You might think, given the names of some of the sauces in the classic répertoire de la cuisine, that the French admired and borrowed many of their ideas from other nations.
James Lewis, creative development and marketing director at Gauthier Soho, Tartufo and Gauthier Wines, shares his tips on how independent restaurants can make themselves heard in an increasingly competitive market.
With the demise of its Union Jacks brand and the furore over its comments about Brexit, Jamie’s Italian is taking some strong learnings into the coming years. We spoke to Simon Blagden, CEO
Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group has brought in an external advisor to work with its new management team to help steer it through its next phase, BigHospitality's sister title MCA has learnt.
From the return of Roganic to the future of Bruno Loubet's former Grain Store site, we round-up the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week.
With good chefs in short supply, there is top money to be made in temping right now. But what does that mean for wider recruitment? Who will benefit? And will agency chefs ever shake off their reputation as kitchen cowboys?
A social enterprise aiming to teach young Londoners living in temporary housing how to cook has completed a crowdfunding campaign to open its first permanent location.
Nearly four in five online food delivery customers would pay more to give riders the same benefits and rights that people in permanent jobs enjoy, a survey has revealed.
Indian hotel group Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has changed the name of its upcoming restaurant on the site of Claude Bosi’s former restaurant Hibiscus in London’s Mayfair.
MasterChef: The Professionals champion Anton Piotrowski will open his Liverpool restaurant Roski this November, despite failing to meet his target for the crowdfunding campaign he launched in August.
John Devitt, co founder of Koya, closed his much loved Soho restaurant in 2015 when his head chef moved back to Japan. This Autumn, alongside co founder and chef Shuko Oda, he is opening Koya City in the new Bloomberg Arcade development, as well as doing...
New World Trading (NWTC) is to open the second venue of its The Florist bar and restaurant brand next year – even though it is yet to launch the first site.
From high-profile restaurant closures to a typically unguarded take on Brexit from chef Ramsay, we round-up the top stories you might have missed this week.
In 2018 it will be 20 years since Daniel Clifford first opened his two Michelin-starred restaurant Midsummer House in Cambridge. The chef recalls the difficult first years of the restaurant, how the shock of winning a star made him ‘not a very nice person’,...
Wagamama has launched ‘noodle lab’, a new test kitchen allowing customers to preview and give feedback on new dishes before they hit the national menu.
