The group head chef for The Elder in Bath and The Woodsman in Stratford upon Avon on starting out in kitchens at 15 and his love of wild British ingredients.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the launch of the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2021; speculation on when lockdown will end; and Mercato Metropolitano's global expansion plans.
Wonderland Restaurants has partnered with Warner Bros Consumer Products to launch Wonderland At Home, a premium boxed dining experience service that will feature some of the most iconic brands from film and television.
The Treasury has reaffirmed its defence of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme (EOHO) after publishing data that showed there was 'no correlation' to rising Coronavirus cases.
Various Eateries, the restaurant group founded by hospitality entrepreneur Hugh Osmond, has received an interim payment of £2.5m under its Business Interruption Insurance (BII) policy.
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More than three-quarters of operators would rather delay reopening their businesses in order to operate with no restrictions rather than open early with high or very high-tiered restrictions, the latest Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll has...
London-based premium fried chicken brand Thunderbird has secured its fourth bricks and mortar site, which it will use as a platform to launch a revamped brand identity.
Gousto is offering five independent restaurants £10,000 each in funding alongside business coaching and the chance to co-create one of its recipe box dishes.
The end of the lease forfeiture moratorium will leave the hospitality sector facing a multibillion-pound arrears bill, with fears that a bloodbath for small businesses is just around the corner
Hospitality lost out on over half of its expected sales in 2020, with back-to-back lockdowns and ever-increasing restrictions costing the sector approximately £200m a day.
Investor appetite for pubs remains healthy with many buyers undeterred by the impact of the pandemic, according to Christie & Co’s Outlook 2021 report.
The Treasury says it has 'no plans' to extend the VAT cut for the hospitality sector, despite the Chancellor warning that the economy will get worse before it gets better.
The owner of London-based wine bar and restaurant group 28-50 reflects on his career to date, which has seen him establish a portfolio of hospitality businesses across the UK and Europe.
The hospitality sector has been hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of employment, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.
A total of 20 restaurants were demoted or deleted from the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2021, many as a result of having closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Restaurants including The Black Swan at Oldstead, Coombeshead Farm, Where the Light Gets In (pictured), Restaurant Sat Bains, and L’Enclume are among 23 places to be awarded a Michelin green star in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2021.
London restaurants Core by Clare Smyth and Hélène Darroze at The Connaught have both been awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2021.
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has renewed calls for the Government to immediately extend financial support measures, claiming the sector is currently losing around 40 businesses a week.
The team behind Gastrono-me Restaurants Ltd, which currently operates a single site in Bury St Edmunds, are planning to expand the business across the UK over the next three years.
Speculation over when lockdown measures on hospitality could be lifted has continued to grow over the weekend, with the Government considering the introduction of 'halfway house' restrictions after Easter.
The former Gordon Ramsay Group alumnus, who now oversees the stoves of Fenchurch Restaurant at Sky Garden, on childhood Christmas dinners, working in pubs, and his love of Sunday Brunch.
This week's main hospitality news stories include calls for Rishi Sunak to announce additional business support; fears over the end of the rent moratoria; and pubs struggling to access Government grants.
Industry leaders from across the night-time economy have called on the public to take part in a recently launched Parliamentary inquiry into the devastating impact of Covid-19 on British nightlife.
Karl O' Dell, former head chef at Texture restaurant in London, and Olivia Burt, 2019 MasterChef The Professionals finalist are among the chefs soon to launch delivery meal options on new restaurant meal delivery platform Restaurant Box.
Chair of the Petitions Committee Catherine McKinnell MP, who led last week's Minister for Hospitality debate, has written a letter urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to engage with the sector.
The vast majority of operators (79%) will not be able to survive a lockdown until May without further Government support, according to the latest findings from Lumina Intelligence’s Hospitality Leaders Poll.
Almost 6,000 licensed premises disappeared from Britain last year as the Cornavirus pandemic took its toll on the hospitality sector, according to latest industry figures.
Fears are growing that the hospitality sector could be forced to remain closed for much of the spring, after a scientist warned against opening pubs and restaurants before May.
Dining Street Limited, the casual dining operator behind restaurant chains Richoux, Villagio and The Broadwick, has entered administration with 147 jobs lost.
2020 saw the emergence of ‘makeaway’ meal kits as restaurants battled for survival during the pandemic. With the end of lockdown now in sight, what will 2021 hold for businesses thinking out of the box?
The little red book is going ahead with its 2021 guide - albeit later than normal - to ‘celebrate the many amazing restaurants in Great Britain & Ireland and all the hugely talented chefs and restaurateurs’ despite the ongoing pandemic.
