Hospitality software supplier Fourth says that productivity across the restaurant sector has fallen, with the key measure of sales per labour hour currently sitting at £30.65 – a 43p reduction since May 2017.
Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson has a new approach to reducing chef hours, and is The Waterside Inn right to ask diners not to photograph food? We round-up the top stories of the week.
Margot Henderson and Melanie Arnold opened Rochelle Canteen in a former school in Shoreditch in 2004. Thirteen years on and they are doing it again, and at a very impressive postcode
The founders of Devon-based wellness retreat Yeotown are introducing Londoners to their healthy living ethos with a restaurant cum meditation zone in Marylebone.
The debate about food photography in restaurants has been reignited following reports that The Waterside Inn has requested its diners keep their phones in their pockets.
Farm Africa’s Growing Futures project works to equip young adults in western Kenya with the skills and knowledge to successfully set up profitable agricultural enterprises.
To kick off World Vegan Day, Moo Cantina steakhouse has joined forces with Deliveroo to create the ‘ultimate fake steak’- the Argentinian answer to the Beyond Burger.
A waiter at The Fat Duck, a butler at The Savoy and a member of The Royal Household staff are among the 32 candidates to reach the semi-finals of the 2018 Gold Service Scholarship.
Nose-to-tail cooking concept Flank has moved to London to join a host of up-and-coming restaurant brands at the newly redeveloped Old Spitalfields Market.
London delivery service Supper, which only transports food from “top quality and Michelin starred” restaurants, is crowdfunding to further expand its premium business.
From the expansion of Tom Kerridge's Marlow empire to one of the world's most celebrated Indian restaurants coming to London, we round-up the openings to watch this month.
The Yorkshire Meatball Co, which closed it sole restaurant in Harrogate in October 2016, has ceased trading after its meatball range was delisted by Morrisons.
Breakfast and brunch have become big business with many types of restaurant having developed morning offerings. And it’s not just bacon and eggs and avo on toast
While many top end restaurants are tackling long working hours by reducing opening times, chef Magnus Nilsson has taken an altogether more bold approach.
Is Gordon Ramsay a bad ambassador for the industry? And has the UK lost its taste for gourmet burgers? We round-up the top hospitality stories of the week.
The Hong Kong-born restaurateur behind well-known north London Cantonese Jun Ming has opened an upmarket Sichuanese restaurant in Pimlico on the former site of Loong Men Ze Khan.
Italian restaurant Chucs Bar & Grill is opening a third London site, in Harrods’ Fine Watch Room, coinciding with the famous department store’s food halls' transformation.
Following the airing of ITV’s Gordon Ramsay On Cocaine, Temper owner Neil Rankin took to Facebook to call Ramsay a “terrible f--king ambassador for our industry”. His post garnered support by way of over 2,000 likes from chefs, industry heads and customers.
The US encroachment into the UK’s burgeoning burger sector is showing no signs of abating with another 15 co-branded Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express restaurants set to open across the UK.