Winner of the Basque Culinary World Prize 2016, María Fernanda Di Giacobbe, works to empower disadvantaged women in Venezuela through chocolate production. As the 2017 prize approaches its deadline for nominations, we caught up with her to understand...
Former shadow chancellor and Strictly Come Dancing star Ed Balls has been announced as keynote speaker at this year’s hospitality and tourism summit in London.
From Simon Rogan leaving Claridge's, Neil Moffitt stepping down from Hakkasan, and new senior roles at The Principal Hotels Group and Hotel du Vin, it's been an eventful month. We round up the key movers
Chef-restaurateur Simon Rogan is to leave his Michelin-starred Fera at Claridge’s restaurant in a 'mutual agreement', and is in talks to re-launch his Roganic concept elsewhere.
The Rosa’s Thai Café group has explained its new concept, Rosa’s Thai Market Kitchen, as a “faster way of delivering the Rosa’s offering” and a “break away from shopping centre food”.
In the fourth and final Behind The Scenes video in our Restaurant Eats Out Taco Tour series – which also saw us visit taco sites Wahaca, Breddos and El Pastor ‒ we caught up with Neil Rankin at Temper in Soho.
Chef Monica Galetti has said she would like to see more female chefs enter the BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals show this year, as the last week of applications draws to a close.
London restaurants and bars such as Wahaca, El Patron and DF/Mexico are to compete for the title of ‘best margarita in town’ in the city’s first ever ‘Margarita Rumble’ competition.
Video by Hannah Thompson Noisy music in restaurants is a contentious issue. Yet for many restaurateurs, music is crucial in adding warmth to their venues. Others are going further, and really rocking out as their USP. Is it time to fine-tune your...
Tim Brown, senior director, sales consulting for food and beverage EMEA Oracle Hospitality, shares the results of a recent survey conducted by the hospitality technology solutions company on restaurant loyalty schemes.
Steak and lobster group Bourgee is to open its third restaurant, in Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, as part of its plans to become a 'household, nationwide name'.
The hospitality industry has welcomed the announcement of a general election on 8 June as a chance to challenge politicians on the issues facing restaurants, hotels and pubs.
Martin Chiffers, pastry chef and former president of international Pastry Team UK, co-judged the 2017 UK Sugar Championships last week. We caught up with him to talk key skills, and keeping the art of sugar alive
Alex Harper, former head chef at the Michelin-starred Harwood Arms, is teaming up with Anglo chef-patron Mark Jarvis to launch a new London restaurant.
As part of a recent Restaurant Eats Out food tour, we checked out some of London’s most exciting taco purveyors, including Wahaca, Breddos, El Pastor, and Temper.
Massimo Bottura’s non-profit Food for Soul is to open two new community kitchens in the USA, ahead of the expected opening of the group’s London outpost.
Two-Michelin starred chef Raymond Blanc has launched a chef scholarship programme in partnership with Ascot Racecourse, in the same year as Phil Howard joins the chef team.
The D&D London restaurant group is to open a new brasserie concept in Manhattan's Hudson Yards development, which will be co-curated by USA chef Thomas Keller.
After two years of planning, high-rise London restaurant Duck & Waffle opens its fast-casual spin-off in the newly developed St James’s Market next month. And it’s coming back to earth with a bang.
Former Young National Chef of the Year (YNCOTY) winner Charles Smith has been appointed head chef at the Michelin-starred Lords of the Manor hotel and restaurant in the Cotswolds.
In Restaurant magazine’s third Eats Out event, we explored London’s burgeoning new wave Indian scene, including Tandoor Chophouse, Talli Joe, and Hoppers
Mexican chain Wahaca was gearing up to celebrate 10 years of success, until it was hit by a norovirus outbreak last November, resulting in it cancelling its annual Day of the Dead festival and pulling out of a new opening. But, as co-founder Mark Selby...
