Casual Dining

Talking tech: the systems that will shape the restaurants of the future

14-Sep-2017 By Fiona Griffiths

From robots and AI to cloud-based EPoS solutions and mobile ordering, technology continues to change the restaurant landscape.

The Lowdown: easyJet's Hagelslag pop-up

14-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

EasyJet is about to launch a Hagelslag pop-up in Leicester Square

Freemasons at Wiswell in Lancashire to become restaurant with rooms

14-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Award-winning gastropub Freemasons at Wiswell in Lancashire’s Ribble Valley is set to become a restaurant with rooms after being granted planning permission to add accommodation at the premises.

Takeaways least trusted of all food businesses

13-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Takeaways are the least trusted of all food businesses according to a newly published report into the public’s perception of food fraud.

Rochelle Canteen is to open a second London restaurant

13-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

Rochelle Canteen, one of Shoreditch’s best-kept restaurant secrets, is to launch a new central London site this year.

Barrafina to launch £8 wine in supermarkets

13-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

Michelin-starred tapas group Barrafina is to launch a range of own-brand wines in supermarkets later this year.

Hotels "missing a slice of the F&B cake"

13-Sep-2017 By Joe Lutrario

Hotels are missing out on valuable food and beverage sales by not offering customers an incentive at the time of booking, research by CGA and Zonal Retail Data Systems reveals.

MEATliquor brings its second delivery-only site to south London

13-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

MEATliquor is to open a second delivery-only site, in Battersea, in partnership with food delivery giant Deliveroo.

Four restaurants sign up for London's White City Place

13-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

Four new food operators have been confirmed for White City Place, a new mixed-use development opening in west London.

Monthly column

10 ways restaurants can improve their breakfasts

13-Sep-2017 By Tony Naylor

Britain’s brunch scene is thriving but there is still much that could be done to improve its close cousin, breakfast

Rick Stein's business to expand further after 29% sales increase

12-Sep-2017 By Mark Wingett

The Rick Stein business is to expand further next year after reporting a sales increase of 29% to £26.1m.

Marianne and Kiln among winners of Harden's Restaurant Awards

12-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Restaurant Marianne in Westbourne Green has been named Top Gastronomic Experience by the Harden’s London restaurant guide.

The TMRW Project to host Michelin panel debate

11-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

How relevant is the Michelin Guide to the modern UK dining scene?

Chef Tom Cook joins Smith & Wollensky UK

11-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

Ex-Skylon chef Tom Cook has joined steakhouse group Smith & Wollensky as executive head chef at its London site.

Sophie's to open its biggest steakhouse to date in Soho on 28 November

11-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Sophie’s will once again become a two-site steakhouse group with the opening of a restaurant - its biggest to date - in Soho on 28 November.

"We're back! The men in black!" Eric Chavot on his second London comeback

08-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Michelin-starred French chef Eric Chavot is making his second London comeback, as head chef at Bob Bob Cite, the Leadenhall based sister restaurant of Bob Bob Ricard, which opens in January 2018

Loyal learnings: how the latest tech can help you get repeat customers

08-Sep-2017 By Restaurant Magazine

The days of using vouchers to encourage repeat custom are long gone. If you want to drive loyalty, it's time to get digital

Master sushi chef Endo Kazutoshi to open Soho restaurant in November

08-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Master sushi chef Endo Kazutoshi will open a sushi restaurant in London’s Soho this winter.

Latest opening: Wellbourne

08-Sep-2017 By Joe Lutrario

Ross Gibbens, Michael Kennedy and Martin Irwin have opened a relaxed restaurant in Bristol's affluent Clifton Village

From Fera to Fodder: Michael Thompson on swapping fine dining for foraging

08-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

The former Fera at Claridge’s chef has teamed up with Ollie Downey, another Fera alumnus, to launch a month-long residency of his foraging-focused pop-up at Brewery Below in Canonbury.

Australia's Doughnut Time is coming to the UK

07-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Australian doughnut brand Doughnut Time is to open its debut UK store in Shaftesbury Avenue this October.

The Lowdown: Dining discount clubs

07-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Restaurant discount club DINE launched this week. But how do these clubs work, and are they worth it?

David Muñoz to team up with Hakkasan

07-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

Spanish chef David Muñoz is set to bring his elaborate cooking style to Hakkasan later this month.

Good Pub Guide 2018: The Stagg Inn named Dining Pub of the Year

07-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

The Stagg Inn in Titley has been named Dining Pub of the Year in the Good Pub Guide 2018.

Employing staff legally: How restaurants can avoid recruitment mistakes

07-Sep-2017 By Esther Smith

East London curry house Tayyabs was forced to shut down for 48 hours last week for allegedly employing illegal workers it claims were not properly vetted by an external recruitment company. Here Esther Smith, partner at UK law firm TLT, explains how restaurants...

