Small restaurant chains are growing at the fastest rate experienced for several years, with a noticeable movement towards niche offerings, according Horizon’s latest Ones to Watch report.
Head chef at the Devonshire Arms in Yorkshire, Adam Smith, has won first place in the Bocuse d’Or National Selection cooking contest for chefs at Hotelympia on Monday (28 April).
Fergus Henderson received the Diners Club Lifetime Achievement award at this year's World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards for his contribution to Britain's culinary landscape. In the cover feature of this month’s Restaurant magazine, editor Stefan...
Gathering thousands of professionals from the hospitality sector, Hotelympia is the perfect occasion for manufacturers to launch their new products. Here is a round-up of the catering equipment introduced at this year’s trade show.
Bodo’s Schloss will launch a new restaurant area and menu at its site in Kensington in May, aiming to offer the feel of an ‘alpine escape’ in the centre of London.
Ninety per cent of British travellers are planning at least one domestic trip in 2014, up from 84% last year, and almost all of them choose holidays based on special offers.
UK restaurants performed strongly in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2014 – with two in the top ten for the first time ever - and there were also some impressive achievements for British restaurants on the 51-100 list.
Noma has been named the S.Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurant for the fourth time, stealing the title back from the 2013 winner, Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca. But what countries dominated the listings this year?
René Redzepi’s Danish restaurant Noma has dramatically reclaimed the title of S. Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurant, with last year’s winner El Celler de Can Roca taking the number two spot.
All-day Creole bar and Kitchen Bayou is to launch in London’s Camden in early June, offering an experience of Southern American food, drink and music culture inspired by Bayou country.
P&G Professional is hosting a competition that will see one independent business winning a £3000 makeover for their front of house from celebrity interior designer and former BBC Changing Rooms presenter, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
The National Restaurants Awards in association with Estrella Damm, Restaurant magazine’s annual count down of the top 100 restaurants in the UK, is marking its seventh year by becoming a summer event, and will be held on 30 June at The Hurlingham Club...
Chefs and restaurateurs from The World’s 50 Best Restaurants are set to descend on London tonight (28 April) for the 12th annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. Follow the action with BigHospitality on Facebook and Twitter for updates, photos and...
Ulrike le Roux completed her studies and hospitality training in South Africa. She has spent time working in a number of different sectors of the industry including B&Bs, restaurants, boutique hotels and chains. She moved to the UK to gain some international...
Review website TripAdvisor has reiterated that blackmail from customers is ‘strictly against guidelines’ after a Yorkshire-based restaurateur claimed reviewers were threatening to leave negative comments unless they received a free meal at one of his...
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, takes place on Monday (28 April) and speculation is beginning to mount - will Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca hold off the likes of Noma and Osteria Francescana...
Frozen dessert producer Erlenbacher have launched three new flavours in their Cream Triangle Slices range; Raspberry and Cream Cheese, Strawberry and Buttermilk, and Mandarin and Cream Cheese.
The shortlist for the 2014 Footprint Awards has been revealed with the Spirit Pub Company, Ampersand and Enterprise Inns all being noted for their contributions to sustainability in the hospitality industry.
The new conference menus implemented across the Holiday Inn estate have been ‘the icing on the cake’ when it comes to the brand’s increased focus on the MICE market, with research revealing a significant increase in mental competence among delegates that...
Chef Carl Clarke is currently overseeing the new food and beverage offering at Hertford House Hotel, re-launching the restaurant, bar and cocktail lounge.
Accor has revealed plans to add three new MGallery Collection Hotels to its UK portfolio and upgrade six existing Mercure properties into 'flagship' hotels for the brand by 2015.
Hampshire-based ice cream manufacturer New Forest Ice Cream has added a Turkish Delight and Belgian Chocolate flavour to its growing range of frozen desserts.
Hospitality operators understand that offering the chance to stay connected whilst enjoying a coffee or taking a business trip can win new customers and attract repeat visits. However, many brands aren’t doing enough to maximise the potential sales revenue...
French restaurant group Bistrot Pierre is opening a new site at the sea front in Torquay within the Abbey Sands development and is recruiting up to 60 new staff members for the venture.
Bromley College of Further and Higher Education has just opened applications for its new Hospitality, Food and Enterprise Career College and is enrolling students to start this September.
New bar and restaurant Think.Eat.Drink (T.E.D) will open in King’s Cross in June, serving ethically-sourced British food in an environmentally-friendly setting.
London’s hospitality businesses are facing further disruption as a result of transport disputes, with two more tube strikes and a 48-hour walkout on Heathrow Express planned over the next two months.
With Community Pubs month in full swing, a number of residents’ associations across the country have stepped in to save their local from closure or conversion into commercial properties.
Equipment specialists Gamble Foodservice Solutions have launched the latest FWE Dual Cavity Heated Holding Cabinet in the HLC-2127 series which will allows caterers to keep food hot over long periods of time.
Chef Adam Simmonds, who held a Michelin star at his previous site, is overseeing a new restaurant concept opening on London’s Kensington High Street on 31 May.
Blue Sky Leisure’s Norfolk-based American diner chain Zaks is opening a fourth restaurant in the south west of the county under its first franchise partnership.
Restaurant and bar group Gusto has completed a management buyout from Living Ventures, the Tim Bacon-led premium operator, with funding from private equity group Palatine as it looks to add about 15 sites over the next four years, including a move into...
Pizza grab-and-go concept Pizza Rossa will open its first outlets in the City later this year after breaking a European record for securing start-up funding through crowdfunding.