Gino D'Acampo sites under new Riva Blu brand

19-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

Individual Restaurants is to relaunch a handful of sites it operated in partnership with celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo under a new Italian brand.

Individual Restaurants announces clutch of closures

03-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Individual Restaurants, which owns the Piccolino, Restaurant Bar & Grill, Opera Grill and Bank high street brands, has announced a clutch of closures.

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.

Piccolino and The Restaurant Bar & Grill brands bought in £40m deal

26-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Individual Restaurants, which owns the Piccolino, Restaurant Bar & Grill, Opera Grill and Bank high street restaurant brands, has been acquired by the directors of Iceland supermarket, in a transaction worth more than £40m.

Business Profile: Individual Restaurant Company

06-Jun-2016 By Mark Wingett

Piccolino and Bar & Grill owner Individual Restaurant Company has kept a low profile in recent years. But with the remodelling of its estate and a tie-up with an Italian TV chef, it is no longer keeping its qualities to itself. 

18-year-old Luke Thomas named chef-patron at Mark Fuller’s Sanctum on the Green restaurant

16-Feb-2012 By Emma Eversham

Springboard’s FutureChef 2009 winner Luke Thomas has gone into partnership with hotelier, restaurateur and former nightclub owner Mark Fuller to open his first restaurant at the tender age of 18.