With Michelin upgrading two restaurants to two-star status and awarding 15 restaurants with their first star, BigHospitality has caught up with some of the chefs who are celebrating their awards in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2014.
The team behind Grillshack, the new fast-casual concept in Soho backed by Richard Caring, has confirmed that it is set to open a new restaurant and cocktail bar called Jackson & Rye in Wardour Street this December.
Shopping centre owner Intu is planning a £100m redevelopment of Charter Place in Watford which will see the addition of a new ‘restaurant hub’, housing 10 new restaurants.
Jurys Inn’s first London hotel in Islington is set to become the flagship property for the mid-scale hotel chain, with a year-long, £12.1m extension project beginning this month.
Kent brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has this morning reported a ‘solid performance’ for the 52 weeks to 29 June, despite a drop in pre-tax profit, down by £2m to £7.1m.
Andreas Antona, chef-patron of Simpsons in Edgbaston, Birmingham has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University College Birmingham (UCB) in recognition of his dedication and contribution to education within the hospitality industry.
The likes of social media, online advertising and mobile loyalty apps allow businesses large and small to reach out to increasingly digital-savvy consumers. But how can these ‘digital innovations’ be used in the most effective ways to impact your restaurant’s...
Hotel operator and event management firm Fusion Group, has opened its third hotel in a former church meeting house in the Scottish town of Dunblane, close to Andy Murray's new hotel Cromlix House.
Julian Metcalfe's Asian-inspired restaurant brand Itsu will open its first site outside London - in Oxford - this week as it looks to grow the business further in the UK and abroad.
World-renowned chefs, prominent hoteliers, hospitality gurus and key industry media descended on London last night for the annual AA Hospitality Awards. While Tom Kerridge took home the big award of the night,22 UK establishments were rewarded for excellence...
As the Annual Hotel Conference (AHC) celebrates its 10th year, BigHospitality asks co-founder Jonathan Langston what he thinks have been the biggest changes within the hotel sector in the last decade and what we can expect from this year's event.
Hand & Flowers chef-patron Tom Kerridge picked up the prestigious Chefs’ Chef of the Year accolade in an evening which also saw Harry Murray, Medlar and Red Carnation Hotels take home some of the top gongs.
The Clink Charity, which currently operates training restaurants at Cymru and High Down prisons, has announced plans to open its third site, at HMP Brixton.
The nationwide call for healthier menus is proving particularly prevalent in the Indian restaurant sector, with 60 per cent of women and 40 per cent of men wanting lower calories and clearer nutritional values for curry dishes.
German chef Oliver Lange has partnered with hospitality operator Kofler & Kompanie (K&K) London for the upcoming opening of The Magazine restaurant and bar, housed within the new Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Kensington Gardens.
In the same month as the release of its Good Beer Guide, the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has launched its first ever national pub guide, dedicated to helping UK consumers find the best pubs to suit their needs.
With rising food inflation and value-conscious customers continuing to squeeze margins, operators will need to take steps if they want to avoid a significant impact on their bottom line.
EPIC, a collection of serviced apartments in Liverpool, is the latest brand to tap in on the ever-growing aparthotel market with the launch of Epic Apart Hotel in the city centre.
Managed pub and bar operator TCG and North Yorkshire brewer Blacksheep are the latest hospitality businesses to pledge their support for Tax Parity Day, taking place next Wednesday (25 September).
Ahead of BigHospitality’s special feature on recruitment, the Hospitality Guild is encouraging employers to join a Twitter debate about the benefits and usefulness of pre-employment training, as part of the organisation’s ACT NOW! on apprenticeships campaign.
David Moore, the man behind Michelin-starred London restaurants L’Autre Pied and Pied à Terre, is to open a pop-up restaurant on the former site of Simon Rogan’s Roganic in Marylebone.
Gerry Calabrese may be the son of world-famous bartender Salvatore Calabrese, but he has firmly made his own mark on London's bar and club scene, opening The Hoxton Pony in Shoreditch in 2008, before heading outside of his East End heartland to launch...
