Dishoom, Juniper Dining, L’Anima and Bistro Bruno Loubet offered the Best Festival Menus during the London Restaurant Festival (LRF), which has drawn to a close this week
The heads of pub, hotel and restaurant operators Whitbread and Fuller’s have joined leaders of some of the UK’s largest companies in a strong show of support for the government’s proposed spending cuts
Hotels across the UK delivered double-digit revPAR growth in the third quarter of the year, although experts warn the positive performance will not last into 2011
Restaurants and food businesses across the UK may soon be faced with compulsory food hygiene rating, following recommendations from a government report that the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) scheme becomes mandatory
Laith Khalaf, pensions analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, advises one reader on how to get the most of his pension plan as a self-employed, single operator
A new study has found that the level of background noise affects our perception of the flavour and texture of food, a theory that some chefs – like Heston Blumenthal – have already taken to their diners
The Saturday Kitchen stalwart and head chef at Pearl Restaurant in London is near to finishing a month-long Street Kitchen tour with Mark Jankel, as part of the London Restaurant Festival
Restaurants hotels and pubs, including The Waterside Inn and Fifth Floor Harvey Nichols tell us about the extra activities they're planning to attract customers
Inspirational and driven, entrepreneur Jillian MacLean is rapidly expanding her young company, Drake & Morgan, to be the envy of the bar-restaurant sector
Two new studies released today have claimed that 6,300 pubs, bars and restaurants will fail by 2015 and that some 6,685 companies in the leisure sector are currently struggling with “significant or critical” financial problems of £57.5bn
More than half of small businesses now use social media, although most of them doubt the value of networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn
A 102-bedroom hotel up for sale in Bournemouth could be operated in its current form or knocked down to make way for a purpose built hotel, according to the agency representing it
Three new restaurant and bar sites have been let at Mermaid Quay on Cardiff’s waterfront as part of an asset management programme designed to accommodate new operators
The Millbrook Inn in Devon has been awarded the top prize in the Gastropub Challenge, while Brighton’s Chilli Pickle won best overall restaurant in the Indian Restaurant Challenge at The Restaurant Show today
Putting thought and sensibility into food, and taking customers on a "dining journey" is where the future of fine dining lies, according to top chefs speaking at The Restaurant Show today
The Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) has announced the winners of its Caterer of the Year Award 2010, as it urges the government to help preserve the industry.
Day two of The Restaurant Show has been even bigger than the first, with the culmination of the World Chocolate Masters UK final, the Compass Junior and Senior Chef of the Year competitions and even more chef demonstrations
So far The Restaurant Show 2010 has drawn record crowds, with many restaurateurs and chefs descending upon Earls Court 2 to source new suppliers, see chef demonstrations, and watch their peers take part in industry competitions
John Costello, innovation chef from Park Cakes in Bury, Manchester - which supplies Marks & Spencers - has been named the UK Chocolate Master 2010-11 after an “extremely close” competition held at the Restaurant Show yesterday and today
A modest approach to ethical sourcing is good for customers and good for business, helping restaurants make and not break the bottom line, say industry experts
Japanese restaurant Kyashii is to launch next week in London’s Covent Garden, in an attempt to shake off its predecessor’s “bling bling” image and focus on its food offering
Jason Atherton is on the cusp of opening his first London restaurant apart from Gordon Ramsay Holdings, months after launching his first solo project in Shanghai.
The Ledbury has tonight been named National Restaurant of the Year, beating The Fat Duck and Bistro Bruno Loubet to the top spot in the National Restaurant Awards 2010
Thousands of visitors have attended the first day of The Restaurant Show 2010, meeting hundreds of suppliers and experiencing numerous competitions and chef demonstrations
Head sommelier at Launceston Place, Mickey Narea, says it’s time to go beyond pairing wine with food alone, and explore the way it can be matched with music
Mark Stinchcombe from the Lucknam Park Hotel, is the first up-and-coming chef to be crowned Young National Chef of the Year after winning the live cook-off in the new competition, held at the Restaurant Show today
Britain's most high profile chefs have rallied round to support Simon Hulstone in his bid to win the Bocuse d'Or culinary contest, dubbed the "culinary equivalent of the Oscars", for the United Kingdom
French chef Albert Roux has claimed that French cuisine is no longer the ‘king’, claiming that some American, British and even Japanese chefs do it better
The head chef at The Forge in Covent Garden has been in the industry for over 30 years, working along the way with some of the best chefs in the last few decades
Small hospitality businesses are being warned to prepare now for an onslaught of snow and ice later this year, as forecasters predict yet another freezing winter ahead
Chefs including Albert Roux, Jason Atherton, Ashley Palmer-Watts, Massimo Bottura and Chris and Jeff Galvin will head the line up at this year’s Restaurant Show, which runs next week from 11-13 October at London’s Earls Court 2
VisitBritian and British Airways today launch a new campaign designed to attract more tourists to the country, which includes special discount deals with hotels.
Hoteliers are being warned to check fire safety equipment and procedures at their premises after The Belfry Hotel in Cheshire was fined £75k for breaching fire safety codes
The loss of Mexican lager Corona Extra and Jamaican lager Red Stripe is set to hit Wells & Young's hard as they account for 40 per cent of turnover — around £85m worth of business
