Newcastle Upon Tyne

Mahiki chairman planning roll out of alpine restaurant concept

16-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

Mahiki chairman Piers Adam has teamed up with the owner of Newcastle’s Fat Buddha restaurant to launch a new food concept in the city.

Red's True Barbecue to open £1m Newcastle site

29-Jun-2016 By Sophie Witts

Smokehouse brand Red’s True Barbecue has revealed plans to open its eighth restaurant in Newcastle this autumn.

People on the Move in Hospitality: June 2016

21-Jun-2016 By Hannah Thompson

This month's round-up features a number of significant moves, including new general managers at London's St Pancras Renaissance hotel and at Tylney Hall in Hampshire, and CFO at The Restaurant Group.

Chef training course to tackle staff crisis in booming North-East restaurant industry

15-Jan-2016 By Sophie Witts

A fast-track chef training programme is being launched in Newcastle to avert an impending skills crisis in the booming North East restaurant industry.

Kenny Atkinson searches for apprentices for Newcastle restaurant House of Tides

09-Jan-2014 By Emma Eversham

Chef Kenny Atkinson is looking to develop the skills of young people in the industry by recruiting five apprentices for his new restaurant House of Tides. 

ZaZa Bazaar to be the Gate’s next big star

05-Sep-2013 By Mark Wingett

ZaZa Bazaar, the world banquet and bar concept, has secured its second site in the Gate, Newcastle, and toldM&C Report that it has a pipeline in place for further openings next year.

Destination dining quarter planned for Newcatle shopping centre

18-Jun-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Shopping centre giant Intu has submitted an application to refurbish two of the areas within Intu Eldon Square shopping centre in Newcastle, with plans to create a ‘destination dining quarter’ as part of the £17m development.

Sleeperz Hotels wins second architectural prize in three years

25-Jun-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Sleeperz Hotels, the budget hotel chain, has won a leading prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for its Newcastle venue - the second architectural award the business has won in three years.

Plans submitted to redevelop Newcastle’s empty Co-op building into hotel

08-Aug-2011 By Becky Paskin

Plans have been submitted to transform Newcastle’s iconic Co-operative building into a 231-bedroom hotel complete with restaurants, retail outlets and gym.

Tom Maxfield to sell Fisherman's Lodge

19-Feb-2009 By Emma Eversham

The North East entrepreneur who turned Seaham Hall into a luxury hotel has put his Newcastle restaurant Fishermans Lodge on the market to concentrate on other business

Tavistock's Ambitious Plans for 2008

10-Jan-2008 By Alan Lodge

Tyneside-based Tavistock Leisure reveals plans to double the size of its hotel portfolio in the north east in 2008, as well as expand its Italian restaurant chain.

Tom’s companies, striving for quality

28-Aug-2007 By Restaurant

The old image of the North-East as a culinary desert is challenged by the company that has brought a Michelin Star to Windermere ;We have a lot of local staff working for us in the North-East, and because we have four different businesses ...

The Grainger Rooms "supporting local farmers, fishermen and microbrewers"

28-Mar-2007 By Restaurant

The Geordie chef who sold his flat and his car to risk it all on his own take on modern British cooking Looking at chef/owner Chris Slaughter, with his curly hair, as he bounces enthusiastically around the Grainger Rooms bar to the strains of Bob ...

Laybourne to open three restaurants in the next year

28-Feb-2007 By Restaurant

The North-Eastern Chef-restaurateur is to open three restaurants in the next year, starting in Fenwick in March North-Eastern Chef-Restaurateur Terry Laybourne is opening a Café 21 restaurant in Fenwick department store at the beginning of ...