Berkshire-based serviced apartment company House of Fisher is ramping up its expansion plans with new openings in Reading, Bracknell and Newbury planned following the launch of its latest site in Basingstoke this month.
‘Momentum is building in the UK hotel sector’, according to business advisory and accountancy firm BDO which today released its latest sales figures for mainly three and four-star independents.
The founders of Geronimo Inns, Rupert and Jo Clevely have set up a new venture called Greenwell & Tipple, which will launch its first site ‘The Cyclist – Refreshment Rooms’ at the soon to renovated Brighton train station.
Over 300 hotel suppliers, service providers and industry experts will descend on London’s Olympia Conference Centre next month for the second Independent Hotel Show.
After 10 years of service as head chef of London’s oldest French restaurant Mon Plaisir, Franck Raymond has departed to launch his own bistro and bar in the burgeoning dining district of Battersea.
Qualified solicitors Mustaque Rahman and Istiaq Hasan are taking Tex Mex and Thai restaurant brand Tiger Bills to the North East next month with the opening of a new site in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside.
Eight of the best restaurant managers in the UK have made it through to the final of the Restaurant Manager of the Year competition after a testing semi-final held in Staffordshire earlier this week.
The hospitality industry is playing 'a critical role' in reducing youth unemployment across Europe and is essential for jobs and growth, a new report by EY claims.
An increase in rent reviews among licenced retail premises and a flurry of transaction activity across the restaurant sector could mean that ‘we are at long last beginning to see an upturn in the market, or at least the end of the downturn’.
Chefs Cyrus Todiwala of Cafe Spice Namaste, Vivek Singh of the Cinnamon Club and Muayad Ali of La Sophia are among those supporting a festival dedicated to halal food this month in the hope of proving that halal is about 'more than a kebab roll'.
The majority of parents of children of pre-school age say high street restaurants, pubs and cafes are failing to cater for their needs with almost two thirds saying they refuse to eat out with their families at venues that don't offer children's...
Event caterer Heritage Portfolio, the company behind the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Pommery Champagne Café Bar at The Signet Library, has opened a permanent café on the same site.
Josh Bingham, a chef at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, has been named this year's Highest Achiever by the Craft Guild of Chefs in its 2013 Graduate Awards.
Champagne + Fromage, the grower Champagne and cheese specialist which opened its first shop and restaurant in Covent Garden two years ago, is to open a site in Brixton Village this autumn.
The Government has this month launched a consultation into whether personal licences should be abolished, enabling licensing authorities to apply relevant conditions to premises licences where appropriate.
As more than 80 per cent of people with guide dogs have been denied access on the high street, a new business guide has been issued to help hotels, restaurants and pubs understand what they must do to comply with their legal obligations.
Arbutus, Wild Honey and Les Deux Salons chef-patron Anthony Demetre has partnered with Restaurant Associates to open AD12 atT42, a 12-week pop-up restaurant at Tower 42 in the City of London.
Ollie Dabbous, whose eponymous restaurant won its first Michelin star eight months after opening last year, is believed to have picked the name Barnyard for his mooted second site, which is thought will be located at London's cultural and arts centre...
Amber Taverns, the Lancashire-based community pub operator, is set to acquire around 30 more sites over the next three years after agreeing a major funding deal with Lloyds Bank.
The chef-owner of Dock Kitchen in west London and star of Channel 4’s six-part TV series Spice Trip talks about the importance of travel, being fleet-of-foot, and why he dislikes concept restaurants.
Hospitality businesses across the UK will welcome the news that the nation’s tourism industry is booming, with the number of international visitors and the amount they are spending at an all-time high.
National pub operator JD Wetherspoon has reported a record year of sales and profits, with like-for-likes rising by 5.8 per cent and pre-tax profits up 6.3 per cent to £76.9m.