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Not the End of the Line for sustainable fish restaurants

Not the End of the Line for sustainable fish restaurants

By Becky Paskin & Emma Eversham

With the release of documentary The End of the Line we speak to suppliers and restaurants about what theyre doing to ensure the fish they sell doesnt mean the end of the line for fish stocks or their business

Rising Star: Shaun O'Brien

Rising Star: Shaun O'Brien

By Emma Eversham

Liverpool Community College catering and hospitality student Shaun OBrien shares his thoughts on the industry as he prepares for his future career

Aubergine announces new head chef

Aubergine announces new head chef

By Becky Paskin

The London Fine Dining Group has announced Christophe Renou as the new head chef of Aubergine in Chelsea, after William Drabble’s departure last week

Hotel sees ebay wedding boom

Hotel sees ebay wedding boom

By Emma Eversham

A hotel in North Devon is using auction website ebay to sell wedding packages for £1k to boost its mid-week wedding trade

Business profile: D&D London

Business profile: D&D London

By Paul Wootton

D&D London has ambitious expansion plans in spite of the troubled economy. Its chairman and MD explain how theyre weathering the storm

Technology: Could you improve your bookings system?

Technology: Could you improve your bookings system?

By Jackie Mitchell

BigHospitality finds some of the electronic systems on the market that will help you manage your reservations better and could also help the rest of your business run more smoothly

Great British Menu 2009 winners named

Great British Menu 2009 winners named

By Emma Eversham

The four chefs who will cook the dishes for a homecoming banquet for troops fighting in Afghanistan later this month are named in the final of the BBC Two series

English Wine Week: The producers

English Wine Week: The producers

By Emma Eversham

As English Wine Week comes to a close, BigHospitality finds out what the wine producers have on offer and why they think restaurants, hotels and pubs are the perfect places to stock English wine

Laura Rhys’s BigTalent

Laura Rhys’s BigTalent

By Becky Paskin

Just weeks after winning the 2009 UK Sommelier of the Year, Hotel Terravina’s head sommelier Laura Rhys tells Becky Paskin how having Gerard Basset as a mentor has helped her career take off

Greene King drinks promotion 'not irresponsible'

Greene King drinks promotion 'not irresponsible'

By Emma Eversham

A buy three pints get one free promotion run in Greene King pubs is cleared of any wrongdoing by the Portman Group following a complaint that it encouraged irresponsible drinking

Charity hotel awaits buyer

Charity hotel awaits buyer

By Emma Eversham

Brian Burnie, the man who has lovingly converted Doxford Hall in Northumberland into a luxury hotel and spa, waits for a buyer for it so he can donate all the proceeds from its sale to charity

English Wine Week: The trade's view

English Wine Week: The trade's view

By Emma Eversham

For English Wine Week Emma Eversham quizzes sommeliers, restaurateurs and publicans about English wine and asks why more of them arent putting local wine as well as local food on the menu

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