Friday Five: The week's top news
From the closure of the first restaurant at London's St James's Market to an impressive new team at The Wild Rabbit, we round-up the top stories you might have missed this week.
Archives for November 17, 2017
Cubana launches £200k crowdfunding drive
Cubana, the restaurant group founded by former Conservative treasury minister Phillip Oppenheim, has launched a crowdfunding drive to expand.
Restaurant group teams up with Greek agency to tackle UK chef shortage
The founder of Greek restaurant chain Olive Tree Brasserie has begun working with a recruitment agency in Greece after struggling to hire UK chefs.
"I don't want my staff to suffer the way I did" - Francesco Mazzei on Fiume, sustainability and Brexit
Chef Francesco Mazzei moved from Italy to work at The Dorchester in Mayfair in the early 1990's, and ran L'Anima in the City for six years until 2015. He opens his third Italian restaurant with D&D London, Fiume, at Battersea Power Station today (17...