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Yuma Hashemi The Drunken Butler

Flash-grilled: Yuma Hashemi

By Joe Lutrario

Yuma Hashemi is the chef patron of The Drunken Butler, a Clerkenwell restaurant that combines French and Persian influences.

Wagamama serves up 12% sales growth

Wagamama serves up 12% sales growth

By Stefan Chomka

Wagamama recorded double-digit sales growth in the months leading up to its purchase, according to its latest figures.

Jonny Boud The Rum Kitchen

How I Got Here: Jonny Boud

By Joe Lutrario

The co-founder of GLP Hospitality (The Rum Kitchen, Passo) on what motivates him, the importance of decent legals and accounts and why councils should relax planning laws.

Best knives for restaurants chefs

Nine niche knives you didn't know you needed

By Joe Lutrario

Give your knife collection the edge with these specialist blades, including one for cutting soba noodles, one for chiselling out parmesan and another for slicing lemon for G&Ts.

Flash-grilled: Lovaine Humphrey

Flash-grilled: Lovaine Humphrey

By Stefan Chomka

The chef and sommelier is the owner (with husband Adam) of fine dining restaurant Arras in York. Prior to opening its doors 18 months ago the couple lived in Sydney where they owned and ran a restaurant for 10 years.

Lee DeSanges Baked in Brick

How I Got Here: Lee DeSanges

By Joe Lutrario

Baked In Brick has had great success on street food circuit in Birmingham and further afield with its eclectic pizzas. Founder Lee DeSanges recently opened his first restaurant at The Custard Factory in Digbeth.

Din Tai Fung Chinese restaurant London's Covent Garden

Latest opening: Din Tai Fung

By Stefan Chomka

The Chinese restaurant brand famous for its xiao long bao soup dumplings has opened its debut European restaurant, in London's Covent Garden

Chef Masterclass: Pickled Herrings by Ekte's Robin Freeman

Chef Masterclass: Pickled Herrings by Ekte's Robin Freeman

By Bill Knott

Magnus Nilsson’s magisterial The Nordic Cookbook contains 39 recipes for herring. This does not overstate the importance of the humble herring to the various peoples of northern Europe: the fish has, for thousands of years, been a major part of their...

 The turkey shortage restaurants

The Lowdown: The turkey shortage

By Joe Lutrario

Feathers look likely to fly in restaurant kitchens as chefs struggle to secure birds for the festive period.

Mark Lloyd Pomona’s

Flash-grilled: Mark Lloyd

By Joe Lutrario

The chef and TV presenter was recently appointed executive chef at Notting Hill restaurant and bar Pomona’s.

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