American barbecue brand Hickory’s Smokehouse has received a £13m funding package from alternative lender ThinCats to accelerate its roll out of restaurants.
Chef Ferdinand ‘Budgie’ Montoya is set to launch a six-month residency for his Filipino barbecue and lechon concept Sarap in Brixton Village at the end of the month.
Lina Stores has celebrated its 75th birthday by opening a huge site in King’s Cross. Part restaurant and part deli, it’s a risky project but one that’s likely to reap rewards.
City of London-based fast casual chain HộP Vietnamese has launched a public crowdfunding campaign after raising more than £830,000 from existing investors and customers.
Social entertainment bar group Roxy Leisure has received a £7.5m investment from Foresight Group LLP to help it expand within the fast-growing competitive socialising sector.
A new restaurant group founded by former Disney executive and CEO of The Fat Duck Group, James Bulmer, and which counts the former executive chef of three-Michelin starred Alinea as part of its team, will open its debut venue this year, in London.
Burrito chain Chilango’s company voluntary agreement (CVA) has been approved after receiving support from the vast majority of the company’s creditors and shareholders.
MasterChef the Professionals finalist Sven-Hanson Britt is to launch a restaurant residency in London in the coming weeks in a bid to build momentum for a permanent restaurant in Derbyshire next year.
Michelin is eyeing a members-only program called the Michelin Club that would give members ‘select privileges’ at participating guide-listed restaurants.
Dinner by Heston in Melbourne has entered ‘voluntary administration’ following an investigation by Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman that found the restaurant had been underpaying its staff.
From a huge restaurant based on the DC Universe to the debut restaurant from former Noma Mexico chef Santiago Lastra, there are plenty of big openings to look forward to in 2020.
This year’s MasterChef: The Professionals winner Stu Deeley is to open his first solo restaurant early next year, in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
Azzuri Group, which operates restaurant brands including Zizzi and ASK Italian, reported shrinking losses over the past year amid ‘challenging’ trading conditions.
It’s small, noisy, insalubrious and deeply divisive, yet Lee Tiernan’s Black Axe Mangal is also one of the capital’s most exciting and riotous restaurants. And now the former St John chef has his own book out.
US burger and bar chain Wahlburgers looks set to overhaul its menu and introduce ‘concept changes’ at its London restaurant in Covent Garden, six months after opening.
Optimism in the eating and drinking-out market has risen to its highest point in 18 months although uncertainty surrounding Brexit remains, according to the latest Business Confidence survey from CGA and Fourth.
