Paris

Big Mamma Group: "We're probably the least Brexit-compatible restaurant in the UK"

20-Feb-2019 By Andrew Don

Big Mamma Group’s inaugural launch in London this Friday is either “extremely brave or extremely stupid”, one of the co-founders has admitted.

Parisian restaurant group to make London debut in 2019

01-Nov-2018 By Sophie Witts

The Paris-based Big Mamma restaurant group has confirmed it will launch its first London site in early 2019.

SMALL TALK

Greg Marchand on opening the London outpost of Frenchie

08-Apr-2016 By Stefan Chomka

The owner of newly opened Frenchie in Covent Garden on the differences between London and Paris, the challenges of finding staff and enjoying the honeymoon period.

BUSINESS PREVIEW

Entente Cordiale: Le Chabanais opening in Mayfair

15-Apr-2015 By Stefan Chomka

The team behind Paris neo-bistrot Le Chateaubriand opens Le Chabanais in Mayfair this month, bringing new-wave French food to the capital.

Mourad Mazouz: Pearls of Wisdom

04-Apr-2014 By Joe Lutrario

The Algerian-born restaurateur behind London’s Sketch and Momo and a number of other restaurants and bars in Paris and the Middle East on pop-ups, seeking investment from friends, and why he objects to his restaurants being referred to as a mini empire. 

London’s ‘French revolution’ continues with Blanchette opening in Soho

12-Dec-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The Salt Yard Group’s co-founder Simon Mullins and chef director Ben Tish have partnered with three brothers to open a new Parisian restaurant in Soho next week, capping off a year packed full of French bistro openings in the capital.

VisitBritain appoints new head of marketing

09-Jun-2011 By Lorraine Heller

VisitBritain has appointed Joss Croft as its new head of marketing, an appointment expected to boost the tourism agency’s efforts of promoting the UK abroad.

Body of renowned French chef found in freezer

12-Aug-2010 By Becky Paskin

The body of renowned French chef Jean-Francois Poinard has been discovered in a freezer at his home in Lyon, two years after he went missing

Cote further expansion plans with eighth site

05-Feb-2009 By Becky Paskin

The French bistro chain are continuing with expansion plans after acquiring their eighth site in Guildford

Cote expands with sixth London site

02-Feb-2009 By Becky Paskin

Cote, the French bistro chain, has acquired another site in the capital, near London Bridge, bringing its portfolio up to seven

Master pastry chef Gaston Lenttre dies

09-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

Gaston Lenttre, the French master pastry chef whose catering business made him a household name, has died following a long illness

Full Michelin France Listings

03-Mar-2008 By BigH

Michelin has awarded 61 French restaurants new stars, bringing the total of starred establishments in the country to 529. Read the full list here.