How I Got Here: Liz Down
The co-founder of Black Bear Burger, which is about to launch its second sit down restaurant on Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell, on how she and her husband built their business.
Archives for May 20, 2022
Latest opening: Palazzo
The team behind London-based Neapolitan pizza group Made of Dough have launched an Italian bar and diner in Crystal Palace.
Flash-grilled: Kris Yenbamroong
The LA-based chef behind Night + Market, who is overseeing the menu for Chet’s that has just launched at Rondo La Cave in London's Holborn, tell us about his career.
Friday Five: the week's top news
This week's main hospitality news stories include Dishoom heading to Canary Wharf, David Thompson bringing Long Chim to Chinatown, and McDonald's permanently exiting the Russian market.
Going, going... The Dorchester to auction more than 2,000 items next month
The Dorchester is auctioning more than 2,000 items next month as part of a huge, phased renovation project of the Mayfair hotel.
Operators face 'significant challenge managing costs and attracting footfall' as menu sizes and prices rise
Menus across the UK eating and drinking out market grew in size between February and April 2022, according to data from Lumina Intelligence’s Menu Tracker, with average prices also increasing.
Latest opening: Chicken Shop
CHIK’N, the fast-casual spinoff of Chick 'n' Sours, has rebranded as Chicken Shop under a partnership with Soho House Group, and launched its first new site in London’s Notting Hill.
Funghi(s): the trio harnessing the power of fermented mushrooms
With plant-based business Symplicity Foods chef Neil Rankin and Homeslice’s Wogan brothers are on a mission to make meat-free properly guilt free.
Pachamama Group to open Grecian restaurant Zephyr in Notting Hill
Pachamama Group will open its first non-Peruvian focused restaurant in the capital next month.
Hospitality braces for weaker consumer demand
Falling consumer confidence and slowing demand growth has started to weigh on output across the hospitality and tourism sector, according to the first Lloyds Bank UK Sector Tracker.
UKHospitality calls for online sales tax and reduced business rates
UKHospitality (UKH) has urged the Government to introduce an online sales tax to reduce business rates for hospitality.
Delivery growth eases in 2022
Delivery sales have plateaued in 2022 as Covid restrictions eased and consumer confidence about eating-out improved, the latest edition of the CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
Natalia Ribbe: “I want to get people drinking wine that’s outside their comfort zone”
The natural wine aficionado and front of house pro behind Margate’s Barletta on her and chef Jackson Berg’s upcoming wine bar and restaurant in the Kent seaside town’s Cliftonville area.