Seafood

Four Legs duo to open Tollington’s fish bar

24-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

The duo behind The Plimsoll pub in Finsbury Park and Four Legs at the Compton Arms in Canonbury will open a Spanish-focused fish restaurant this spring.

Rockfish launches virtual fishmonger and seafood counter

08-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Restaurant and seafood business Rockfish has partnered with Gloucester Services to launch a virtual fishmonger and seafood counter.

The Sea, The Sea Hackney to become chef’s table residency space as Leandro Carreira departs

22-Feb-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Chef Leandro Carreira will serve his last 11-course tasting menu at The Sea, The Sea Hackney at the end of next month as the business ‘pivots’ to become a chef’s table pop-up and residency space.

Saltie Girl closes London outpost

14-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Boston-based US seafood restaurant Saltie Girl has permanently shuttered its only London restaurant little more than a year after its launch.

Mark Derry appointed chairman of Wright Brothers

24-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

Mark Derry has been appointed chairman of seafood specialist Wright Brothers.

Rockfish in the process of completing a £3m fundraise and return to expansion following ‘difficult year’

23-Jan-2024 By James McAllister

Rockfish is returning to the expansion trail and in the process of completing a £3m fundraise following a ‘difficult year’ that saw it swing to a £876,000 loss.

11 food, drink and restaurant trends for 2024

10-Jan-2024 By Restaurant

What will the next 12 months bring for the restaurant sector? No one really knows, but we’ve had a stab at making some predictions anyway. Here’s what we think 2024 has in store.

Dinings SW3 highlights sustainable seafood with ‘gill-to-tail’ dinner series

03-Jan-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Dinings SW3 executive chef Masaki Sugisaki is partnering with four other high-profile chefs for a series of dinners that are designed to throw the spotlight on sustainable seafood.

Latest opening: Pearly Queen

21-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Chef Tom Brown’s follow up to his Michelin-starred Cornerstone restaurant is focused on oysters and tips its mother of pearl-decorated hat to London’s Pearly Queens (and Kings).

Shrimp Shack to launch in Streatham next month

24-Nov-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The co-founder of dessert concept Creams will launch a shrimp-focused casual dining brand in Streatham, South London, next month.

Crab shack LULA finds second Cornwall site

17-Nov-2023 By Restaurant

Cornwall-based crab shack LULA will open a second venue next year having been forced to close its original restaurant earlier in the year.

Latest opening: Faber

06-Nov-2023 By Restaurant

The team behind pub group Yummy Collective has entered new waters with a seafood-focused restaurant.

‘Challenging year’ leads to erosion of profit margin for Rick Stein’s group

17-Oct-2023 By James McAllister

Rick Stein’s restaurant group has blamed the rapid increase in supply chain costs, particularly the rise in fish and oil prices, for contributing to an erosion of its profit margin.

Flash-grilled: Roy Brett

30-Aug-2023 By James McAllister

The chef patron of Edinburgh's Ondine Oyster & Grill on travels in South Africa, staying humble, and the ups and downs of running your own restaurant.

Yummy Pubs tees up new seafood restaurant concept

01-Aug-2023 By James McAllister

Yummy Pubs is to launch a new British seafood restaurant concept after acquiring the former Villagio site in London’s Hammersmith.

The Sea, The Sea Hackney moves to become ‘more inclusive’ with £95 tasting menu

21-Jul-2023 By Joe Lutrario

14-cover chef’s table restaurant The Sea, The Sea Hackney will shake up its offering later this year by reducing its menu from £150 to £95 per head, with plans to introduce two sittings per night before the end of the year.

Uncorked: Harry Lobek

06-Jul-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The London Shell Co. co-founder on pairing champagne and crisps, why Greece is an underrated wine region, and drinking a Chateau Palmer 1990 from the pavement having dropped it.

How I Got Here: Jack Stein

24-May-2023 By James McAllister

The son of famed restaurateurs Rick and Jill Stein on the influence of his parents, his frustration at hospitality being dubbed ‘unskilled work’, and the struggles facing new restaurant businesses.

'Fin-to-gill’ restaurant Kima to open in Marylebone

28-Apr-2023 By Restaurant

The team behind Greek restaurants OPSO, INO and Pittabun is opening a ‘fin-to-gill’ restaurant in Marylebone.

Artfarm to launch restaurant and fishmongers in Scottish Highlands

29-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Artfarm, the group behind Mount St. Restaurant and The Audley Public House in London, is to launch a new venture in the Scottish Highlands.

London Shell Co. drops anchor in north London

30-Jan-2023 By James McAllister

London Shell Co. will launch its first permanent land-based restaurant in March on Swain’s Lane near Hampstead Heath.

Chefs back campaign to take farmed salmon off restaurant menus

26-Jan-2023 By James McAllister

A campaign calling on restaurants to take farmed salmon off of menus has received the backing of chefs including Silo's Douglas McMaster and The Palmerston's Lloyd Morse.

Pincer movement: Angry Crab Shack chooses UK for first location outside of US

19-Dec-2022 By Joe Lutrario

US-founded Asian-Cajun seafood concept Angry Crab Shack will launch its first ever overseas site just off Leicester Square early next year.

Latest opening: Saltie Girl

02-Dec-2022 By James McAllister

Boston-based US seafood restaurant Saltie Girl has brought its lobster rolls and vast selection of tinned fish to London's Mayfair.

Flash-grilled: Natalie Coleman

02-Dec-2022 By James McAllister

The former MasterChef winner, who is now head chef at The Oyster Shed in the City of London, on the importance of stages, an unusual customer allergy, and Tom Kerridge.

