James Porter founded Island Poke as a street food business in 2015. Now backed by Chris Miller's White Rabbit Fund, he currently oversees five bricks and mortar sites.
Casual burger restaurant chain Gourmet Burger Kitchen has confirmed that it will be initiating a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA), becoming the most recent casualty of the casual dining crisis.
Street food burger operator Burger & Beyond will launch a permanent site alongside its residencies at KERB and Street Feast, having secured a site in east London.
Troubled Argentinian restaurant group Gaucho has outlined its plans to re-engage customers as it exits administration, led by M Restaurants CEO Martin Williams.
The Casual Dining Group (CDG) has partnered with Tesco to launch a range of Bella Italia-inspired frozen ready meals based on dishes served at the Italian chain's eat-in restaurants.
Plant-based Cambridge restaurant group Stem + Glory will launch its first restaurant in London having successfully crowdfunded £350,000 through Crowdcube.
Leading investors in troubled café chain Patisserie Valerie are concerned about the legitimacy of an internal investigation into a £40 million hole in the company’s accounts, according to The Times.
Long-time vegan and restaurateur Louise Palmer-Masterton founded plant-based Stem + Glory in 2016, and has since completed two successful crowdfunds to grow the company to three sites. The Cambridge restaurateur shares her tips on how operators can improve...
Vegan, gluten-free and alcohol free restaurant and bar Redemption will launch its third site this winter, having successfully crowdfunded the money needed to finance it.
Adam Byatt, chef patron of Trinity in Clapham, trained at the likes of Claridge's and The Square before launching his first solo restaurant, Thyme, in 2001. He launched Trinity in 2006 - which has retained a Michelin star since 2016 - and Bistro...
South African chef Jean Delport will open a conceptual, contemporary restaurant in Horsham this week serving tasting menus made from foraged ingredients.
A roster of chefs from England and across the world, including James Lowe, Marc Fosh, Ollie Dabbous, Norbert Niederkofler, Andrew Wong, Marianne Lumb, Matt Orlando, Niall Keating and Romy Gill will be cooking at Northcote’s 19th annual Obsession chef...
Sorely-missed Dalston cocktail and junk food restaurant Rita’s has confirmed that it will be joining the line-up of operators at Kings Cross’ Coal Drops Yard development.
The co-founder of seafood restaurant Hook will launch his first solo project having claimed a Pop Brixton unit formerly occupied by Franzina Trattoria.
Mexican-born former Noma consultant chef Santiago Lastra will host a Day of the Dead dinner in London ahead of launching his debut UK restaurant in March 2019.
International restaurateur Alexandros Andrianopoulos will launch a restaurant, bar and private lounge on the site of the former Cartier watchmakers’ headquarters.
Black & White Hospitality’s latest restaurant concept, a collaboration between chefs Pierre Koffmann and Marco Pierre White, could be taken to other historic UK towns following its launch in Bath.
Property developer Harry Handelsman will launch a 145-room hotel in east London, housing two restaurants headed up by ex-Chiltern Firehouse and Soho House Group chefs.
Bill Collison founded Bill's Produce Store and Cafe in 2001. A few years later, the Lewes and Brighton-based business attracted the attention of mid-market maestros Andy Bassadone and Chris Benians, who have turned the business into a national chain....
Hawksmoor’s executive chef and director of Pitt Cue Richard Turner opens 62-cover Mayfair restaurant Gridiron early November with seasoned chef Colin McSherry in the COMO Metropolitan hotel on Old Park Lane
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