James Cochran, who has cooked at The Ledbury and who has just opened his second eponymous restaurant, N1, has hit out at “overpaid” chefs who “can’t even dice an onion”.
People are continuing to eat and drink out much as they did last year despite a fall in consumer confidence, new figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker have shown.
Bar and nightclub giant Novus has opened a second Tank & Paddle site in the City of London following the success of its inaugural Mincing Lane location, which opened last November.
Nathan Outlaw’s eponymous seafood restaurant has been awarded the top spot in the 2018 Good Food Guide, pushing Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume into second place after four years as the reader-reviews based guide’s most highly rated place to eat.
A perfect storm of factors are continuing to propel food prices skyward – average food prices were up 1.4% in June and the same figure last month – and the worst is probably still to come.
Adam Handling has confirmed that his second The Frog restaurant will open on Southampton Street, Covent Garden on 1 September, with bookings now being taken.
Elizabeth Cottam, a semi-finalist of last year’s MasterChef, and Mark Owens, former head chef at the Michelin-starred The Box Tree in Ilkley, are to open a restaurant in Leeds later this week.
Hell hath no fury like a Millennial given poor quality food, with new research showing that younger diners are much more likely to leave a negative online review than older diners.
Tak Tokumine opened his first restaurant in 1980 within the Brewer Street building that now houses Mark Hix’s Soho flagship. Located below his Japanese grocer and bookshop, it was to be as inauspicious a debut as they come.
Restaurants and pubs are missing out on millions of pounds worth of promised business rates relief, says the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR).
Restaurants and other hospitality businesses are being urged check the source of their eggs following investigations into the Fipronil incident that found that significantly more eggs have been contaminated than first thought.
Consumer spending grew by 3.5% year-on-year in July, the highest figure since April, as the cost of everyday groceries continued to push up spending in supermarkets, according to the latest data from Barclaycard.
London-based Japanese restaurant group K10 is to open a sushi restaurant in Farringdon dedicated to takeaway as well as expand its izakaya concept Beer & Buns.
If you thought diners spent ages poring over menus then you’re mistaken - new research has revealed that the majority of people make their decision on what to eat in under three minutes.
The use of unpaid trail shifts in the industry was thrown into the spotlight last month amid claims that restaurateurs were exploiting workers' rights. Esther Smith from law firm TLT outlines what you need to know about the practice.
Italian restaurant company San Carlo Group is fattening up its Birmingham presence with the opening of a £1m Fumo restaurant, champagne and cocktail bar in Selfridges this autumn.
Chefs from London restaurants Smiths of Smithfield and Paradise Garage have triumphed in Bookatable by Michelin’s inaugural UK Young Chef of the Year 2017.
Cheesmonger and natural wine enthusiast Holly Chaves is hoping to give the croque-monsieur a run for its money with a pop-up residency devoted to the iconic Breville toastie.
An app that lines up street-food traders with pitches in key locations in London and Glasgow is gearing up for coverage across Britain over the next three years.
Clare Smyth became the first British woman to hold three Michelin stars at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. Now she’s striking out alone with her Notting Hill restaurant Core, and she’s on a mission to make fine dining cool again.
The team behind Ox and Finch – the Glasgow restaurant which holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand – are to launch their first site in Edinburgh later this year.
