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Carluccio’s is to use its restaurant in London’s Richmond as a test-bed for its £10m Fresca refurbishment programme following the conclusion of its Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) in December.
Matt Gillan has already beaten his crowdfunding target for his new restaurant less than a week after its launch.
Tom Barton is the co-founder of better burger pioneer Honest Burgers. Later this month he will open his first restaurant in Brighton, which is something of a homecoming as the now nationwide group started life as a street food player in and around the city.
YO! Sushi has launched genetic dining experience YO! Dinner, YO! Way, which uses DNA testing to personalise its customers’ meals.
A wave of new restaurants will soon open at London’s The O2 including US-founded plant-based brand By Chloe and Chinese hotpot specialist Hai Di Lao.
Trouble-hit bakery chain Patisserie Valerie has been bought out of administration by Irish private equity firm Causeway Capital Partners, according to media reports.
Andy McCue, the chief executive of The Restaurant Group (TRG), has announced his decision to leave the company.