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Introducing the Chefs’ Choice Awards

Introducing the Chefs’ Choice Awards

By Chefs' Choice Awards

Calling all foodservice companies: the new Chefs’ Choice Awards are your chance to show the restaurant industry that you are best in class. 

Hotel restaurants: Five need-to-know trends

Hotel restaurants: Five need-to-know trends

By Hannah Thompson

Customers’ increased knowledge about food, increased informality, and the need to run restaurants as standalone businesses are some of the trends making the biggest impact on hotel food & beverage operations today, according to an expert panel.

Leon's Superfood Salad name banned by ASA

Leon to challenge 'Superfood Salad' name ban

By Sophie Witts

Leon could be forced to change the name of its ‘Original Superfood Salad’ after the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) ruled that the product broke marketing laws.

Drake & Morgan confirms rebrand of two Corney & Barrow acquisitions

Drake & Morgan confirms rebrand of two Corney & Barrow sites

By Hannah Thompson

The London-based restaurant and bar group, has confirmed the rebranding of two of its recently acquired Corney & Barrow sites, with The Otherist, on Old Broad Street in the City, and the Pagination on Cabot Square.

In Operation with... Red Dog Saloon

In Operation with... Red Dog Saloon

By Emma Eversham

We find out from Red Dog Saloon owner and founder Tom Brooke what's behind the success of his American restaurant chain as it begins its expansion outside London.

hub by Premier Inn to double number of hotels

Premier Inn plans hub expansion

By Sophie Witts

Premier Inn is planning to double its number of high-tech hub hotels following strong half-year sales at the chain.

Protecting the produce: How Greenpeace and Norway saved Arctic cod

Protecting the produce: How Greenpeace and Norway saved Arctic cod

By Hannah Thompson

There is often conflicting information on the sustainability of fish and seafood, particularly Arctic cod, which can lead to confusion among chefs and consumers. But now, new work by Greenpeace and the Norwegian fishing industry is set to make things...

200 Degrees coffee to open fourth site in Leeds

200 Degrees coffee targets expansion

By Sophie Witts

Independent coffee brand 200 Degrees has announced plans to open its fourth cafe, in Leeds, as it continues to expand across the midlands and north of England.

Pubs and restaurants see strong September sales

Pubs and restaurants see strong September sales

By MCA

Consumer spending on eating and drinking out continues to hold up post­-Brexit vote, with managed pub and restaurant groups reporting collective like-­for-like sales up 1.8 per cent in September against the same month last year, according to latest Coffer...

Theo Randall's top tips for success

Secrets of Success

Chefs' Secrets of Success: Theo Randall

By Hannah Thompson

In the first of a series of videos on tips for success, we caught up with Theo Randall, former River Cafe star, champion of Italian produce, and chef at London's InterContinental Park Lane and new Theo's Simple Italian restaurant at the Hotel...

Putting the hot into hotels. Cities outside the capital such as Birmingham are set for further growth over the next two years predicts JLL. Photo: Thinkstock/Lloyd Horgan

UK's regional hotel market to experience further growth

By Emma Eversham

The UK's regional hotel market is predicted to grow considerably over the next two years, according to research by JLL, as new developments in cities outside London attract a growing number of corporate and leisure guests.

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