The Master Sommelier has been chosen for the sixth time to represent the UK in the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) World’s Best Sommelier Competition
The Which? Guide has expanded its list of the UK’s Top 40 restaurants to 50, after seeing a surge in the number of up-and-coming chefs making the grade
The recession may be affecting the corporate Christmas party budget, but with our guide on how to offer the perfect festive package, hospitality operators needn’t miss out
Pho 24, a Vietnamese fast food restaurant chain, is rolling it’s concept over to the UK, with the first of 30 planned sites to open in London next month
Laurie and Jacqueline Gear's Buckinghamshire restaurant Artichoke, forced to close last summer following a fire, is set to open in October following a large scale refurbishment
Restaurateur Vito Cataffo, star of Channel 4 series Dolce Vito, says he wants to open more British restaurants in Italy and help others expand their restaurant concepts here and abroad following the success of his first - Passion - in Bologna
Luke Johnson, serial entrepreneur, successful restaurateur and chairman of Channel Four describes the opportunities offered by a downturn and his plans for Patisserie Valerie
The amount of money customers spend on alcohol when out drinking is at its lowest level since 1972 according to latest statistics from the British Beer & Pub Association
The El Bulli chef proprietor will launch a range of speciality oils - based on those he uses at his restaurant - at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair next week
Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley is voted top restaurant in the latest edition of Harden's London Restaurants Guide while diners vote Angela Hartnett's Murano best new restaurant
The American-themed restaurant chain pleaded guilty to six food hygiene offences in court on Wednesday after inspectors found dead cockroaches, mouse droppings and grease-encrusted cabinets in its kitchens
As one of the north’s leading female head chefs, Lisa Allen of the Michelin-starred Northcote Manor in Lancashire reveals the lengths she’ll go to, to remain competitive amongst her male peers, in our latest BigTalent profile
The number of diners reserving a table online has more than doubled in the last year, but less than 10 per cent of UK restaurants use online booking systems
Staff at Kinnaird Estate in Scotland wait to hear what their future holds after owner Constance Cluett Ward announced her retirement from the hotel business
A team of top chefs, led by The Lanesborough’s Paul Gayler, will cook a charity feast in aid of Help for Heroes, raising funds for troops wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq
The designers commissioned to create a new, plastic pint glass in a bid to cut crime have been told they’ll need to create the ‘Holy Grail’ if it is to succeed
Work is underway on Soho House Group’s latest project - Dean Street Townhouse & Dining Room - after Westminster City Council gave its plans the thumbs up
Restaurant operators with an interest in the paranormal are being urged to put in offers to run the Hellfire horror-themed restaurant as the current owner looks to take to the road with his hog roast hearse.
The restaurant industry is remaining immune to the pressures of the recession with the lowest closure rate since 2000 and openings up 8 per cent on the previous year
Latest figures from Peach Factory show like-for-like sales in restaurants and pubs were up 1 per cent in July with chains faring better than independents
There has been widespread opposition to the Government’s mandatory alcohol code, as over 7,000 pub-goers sign up to the Axe the Beer Tax, Save the Pub campaign
Hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism skills council People 1st appoints David Fairhurst, chief people officer at McDonald's UK & Northern Europe, its new chairman
Pizza Express takes the second restaurant unit at the West Midlands shopping centre and four other operators sign up to take units within the 1,200 seat foodcourt when it opens later this year
Gordon Ramsay has spoken out about how the recession has brought a ‘breath of fresh air’ to the restaurant industry, which he claims had become too arrogant and forgot the ‘customer is king’
