Friday five: the week's top hospitality stories
Lancashire's Parkers Arms being named the UK's top gastropub was the week's biggest news story.
Archives for January 27, 2023
Flash-grilled: Ayo Adeyemi
The executive chef at West African tasting menu restaurant Akoko in London's Fitzrovia on the importance of respecting kitchen porters, his first industry job, and growing up in Nigeria.
Latest Opening: Humble Chicken 2.0
Angelo Sato’s rebooted Soho yakitori bar has switched to a more formal – but no less fun – set menu format.
The Lowdown: The new tipping bill
After years of political back-and-forth, legislation intended to ensure hospitality staff receive all the money left to them in tips by customers is now closer than ever to becoming law.
The Drunken Butler’s Yuma Hashemi to launch Clerkenwell wine bar
Yuma Hashemi, the chef-owner and sommelier behind Clerkenwell restaurant The Drunken Butler, will bring his second venture to east London this March with the opening of a new wine bar.
Patra Panas: “I fight hard to make people see restaurants as a real profession”
The former La Trompette and The Glasshouse restaurant manager will open Hawthorn in Kew Village next month in partnership with chef Joshua Hunter.
Hampshire-based restaurant group Josie’s to open fifth site
All-day cafe and restaurant group Josie’s is opening its fifth site, Chandler's Ford in Hampshire.
Nearly 20,000 hospitality businesses under 'significant financial distress'
Nearly 20,000 hospitality businesses are reported as being under 'significant financial distress', according to Begbies Traynor Red Flag Alert report.
Manchester’s Higher Ground to relaunch next month
High-profile Manchester restaurant Higher Ground will relaunch in the city’s Chinatown enclave next month.