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British Street Food App looking good
British Street Food is a fast growing phenomenon with, inevitably, the ‘growing pains’ that come with such growth. Now, Richard Johnson and the team behind The British Street Food Awards (see British...
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Overseas visitor spending up by 23% y-o-y for July
Figures from the 2013 International Passenger Survey (IPS) reveal a 23% boost in tourist spending compared to July 2012. This increase saw July enjoy record levels of spend as overseas visitors parted...
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Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2013 winners
Leading architects, interior and lighting designers, and hospitality operators from around the world gathered 12 September to recognise the latest innovative and inspiring designs to be found in the...
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Steve Hill joins Las Iguanas
Latin American restaurant group Las Iguanas has appointed Steve Hill as a non-executive director and CEO designate. Steve is expected to take over the role of CEO from Eren Ali in January 2014. Eren...
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Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food on its way
Tom Kerridge, the only British chef who has earned two Michelin stars by cooking in a pub, begins his new series Proper Pub Food – where he shows us how to cook dishes inspired by British pub classics...
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Celebrity chef Bryn Williams confirms bistro outside London
Celebrity chef, Bryn Williams, is to open his first restaurant outside London: he will be the anchor tenant of a new £4m landmark building in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. Williams, who owns Odette’s in...
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BB Bakery: fun, flair, and flourishing!
BB Bakery is the venture of Philippe and Brigitte Bloch, who came to London in late 2009 after considerable experience both of the hotel industry and of running a portfolio of restaurants in Madrid....
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Designing catering facilities for Alan Bird at Bird of Smithfield
It’s hardly surprising that, as former head chef at London’s iconic The Ivy, nothing but the best would do for Alan Bird as he embarked on his new venture, Bird of Smithfield, which opened in June of...
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Wright Brothers announce plans for Spitalfields live seafood mecca
Oyster specialists and seafood suppliers Wright Brothers are expanding into East London with the opening of their most ambitious restaurant to date at Old Spitalfields Market. Wright Brothers...
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Shops and cafes losing out as they fail to be family friendly
Research released today by GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), a provider of technology-enabled solutions for global market research, reveals the differences in how parents of pre-school children believe...
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AFWS reveals finalists for 2013 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year
Eight restaurant managers have made it through to the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition following a testing semi-final held at the Moat House Acton...
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Just one week to Tax Parity Day
The much-publicised Tax Parity Day is next Wednesday 25 September, when ten thousand and more UK bars and restaurants – including many Asian restaurants – are set to cut their prices by 7.5% in order...
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Simon Hulstone partners with Bateaux London
Decorated chef proprietor Simon Hulstone, of Michelin Star restaurant The Elephant in Torquay, is partnering with Bateaux London for two unique culinary evenings on board the Harmony on Thursday 10th...
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World’s largest Halal Food Festival launches in London
The first ever to be held in the UK and the world’s largest, the Halal Food Festival is a three day consumer food show dedicated to foodies who eat halal, or haloodies as they have been coined by the...
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News Bites – Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2013 winners – Augustine Kitchen...
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2013 winners – Franck Raymond to open Augustine Kitchen – The Gainsborough Bath Spa to open Spring 2014 – The Cottage in the Wood: best view in England – Take guard!...
View ArticleZero-hours contracts – what’s all the fuss about?
Over the last couple of months that has been a flurry of debate over the use of zero-hours contracts, not limited to publicity on the latest Tribunal claim against SportsDirect. On the one hand, there...
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Chef & Brewer name their Masterchef
Worcester pub Chef Russell Collins is celebrating after winning pub restaurant brand Chef & Brewer’s national cooking competition and will now see his Lamb Three Ways dish made available in over...
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70th Anniversary of Marcel Boulestin – the world’s first TV Chef
The cult of the celebrity chef is viewed as a modern day phenomenon. But years before the advent of Jamie Oliver and, of course, predating Fanny Craddock and Julia Child, there was Xavier Marcel...
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Creativity and flavour triumph at Mövenpick Gourmet Dessert Chef 2013
Ben Sulston, Chartwells Executive Chef at Sevenoaks School in Kent, has won the 2013 Mövenpick Gourmet Dessert Chef competition, after a live cook-off held at Westminster Kingsway College, on 12...
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Food costs for September: costs that will influence menus
Food costs for September: costs that will influence menus Plenty of increases this month with fruit up on last year – cherries (+71%); salad – red peppers (+18%), tomatoes (beef + 33%, salad + 26%);...
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