Former City Social executive chef Tomas Lidakevicius has partnered with family-run Borough Market stall holder Turnips to launch a new al fresco restaurant space.
Restaurants in parts of northern England have seen a flurry of cancellations following the Government’s announcement of new Coronavirus rules late last night.
Two Malaysian food entrepreneurs say the enforced lockdown of hospitality earlier in the year has been the motivation behind them changing their business model completely.
Fast food giant KFC has admitted to poor animal welfare among its UK and Ireland suppliers in a report that lays bare the realities of its chicken production line.
Branded restaurant, pub and bar operators are seeing a steady improvement in sales as more sites reopen across the country - but collective like-for-like sales in trading sites are still down 28.5% on the same week last year.
Chef Nigel Bacon has been appointed head chef at the two AA Rosette Nutty Duck restaurant, part of the Trevalsa Court Hotel in the Cornish coastal village of Mevagissey.
Seven Dials Market will become one of the first of London’s major food halls to reopen post-lockdown when it opens its doors on Friday 7 August following five months of closure.
An extension to the reduction in VAT for food and drink beyond 21 January is the top priority of government support for hospitality businesses, according to the latest leaders poll.
Independent restaurants and bars hit hard by Covid-19 can still apply for grants from the 50 Best Recovery Fund, which has so far raised a total of $1.24m.
Gourmet finger doughnut brand Longboys is set to add a second London location to its portfolio, having secured a site at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross.
Cronut creator and famed pastry chef Dominique Ansel is to permanently close both his eponymous London bakery in Belgravia, and his recently launched Treehouse restaurant in Covent Garden.
Sky News is reporting that Pizza Hut is considering a CVA and has appointed professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal to explore a restructuring of the business.
Britain's exit from the European Union gives the nation a 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to reshape its food system, according to the first part of Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy.
William Reed’s HIM & MCA Insight is launching a new analytics and data visualisation solution that will bring all of the two brand’s data sources together under a new name - Lumina Intelligence.
Chef Tom Cenci has announced that Loyal Tavern, the neighbourhood-style restaurant and bar he launched with Adam White in London's Bermondsey back in 2018, will not reopen.
London-based group Corbin & King will reopen French brasserie Bellanger in mid-August, almost exactly a year after it chose to permanently close the Islington restaurant.
Balans founder David Taylor says he is 'optimistic' about the longer-term future of the London-based group as it prepares to reopen the majority of its estate.
More than 90% of those who have visited pubs, restaurants and bars in England in the two weeks since reopening were satisfied with the safety steps in place.
The hospitality sector saw a 'catastrophic collapse' in revenue during the second quarter of 2020 with sales plummeting 87%, according to UKHospitality's latest quarterly Tracker collated by CGA.
The monthly title will cease being a printed magazine and will become part of the BigHospitality website as part of a new digital-forward and face-to-face strategy.
The Government is pushing ahead with plans to force restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways with more than 250 employees to add calorie labels to menus.
Nando’s plans to reduce the carbon footprint of its meals by a further 50% following a reduction of 40% since 2015 and has also committed to higher welfare chicken.
London-based restaurant group Corbin & King says it is potentially planning to reopen its Islington-based French brasserie Bellanger next month, almost exactly a year after permanently closing the site.
Former Petersham Nurseries chef Chris Leach launched the recently reopened Manteca with Smokestak’s David Carter late last year, having established the concept during a four-month residency at 10 Heddon Street.
This week's main news stories includes the Government calling for evidence as it prepares to conduct a business rates review, and another raft of restaurant closures from across the industry.
KFC has collaborated with a biotech research lab in the Russian capital of Moscow to develop a hybrid nugget made from a combination of cultured chicken cells and plant-based ingredients.
Having initially had its launch delayed by the pandemic, accessible tasting menu restaurant Six by Nico has finally pitched up in the Big Smoke, opening on Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia.