BHA: Leaked Brexit plan could be 'catastrophic' for hospitality

06-Sep-2017 By Sophie Witts

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has warned that Government plans to cut the number of low-skilled EU migrants working in the UK could prove ‘catastrophic’ for the hospitality industry.

Latest opening: Root

06-Sep-2017 By Joe Lutrario

High profile Bristol chef Josh Eggleton has replaced his Chicken shed concept with a forward-thinking small plates joint

Meat and gin specialist Alston Bar & Beef to open in Manchester this autumn

06-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

Beef and gin restaurant Alston Bar & Beef will open a second site, in Manchester, this year following a £2m investment.

On a roll: the rise of the artisan bakery sector

06-Sep-2017 By Restaurant magazine

"Everybody loves bread.” So says Alastair Gordon, UK operations director at Ole & Steen Danish Bakery, which landed on these shores with its first London site at the end of 2016.

Liverpool's Lunya moves to larger location

05-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Lunya, the Liverpool-based, family-owned Catalunyan bar and deli is moving to a new, larger location within the Liverpool ONE retail complex this October.

Restaurant Radar: September 2017

05-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

From to Alan Yau's Turkish pide in Marylebone, to Japanese-Peruvian fusion in the City, here are the openings you need to know about this month.

Less is more for British drinkers

05-Sep-2017 By Joe Lutrario

New data from analyst CGA reveals a fall in alcohol sales by volume but a rising interest in higher quality alcohol, with restaurants well-placed to capitalise.

Romy Gill brings female-led fundraising feast to Borough Market

04-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Tickets are now available for the second edition of the Severn Sisters’ Feast for Action Against Hunger. The female-hosted event follows on from the success of the first Feast, held in Bristol in 2016.

How to tackle the productivity challenge

04-Sep-2017 By Martin-Christian Kent

Martin-Christian Kent, executive director at People 1st, on how restaurant businesses can overcome productivity challenges

Club Gascon to launch pop-up in London church

01-Sep-2017 By Rachel Graham

Michelin-starred London restaurant Club Gascon is to open a pop-up in London's oldest church while the main site undergoes renovations.

The Seren Collection welcomes Tom Hine as new Coast head chef

01-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Tom Hine has been appointed new head chef at Saundersfoot’s Coast restaurant, by owner The Seren Collection. He will take the reins mid-Autumn, on 5 October.

Sunderland meets Asia: Gilly's Fry Bar comes to Finsbury Park

01-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

A restaurant that has subtle nods to the Sunderland chip shops of the 1980s - but with an Asian twist - is opening in Finsbury Park later this month.

Jonathan MacDonald on Formula One, Scottish dining and burnt aubergines

01-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Chef and owner of Glasgow-based restaurant Ox and Finch Jonathan MacDonald has a colourful employment history, having previously worked as head chef for the McLaren Formula 1 team, feeding everyone from engineers to Jay Z. He will open BABA, in partnership...

Latest opening: Coal Rooms

01-Sep-2017 By Stefan Chomka

A new restaurant in a former ticket office in Peckham Rye’s train station that is big on grilling

Villa Mama's chooses Chelsea for its London debut

31-Aug-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Bahraini restaurant Villa Mama’s will make its UK debut next month on Elystan Street in Chelsea.

Foodservice price inflation falls but meat and dairy costs rise

31-Aug-2017 By Sophie Witts

Wholesale food price inflation fell to 7% in the year to July 2017, according to the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index.

Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood to launch Knead Bakery at Euston

30-Aug-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Celebrity baker and star of The Great British Bake Off Paul Hollywood will has partnered with SSP to open a bakery in Euston Station next month.

Claw chooses Soho for first permanent site

30-Aug-2017 By Georgia Bronte

CLAW, the street-food concept whose sustainable seafood dishes won Virgin Foodpreneur 2015, is opening its first standalone restaurant in Soho in mid-Autumn.

Charles Seo to open Olle in Chinatown

29-Aug-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Charles Seo, founder of Japanese restaurant Kyoto Soho, is to launch a Korean barbecue restaurant in London’s Chinatown later this week.

The Cinnamon Collection to make regional debut in October

29-Aug-2017 By Rachel Graham

The Cinnamon Collection will launch its first site outside London in Oxford’s Westgate Shopping Centre in October.

Peter Howarth to helm newly-refurbished The Samling

29-Aug-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Peter Howarth has been appointed head chef at newly refurbished Lake District hotel The Samling.

Pickled Fred's Ben Lusty on how a monkey inspired his new restaurant

29-Aug-2017 By Rachel Graham

Launched last month by friends Ben Lusty and Can Turker, Pickled Fred is a Shoreditch-based pan-Asian restaurant that – as the name suggests – brings pickles and other ferments to the fore. As Lusty (pictured right) explains, they’ve even put them in...

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