Flash-grilled: Duncan Ray

04-Nov-2022 By Stefan Chomka

The chef-patron of The Little Fish Market in Brighton on the impact of Heston, his love of architecture, and a fishy dice with death.

Boston-based restaurant Saltie Girl to open in Mayfair

02-Nov-2022 By Restaurant

US restaurateur Kathy Sidell is joining forces with Meraki founder Varun Talreja and chef Richard Turner to open her seafood restaurant Saltie Girl in Mayfair this winter.

Nathan Outlaw: "I'm confident this is the right direction for what we do"

21-Oct-2022 By Joe Lutrario

The Port Isaac-based fish maestro on why he has reverted to offering a full-on tasting menu-only experience at his Outlaw’s New Road flagship.

Getting along swimmingly: how The Seahorse is evolving for the next generation

19-Aug-2022 By Stefan Chomka

Fourteen years after it was founded by Mitch Tonks and Matt Prowse, renowned Dartmouth restaurant The Seahorse is in new hands. Meet the young team hoping to put the success into succession.

Outlaw's New Road reverts to being an exclusive, tasting menu-only affair

05-Aug-2022 By Joe Lutrario

Celebrated Port Isaac-based seafood chef Nathan Outlaw is shaking things up at his flagship once again, switching from two seatings in the evening to a single seating that will offer a more expansive and ambitious tasting menu.

Rockfish plans three new openings as it posts 'record results'

28-Jul-2022 By James McAllister

South West-based restaurant group Rockfish has announced plans to open three new restaurant in the next 12 months, having achieved 'record results' in the latest financial year.

Monaco restaurant Gaia to make London debut

13-Jul-2022 By Restaurant

Monaco and Dubai-based Greek restaurant Gaia will make its UK debut next year in Mayfair.

Nathan Outlaw to launch guesthouse on former Stargazy Inn site

17-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

Nathan Outlaw is to expand his empire in Port Isaac, Cornwall, having acquired the Stargazy Inn restaurant with rooms, with plans to relaunch it as Outlaw's Guesthouse.

Rockfish to launch seafood delivery business Seafood at Home

03-Dec-2021 By Restaurant

Mitch Tonks is launching a seafood delivery business in a bid to change the way people buy, cook and eat fish.

North Fish nets first UK site after 'three years of hard work'

06-Oct-2021 By Restaurant

Polish restaurant operator North Fish has finally netted its first site in the UK having first mooted a move to these shores more than three years ago.

Latest opening: The Seafood Bar

15-Sep-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Amsterdam-centric restaurant group The Seafood Bar has made its international debut with a site on Soho's Dean Street.

The Cod’s Scallops to open its fifth restaurant

09-Sep-2021 By Restaurant

Nottingham-based fish and chip restaurant and takeaway The Cod’s Scallops will open its fifth site later this month as part of its plans to grow its estate within a 90-minut drive of its original location.

Fin and Flounder fishmonger to launch Bar Flounder seafood shack

25-Aug-2021 By James McAllister

Prominent London fishmonger Fin and Flounder is to launch its own seafood shack at Netil Market in London Fields next month.

Books

Book review: Take One Fish

15-Jul-2021 By Stefan Chomka

The follow up to Josh Niland’s The Whole Fish cookbook continues the chef’s scale-to-tail ethos

Amsterdam-based restaurant The Seafood Bar to open in Soho this summer

10-Jun-2021 By Restaurant

Amsterdam-based restaurant group The Seafood Bar will make its London debut later this summer with the opening of a fish restaurant on Soho’s Dean Street.

How I Got Here: Katie Toogood

02-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

The co-founder of family-run fishmonger-come-restaurant Prawn on the Lawn on her love of hospitality, and why the sector is in ''desperate need' of having its own government minister.

Books

Book review: Rockfish the Cookbook

23-Apr-2021 By Restaurant

Mitch Tonks' latest book is a celebration of seafood, sustainability and seasonality.

Gary Maclean to open Creel Caught restaurant in Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish Marketplace

26-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Gary Maclean will open a restaurant in Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish Marketplace when Edinburgh’s first food hall opens this summer.

Henry Harris joins Wright Brothers as chef and beverage director

16-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

Henry Harris has been appointed chef and beverage director of seafood restaurant group Wright Brothers.

Rockfish secures Salcombe site

08-Mar-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Mitch Tonk’s Rockfish restaurant chain has secured a location in Salcombe, Devon, that will take its total number of sites up to nine when it opens next spring.

Trends Week

2021 restaurant and dining trends: part 3

25-Feb-2021 By Restaurant

With talk of the easing of lockdown and restaurants set to reopen sometime in the spring, we've finally dusted down the crystal ball to see what 2021 might bring in terms of restaurant and eating out trends. Part three: ingredient and dish trends.

Future of UK shellfish industry in doubt as EU confirms live import ban

04-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The future of the UK’s shellfish industry is uncertain following the EU’s confirmation of an indefinite ban on the sale of live mussels, scallops, oysters, clams and cockles to member states.

Mitch Tonks: "We've created an easier model, retained the magic of Rockfish and got a much more efficient cost base"

10-Sep-2020 By Stefan Chomka

The co-founder of Rockfish restaurant group and fine dining restaurant The Seahorse on streamlining his business post lockdown, changing his approach to staff and weathering the coming winter.

Mitch Tonks 'astounded' by Rockfish's initial post-lockdown trading

13-Aug-2020 By James McAllister

Rockfish co-founder Mitch Tonks says he is 'astounded' by the group's sales performance during the initial first weeks of post-lockdown trading.

Rick Stein Group launches Padstow pop up

20-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

The Rick Stein Group has launched a pop-up restaurant in the Padstow space that usually houses Rick Stein’s Cookery School, which is to remain closed until the autumn.