Ivy Market Grill opens next week
The Ivy Market Grill, the newest offering in Richard Caring’s Caprice restaurant group, will open 24 November, with a grill restaurant and bar as well as a café with a 40 seat external dining terrace...
View ArticleTGI Fridays launches UK’s first mistletoe drones
To help inspire more guests to come together underneath the mistletoe this year, TGI Fridays has launched a trial of ‘mistletoe drones’ – a UK first. The drones have already been piloted at TGI...
View ArticleRistorante Frescobaldi London opens in Mayfair
Ristorante Frescobaldi London, the first standalone restaurant and wine bar to be launched in the UK by Italy’s oldest and most respected wine dynasty, has officially opened in Mayfair. The launch...
View ArticleChaîne des Rôtisseurs launches Young Sommelier of the Year Competition 2015
Following an eighth executive year in which the UK has placed at the International Finals, the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs is calling all eligible young professionals to enter the 2015 Young Sommelier of the...
View ArticleBookatable to reward restaurants for sustainability initiatives
Statistics have revealed the impact sustainability has on a restaurant’s profits, with 65 per cent of restaurateurs claiming that their revenue has been boosted following the introduction of socially...
View ArticleTurkey still tops the menu for crowd pleasing at Christmas
Roast turkey tops the list of things that make Christmas, according to research commissioned by Unilever Food Solutions (UFS). For the survey, carried out by OnePoll, 1,000 consumers were asked to...
View ArticleMasterChef meets Hell’s Kitchen for Chefs
The aspiring chefs from the Exclusive Chefs’ Academy went head-to-head in a Hell’s Kitchen meets MasterChef style event to mark the half-way point in the programmes’ annual calendar. Under the guidance...
View ArticleJockey Club opens Quevaga’s at Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham Racecourse and Jockey Club Catering launched the new bar and tapas food outlet, Quevega’s, for The Open (14 – 16 November), the second most popular race meeting at the Home of Jump Racing....
View ArticleNew look Pizza Hut opens at Silverburn
Pizza Huts’ newly refurbished 338m2 (3,643sq ft) restaurant has opened at Silverburn, Hammerson’s flagship regional out-of-town shopping centre in Glasgow. The new look design is part of Silverburn’s...
View ArticleBuenos Aires arrives in Wimbledon with CAU
CAU, the restaurant group offering contemporary cuisine inspired by the vibrancy, colour and cultural diversity of Buenos Aires, recently added a flavour of the Argentinian capital to Wimbledon...
View ArticleFour to Eight for contemporary Italian
Four to Eight is a new contemporary Italian restaurant launched in Covent Garden in October. It’s the realization of a lifelong aspiration from two brothers, Gino and Leo Zambito, who have previously...
View ArticlePutting the Spotlight on Innovation with New ‘Star Product Awards’
The Hospitality Show is set to crown the industry’s ten most groundbreaking new products, alongside a glittering people’s choice winner – as part of its new Star Product Awards scheme. The Star Product...
View ArticleTina English to be Commercial Director, Indian Restaurants Ltd
Indian Restaurants Limited, the company behind The Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen and Cinnamon Soho overseen by CEO and executive chef Vivek Singh, is delighted to announce the appointment of Tina...
View ArticleFun and flamboyance at Las Iguanas
Award-winning hospitality interior designers, B3 Designers have continued their creative collaboration with Las Iguanas restaurant group, designing the interiors of Las Iguanas in Derby, which opened...
View ArticleGrand Central Birmingham secures all its restaurants
Ten months ahead of the opening of Grand Central Birmingham, the city’s new £150 million premium retail and dining destination, 13 restaurants have signed up with many major new eateries coming to...
View ArticleAldi and Jean-Christophe Novelli to pop-up with Christmas restaurants across...
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli is teaming up with Aldi this festive season to bring a luxurious Christmas dinner to its fans by launching restaurants in five cities across the UK. From 21st...
View ArticleMichelin-starred restaurants join Groupon to fight food hunger
Groupon UK today announced it is partnering with a number of Michelin-starred and Michelin-recommended restaurants to offer customers a fantastic dining experience while also helping to give to a good...
View ArticleFoodservice in 2015: optimistic and bewildering
John Pinder, managing director of buying specialist Lynx Purchasing, has shared his thoughts on the UK foodservice market in 2015, saying: Relatively optimistic “Consumers are spending on eating out,...
View ArticleExciting restaurant line up for Manchester Corn Exchange
Manchester’s Corn Exchange has received an unprecedented response from popular and independent eateries to launch in the dining destination, since its re-launch announcement last year. Following the...
View ArticleEight finalists compete for Gold Service Scholarship 2015
Eight entrants to the Gold Service Scholarship 2015 have been selected to compete in the National Final. The competition – supported by lead sponsor BaxterStorey and now in its third year – is designed...
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