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New Tom’s Bar & Bistro launches
New Tom’s, Tom Conran’s Notting Hill’s acclaimed pop-up, will launch an evening Bar & Bistro this September. The warm and stylish new dining area will offer innovative dishes in an intimate...
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Rick Stein expands to Winchester
Rick Stein has secured a high street position in Winchester and will be opening a restaurant in late autumn that will seat 70 for lunch and dinner. The newly named ‘Rick Stein’ restaurant will offer...
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Gluten-free cafe set to open in Reading
Here’s a positive sign of changing times and opportunities. Getreading reports that Naomi Stoker will be opening gluten-free Nibsy’s Coffee Shop early in September, providing shoppers suffering from...
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Working lunch! Theatre: 2014 line-up
This year’s lunch! trade show, which returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 23-24 September, will feature a host of big industry names from across the food to go retailing and contract...
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Hungry Londoners visit the Pestaurant!
Rentokil’s award-winning “Pop-Up Pestaurant” has returned to London’s One New Change, offering visitors a culinary experience bigger, better and buggier than ever before. Exotic treats Rentokil...
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Roxburghe Hotel & Golf Course ties up with Albert Roux and ICMI
The Duke of Roxburghe, owner of luxury Borders hotel The Roxburghe, has announced plans for a major tie-up with Albert Roux and the appointment of Inverlochy Castle Management International Ltd (ICMI)...
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Final tables available at MasterChef Restaurant & Bar
A one-off pop-up venture open for just 5 weeks from 2 September, MasterChef Restaurant & Bar will showcase acclaimed culinary talent from the nation’s favourite cookery show. Experience cuisine...
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All Bar One: style with substance
Recent months have seen Mitchells & Butlers’ All Bar One opening new sites at Birmingham International Airport, Buckingham Gate, Victoria Street in London, at the O2 out in Greenwich, and at...
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BHA launches guidance to Food Allergen Regulations
As food businesses gear up for new EU Food Information Regulations, the British Hospitality Association estimates the cost of implementation to be up to £200 million per year, and is launching a...
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Burger King to leave USA?
CityA.M. reports that Burger King may leave the USA in a $20bn tax inversion deal as a result of combining with Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons. The deal that would create a fast food...
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Foxhills recruits head chef in resort dining upgrade
Foxhills Hotel and Resort in Surrey has appointed Alan O’Kane as executive head chef to oversee and upgrade its three restaurants and sizeable banqueting, conference and weddings business. Most...
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Three perfect tens top Good Food Guide 2015
For the first time in 15 years, three restaurants have scored full marks (10/10), in the Good Food Guide, published by Waitrose and now in its 64th year. In another first, Clare Smyth, Chef/Proprietor...
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‘Dedication’ for foodservice kitchens
Writing in her blog, FreeFrom expert Michelle Berriedale-Johnson addresses the issue of avoiding allergen contamination when manufacturing food products or preparing dishes in foodservice operations –...
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Dairy, gluten and wheat free shakes from Leon
Leon, the naturally fast food chain, has introduced a new range of “Milk Free Shakes” . Made with unsweetened almond milk, they are dairy, gluten, wheat (and guilt) free. Leon have developed a Vanilla...
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Flitwick Manor Hotel welcomes return of Steve Barringer
On 1st September, Woburn local Steve Barringer will return to the kitchens at Flitwick Manor Hotel where he began his career as a pot washer in 2001. After fifteen years in the industry and with a...
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Wright Brothers Soho launches ‘The Cage’
Oyster specialists and wholesale seafood suppliers Wright Brothers have opened their first private dining area, in Wright Brothers Soho. ‘The Cage’ is a semi-private dining room with a special,...
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Catering guidance and tools launched by Public Health England
A range of new catering guidance and tools has been published by Public Health England, offering practical advice on how to make catering affordable, healthier and more sustainable. The guidance...
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Restaurant drives 82% sales increase at Highfield Garden World
Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire is celebrating a very successful first six months for its new restaurant. Year on year, till movements during the first half of 2014 were up by over 22,000,...
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94% of consumers join but only half use loyalty schemes
A new benchmarking survey by customer insight specialist GI Insight shows that, while 94% of consumers belong to at least one loyalty programme, just under half of scheme members on average are...
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Eating out: diet out, healthiness out
Over the recent bank holiday, many Brits took the opportunity to toast the end of the summer by enjoying a meal out, or ordering a meal in. However, it seems that what was once a special treat has...
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