Restaurants launch Japan tsunami appeal
Restaurants throughout the UK are launching initiatives to help raise money for Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country’s north-east region on 11 March.
Archives for March 22, 2011
Von Essen and Restaurant Associates appointments
Von Essen appoints former Barcelo director Charles Prew as chief executive, while Compass appoints a new managing director for its Restaurant Associates arm.
InterContinental Hotel Group chief steps down
The chief executive of InterContinental Hotels Group, Andrew Cosslett, is to step down at the end of June, to be succeeded by the group’s chief financial officer.
Chaîne des Rôtisseurs names Young Chef of the Year 2011
Garret Keown from The Bell Inn, Horndon on Hill, Essex, has been named the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Young Chef of the Year 2011 following a cook-off against seven other finalists last week.
Rasmus Kofoed: Business at Geranium has “exploded” since Bocuse d’Or
Rasmus Kofoed, the Danish winner of the 2011 Bocuse d’Or and chef proprietor of Geranium in Copenhagen, has defied the odds and won a bronze, silver and now gold trophy in what is known as the Oscars of the culinary world.