Greene King picks up former Whitbread site
Whitbread has sold a former Brewers Fayre in Nottinghamshire to pub operator Greene King, as it concentrates on co-located Premier Inn and pub/restaurant locations
Archives for July 8, 2010
Afternoon tea alternative at OXO Tower Brasserie and Spanish World Cup support at La Tasca
Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including The Cookery School and Butlins tell us about the extra activities they're planning to make their businesses more appealing
Heston Blumenthal insists he won't 'swan' into London with Dinner
Heston Blumenthal has insisted he won’t be ‘swanning into London’ with his new venture Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, claiming the restaurant will be more informal than other five-star hotel restaurants
Chefs behind British Larder purchase Cherry Tree pub in Suffolk
The chefs behind food website The British Larder have bought a Suffolk pub, securing a physical home for their recipe heavy site
Pearls of Wisdom: Mark Hix
After working for Caprice Holdings for 17 years, Mark Hix left his job as chef director in 2008. He now operates four Hix restaurants in London and Dorset, and is director of food at Rocco Forte’s Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair