The Michelin-starred chef behind Mayfair’s Tamarind and the recently relaunched Imli Street discusses India’s railway cuisine, training Western chefs, and his efforts to bring his high-end brand of Indian cooking to the US.
Steve and Serina Drake, the owners of Drake's Restaurant in Ripley, Surrey, have taken on a 50 per cent share of the freehold of The Anchor, a Grade II listed pub situated in the same village.
Trinity Leeds, Land Securities’ £350m, city-centre shopping and leisure development, is pioneering ‘a new take on eating out’ with the launch of a new food hall, housing street food vendors, pop-up market stalls and emerging high street food brands.
Itinerant chef and pop-up restaurant 'veteran' Carl Clarke is planning to make Disco Bistro a permanent fixture in East London before turning it into a multi-site restaurant brand.
High-quality restaurants in London can boost nearby residential property values by up to 20 per cent, while fast food outlets often have the reverse effect, causing a drop in property prices by 15 per cent in the immediate vicinity.
Four female British TV chefs have partnered for The Gorgeous Kitchen – a contemporary restaurant opening at Heathrow’s Terminal 2 next year as part of the airport’s on-going regeneration project.
Joan Roca, head chef of El Celler de Can Roca, has insisted he won’t be opening any more restaurants despite receiving numerous offers from the UK after winning the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards earlier this year.
Thirty-three of the UK's hospitality and tourism associations, including the British Hospitality Association and the Tourism Alliance, have joined together to put pressure on political parties to include the industry within in their manifestos ahead...
Giraffe, the 50-strong all-day-dining chain, is looking to develop ‘the next generation of team members and managers’ with the launch of a new training academy on the site of its first restaurant in Hampstead.
Travelodge has written to 124 councils in England and Wales to ask them to consider working together to secure low-interest Government loans to help build hotels on surplus land.
Apple Apartments, the London-based aparthotel business, is expanding its footprint with new luxury apartments in Greenwich and is also venturing outside of the capital with a new development in Aberdeen.
Bill’s Restaurants, the fast-growing Richard Caring-backed chain, is eyeing a further 20 openings next, which would include a concerted push into the North and take the group close to the 50-site mark.
The Roux family is planning to open another two businesses in the UK in the next few years, a charcuterie, restaurant and deli in a town close to Stratford-upon-Avon and a restaurant in Essex.
The Hand & Flowers, Tom Kerridge’s pub-restaurant in Marlow, has been voted the UK’s best restaurant at the 2013 National Restaurant Awards, snatching top spot from The Ledbury, which held the title for three years.
As numerous restaurateurs would testify, the pop-up restaurant has fast-become the new weapon in securing a permanent site. But could we now be seeing a reversal of the trend, with established brands spinning off their own temporary concepts?
Brasserie Bar Co, the Mark Derry-led group, has sold its remaining Chez Gérard site in Bishopsgate, after receiving “an offer we could not refuse” from a new Champagne and tapas concept.
Chop and Wok, the Birmingham-based pan-Asian restaurant group will be opening its first site in London this autumn as it proceeds with its plan to expand nationally and internationally.
Provenance and transparency are key for foodservice operators wishing to engage their customers according to a new report, which has also found that British food is now more popular cuisine among UK consumers than previous favourite Italian.
Sue Hough swapped a career in food and beverage for housekeeping 25 years ago and hasn't looked back since. She worked at The Royal Horseguards and before moving. She has been executive housekeeper at Macdonald Manchester Hotel & Spa for the...
Chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix is doubling up on the success of Tramshed, having acquired the now-defunct Sushinho site in London’s Devonshire Square to open another restaurant under the chicken and steak concept.
Comptoir Libanais, the canteen and delicatessen concept created by Tony Kitous, is opening its sixth, seventh and eighth restaurants later this year, including its first site outside of London.
Simpson’s Hotel in Aberdeen has been bought by the owners of a five-star property in Edinburgh and will re-open under a new brand next year, aimed at the luxury market.
Property group Lend Lease has signed two new businesses - Australian chocolate cafe Theobroma and Mexican restaurant Chimichanga - to its West Midlands-based shopping centre Touchwood.
Goodman Restaurants broke the mould with the launch of Burger & Lobster in 2011, but there’s plenty more unconventional concepts still in the pipeline, as directors George Bukhov and David Strauss reveal.
UK consumers who use the internet to search for hotel rooms are three times more likely to look for those in their own country than rooms in hotels overseas new data has shown, indicating that the internet could be helping to fuel the UK's staycation...
Where would we be without the local? That’s the question posed by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra), which has today released new research highlighting the significance of British pubs in people’s lives.
River Cottage Canteen, the three-strong restaurant and deli concept led by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, is looking to continue expanding by a rate of two or three sites a year over the next few years.
Global hotel operator glh has today announced the launch of Clermont – a new international luxury hotel and private residences brand which will make its debut with the conversation of a five-star property in London’s Embankment.
Small French restaurant chain Le Bistrot Pierre is to double the number of restaurants in its estate to 20 by 2018 after agreeing a multi-million pound capital financing deal.
Olympic Studios, the famous West London recording studios that hosted the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and U2, will re-open its doors to the public in October as a new entertainment venue housing a cinema, private members’ club, café and...
Restaurant and pub operators backing last week's Tax Parity Day say cutting their prices by 7.5 per cent for one day helped boost sales by up to 20 per cent.
Restaurants and pubs serving locally-sourced food and towns and cities hosting food festivals have become a major draw for domestic tourists, according to VisitEngland with more than three quarters of adults saying they want to dine in a restaurant, pub...
Just over a year after opening a debut site in Soho, the team behind ramen restaurant Tonkotsu is doubling up on the concept, with a second venue opening in Hackney this autumn.
A new chicken restaurant called Gallus, Empire of Chicken, will open its doors in London this month with founder and chief executive Ramsey Assal already planning to grow the business into a small chain.
Sector skills council People 1st's training company is hosting a free training event at the Hospitality Guild's new training hub Hospitality House next month.
Shaun Rankin, whose St Helier restaurant Ormer has received its first star in the 2014 edition of the UK and Ireland Michelin Guide, believes consistency and a good relationship with Michelin are the key to gaining and retaining a star.
The Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland 2014 has awarded Heston Blumenthal's Dinner and Mayfair restaurant Greenhouse two Michelin stars, while 15 other establishments including including Lima, Jason Atherton's Social Eating House and...
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.
