Chefs including Clare Smyth, Jun Tanaka, Jackson Boxer, Greg Marchand, Chantelle Nicholson, Gary Usher and Maria Elia have been announced as being among those cooking at PX+, dubbed the UK’s first festival for the hospitality industry.
Chef restaurateur Mark Hix has ruled out any further restaurant openings in the capital citing excessively high rents, and has also predicted that many restaurants in Soho will soon have to close in the face of rising operating costs.
The French national holiday takes place on 14 July, and although England almost ended up playing against Les Bleus in the World Cup final the hospitality industry will not be letting the day go by unnoticed.
BBC2's Million Pound Menu will return to the TV screens next year with a second series of the restaurant investment programme having been commissioned.
Casual Dining Group, (CDG) which operates restaurant brands Las Iguanas, Café Rouge and Bella Italia, has announced a new cash investment of £30m as part of a refinancing of the group.
The annual National Restaurant Awards, held at the Hurlingham Club in Putney earlier this month, saw an eclectic list of high-end restaurants rubbing shoulders with more affordable ones.
Health-focused chain Leon has partnered with David Thompson’s Aylmer Aaharn food group to transform its Shaftesbury Avenue site into a Thai fast food restaurant that could become a major growth brand.
Deliveroo has announced a major expansion drive that will see it open up its platform to restaurants with their own delivery services for the first time.
Raymond Blanc was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards, held in London on Monday night (11 June).
We caught up with Ben Chapman, Nick Molyviatis, Luke Pyper and Brian Hannon at the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards shortly after Kiln was named the best restaurant in the country.
