Restaurants need to raise their tech game to ensure the customer experience is slicker than ever during the festive period, says Call Systems Technology managing director Eloise Sheppard.
Steak and lobster restaurant brand Bourgee is undergoing a ‘re-birth’ with the launch of a restaurant in Norwich seven months after the group fell into administration, with the closure of three restaurants.
From a fine dining Chinese import in St. James to Pip Lacey's debut above a clothing store in Coal Drops Yard, we round up the openings you need to know about this month.
The actor turned steak magnate is best known for his stint at Gaucho as managing director and founding M Restaurants. He recently returned to Gaucho to lead a re-invigoration of the business.
Restaurant manager Didier Fertilati spent five years in charge of the dining room at The Fat Duck and is currently maitre d’ at Quique Dacosta’s eponymous three Michelin-starred restaurant in Spain.
KerbEdge, the North East-based burger restaurant concept, has been ordered to wind up by the High Court, according to BigHospitality’s sister publication MCA.
The Autumn Budget drew a mixed reaction from the hospitality industry, with Chancellor Philip Hammond offering an olive branch to the high street, but facing criticism from winemakers.
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has reached agreement on the purchase of the entire share capital of Mabel Topco Limited, the company that owns and operates Wagamama.
Restaurant magazine teamed up with Seafood from Norway last month to run a seafood focused development workshop, discussion and lunch at Adam Byatt’s restaurant, Upstairs at Trinity.
This month, chef Anthea Stephenson took over as head chef at Venetian restaurant Polpetto, bringing a new menu inspired by time spent working at the likes of the River Cafe, The Jugged Hare, and Sketch.
River restaurant pioneer Bateaux will relaunch two classic boats over the coming months, reinventing them as dining destinations with menus designed by the former Flavour Bastard head chef.
The Wild Honey chef on Vermuteria, an all day café and bar in newly opened Coal Drops Yard inspired by the origins of vermouth distilling (and cycling).
Chris Marsh has resigned as finance director at Patisserie Holdings with immediate effect, following his suspension from the beleaguered bakery chain earlier this month.
C&C Group says it has paid off £160m in debts owed by the Matthew Clark Bibendum group since it bought the troubled drinks supplier out of administration in April.
Two Filipino restaurants have opened in the capital this week, signalling that the little-known cuisine of the tropical country may well be moving into the mainstream.
French restaurant chain Cafe Rouge is spreading its wings with the trial of a new chicken-focused virtual brand, called Chef & Rooster, at a number of selected sites across the country.
The founders of award winning Anglesey restaurant The Marram Grass will launch a cookery school having surpassed the target on their Kickstarter crowdfund campaign to fund the project.