Som Saa fire chef for racist social media posts
A chef at one of London’s best-rated Thai restaurants has been fired after he was found to have posted a number of racially offensive Instagram posts and YouTube videos.
Archives for July 13, 2018
Latest opening: Hawksmoor Edinburgh
The Hawksmoor team has just launched its ninth restaurant, making its first foray outside the English border.
Friday Five: the week's top news
We round-up some of the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week
Ex-UCB lecturer opens Birmingham pizza restaurant
A former catering lecturer at University College Birmingham (UCB) has launched his first permanent restaurant in the city.
Pig & Pallet team to launch Exmouth pub-restaurant
The team behind Topsham smokehouse The Pig & Pallet will launch its first pub this month
The 'UK’s largest board game café' is coming to Shoreditch
It’s already home to a cafe that only serves cereal and soon Shoreditch will be the location for what is claimed to be the UK’s largest board game café.
Emma Underwood: "Front of house staff have to be charming - most people are terrible at it"
The Stem restaurant manager and partner in the TMRW Project on why front of house need stages too
The Weekender Interview: Allan Pickett
Allan Pickett has worked with some of the very best in the business including the Galvin brothers and Marco Pierre White. He currently oversees the food at The Swan at Shakespeare's Globe as executive head chef.