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The Chef's Brigade

The Lowdown: The Chef's Brigade

By James McAllister

A new competitive cooking show, which airs on BBC Two later this summer, will see chef Jason Atherton mentor a brigade of ambitious chefs in a bid to transform their careers.

Photo credit: Tom Price/Tearfund

How I Got Here: Will Torrent

By Joe Lutrario

Chocolate expert Will Torrent, who has previously worked with the likes of Heston Blumenthal and James Martin, is a consultant pastry chef to Waitrose and ambassador for Christian charity Tearfund.

Opening of the month Darby’s

Opening of the month: Darby’s

By Stefan Chomka

Robin Gill’s all-singing, all-dancing venture in London’s Nine Elms is his biggest project to date, and one that would have made his musician father proud.

Slim Chickens opens fourth UK site

Slim Chickens opens fourth UK site

By James McAllister

The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has converted another of its Ed’s Easy Diner sites into a Slim Chickens restaurant, as it continues to expand the US-hatched chicken brand in the UK.

Social Pantry founder Alex Head

Social Pantry set to expand following investment

By James McAllister

London-based catering company Social Pantry is to put a series of expansion plans into action after receiving a £1.1m investment from investment firm Edition Capital.

Aizle Edinburgh restaurant feels benefit of four-day week

Can a restaurant survive moving to a four-day week?

By Sophie Witts

In 2018 Stuart Ralston switched his Edinburgh restaurant Aizle from a five to a four-day week after struggling with long working hours. One year on we caught up with the chef to find out how the changes have worked out.

Restaurant radar July 2019 Patrick Powell Arcade Food Theatre and Nico Simeone

Restaurant radar: July 2019

By James McAllister

From the launch London’s latest food hall concept to the opening of Patrick Powell’s first solo restaurant, here are July’s key restaurant openings.

St. John Group to open second retail bakery in London

St. John Group to open second retail bakery

By James McAllister

The St. John Group is to expand its retail bakery business with the opening of a second site at London’s Fora co-working space in Borough this September.

The name game: why it's time to take your online reputation seriously

The name game: why it's time to take your online reputation seriously

By Restaurant magazine

The proliferation of social media and review sites means a restaurant’s online reputation is under constant scrutiny and flux. We gathered a group of restaurant marketers to discuss how businesses can manage their online reputations and even enhance them.

Gold restaurant Notting Hill chef Theo Hill

Latest opening: Gold

By Joe Lutrario

Former River Café chef Theo Hill has opened a relaxed modern European restaurant in the space that once housed one of Notting Hill’s best known pubs.

Former River Café sommelier Katie Exton opened relaxed fine-dining restaurant Lorne with chef Peter Hall in London back in 2017

Flash-grilled: Katie Exton

By Joe Lutrario

Former River Café sommelier Katie Exton opened relaxed fine-dining restaurant Lorne with chef Peter Hall in London back in 2017.

Silo restaurant set to open in London in September

Silo set to open in London in September

By James McAllister

Chef Douglas McMaster’s zero-waste restaurant Silo is to open on the upper floor of Crate Brewery’s White Building taproom in London this September.

San Carlo set to open first airport restaurant

San Carlo set to open first airport location

By James McAllister

Italian restaurant group San Carlo is to open its first airport location in Manchester’s new ‘super terminal’, which is set to open next year.

The WalkIn app launch restaurant queues

The Lowdown: the WalkIn app

By James McAllister

A new app promises users that they’ll never have to stand in line for a restaurant again, by enabling them to join the queue from their phones.

Maciej Lyko Polish Sommelier of the Year Launceston Place

How I Got Here: Maciej Lyko

By Joe Lutrario

The head sommelier at Kensington's Launceston Place was recently awarded first place in The International Sommelier Association’s Best Polish Sommelier Competition 2019.

Video: Unlocking seafood’s potential

Video: Unlocking seafood’s potential

By Restaurant

Restaurant magazine teamed up with Seafood from Norway earlier this month to host a seafood focused workshop, discussion and lunch at Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden.

The secret stagiaire Alchemilla

The secret stagiaire: Alchemilla

By The secret stagiaire

Our covert commis heads to Nottingham and the debut restaurant from rising star Alex Bond, where he gets to grips with a foam gun and tries his hand at spiralising.

Alex Moore and James Brown to launch cashless tipping system for restaurants

Cashless tipping system to be launched

By James McAllister

Rosa’s Thai co-founder Alex Moore and BrewDog’s retail director James Brown are to launch a new venture that they say will ‘revolutionise the world of tipping’.

Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur named World's Best restaurant

Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur named World's Best restaurant

By James McAllister

Mirazur, Mauro Colagreco’s three Michelin-starred restaurant in France, has been named the best restaurant in the world at The World's 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2019 that took place yesterday (25 June) at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Latest opening The Orange Buffalo

Latest opening: The Orange Buffalo

By James McAllister

Chicken wing brand The Orange Buffalo has opened its first bricks and mortar site in Tooting… right across the road from Colonel Sanders himself.

Harrods unveils Dining Hall concept

Harrods unveils Dining Hall concept

By James McAllister

Harrods is to open a new Dining Hall tomorrow with restaurateur Eddie Lim and chef/restaurateur Vineet Bhatia among the line-up.

Images: Greg Funnell

Harts Group: madmen or visionaries?

By Stefan Chomka

Last year Harts Group opened four venues at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross. Despite lower than expected footfall at the development, the group has doubled down with a fifth, Parrillan. So are the trio behind it madmen or visionaries?

Lina Stores to open second restaurant

Lina Stores to open second restaurant

By James McAllister

Lina Stores, the Italian deli and restaurant company, is to launch its first site that encompasses both concepts in London’s King’s Cross this autumn.

Alex Hely-Hutchinson 26 Grains Covent Garden

Flash-grilled: Alex Hely-Hutchinson

By Joe Lutrario

Alex Hely-Hutchinson is the founder of popular Covent Garden breakfast spot 26 Grains, which offers a health-focused menu specialising in porridge. She recently launched an evening set menu.

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