LIMA London opened in Fitzrovia to critical acclaim in July 2012. The creation of chef Virgilio Martinez and the Gonzalez brothers, LIMA integrates both traditional and contemporary Peruvian cuisine, representing the gastronomic expansion that has taken place in Peru in recent years. Their special events service launched in March, and now the team has faced the challenge of … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
North West celebrate Young Chefs
Five young chefs from the North West are celebrating after winning their regional heats as part of the North West Young Chef of the Year Competition 2013, sponsored by Essential Cuisine. The heats, which took place throughout April, tested the skills of young chefs under the age of 23 from across Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cheshire. The chefs … [Read more...]
Sous Chef, Hotel, 3 Rosette Dining Room
Job description: A sous chef is required for this fantastic country house hotel in Devon. The hotel restaurant boasts 3 AA Rosettes and takes some of its fresh produce directly from the walled vegetable garden. The right candidate will be from a 2 or 3 rosette environment and be ready to support the new Head Chef in this exciting new opportunity. Dont miss out About … [Read more...]
Sarah Frankland’s competition winning recipe
Sarah Frankland’s competition winning recipe Mövenpick have an annual competition to find the best gourmet dessert chef Britain’s hospitality industry has to offer, which was won last year by Sarah Frankland, head patissier at William Curley, with this winning recipe which truly impressed the judges with its fantastic presentation. Poached apple cannelloni centred with … [Read more...]
Aurora Hotel Collection sweeps the boards at Scottish Hotel Awards
The luxury Aurora Hotel Collection romped home with an impressive eight accolades at the Scottish Hotel Awards which took place on Sunday 28 April at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow, also scooping the most prestigious honour of the evening when it was announced as Scottish Hotel Group of the Year. The Group’s haul also included awards for its flagship hotel, Airth Castle … [Read more...]
Majority of Brits lifestyles unchanged by horsemeat scandal
Market intelligence company Key Note commissioned NEMS Market Research to conduct a nationally representative survey to establish who consumers blame for the horsemeat scandal in the UK and if they have changed their meat consumption habits since the outbreak. It questioned 1,002 adults, including 499 males and 503 females. Good news for hospitality The survey results are … [Read more...]
Whitbread reports double digit increase in profit, and ups growth plans
Whitbread PLC has reported its results for the financial year to 28 February 2013, with double digit growth in revenue, profit and dividend, as well as the setting of new growth milestones for 2018. The results show the business forging ahead, despite unseasonal UK weather, and setting itself ambitious new targets. Financial Highlights • Total revenue up 14.2% to … [Read more...]
El Celler de Can Roca is named World’s Best Restaurant
After seven years waiting in the wings, the Roca brothers have claimed the coveted number one spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, swapping places with Denmark’s Noma, which held the top ranking for the last three years. The Roca brothers’ restaurant has gained global acclaim for its combination of Catalan dishes and … [Read more...]
Accor announces departure of Hennequin as Chairman and CEO
Accor’s Board of Directors met on 23 April at the request of its Chairman, Denis Hennequin, and the Directors came to the joint conclusion regarding the Group’s situation: that the strategy adopted is the right one and that it will remain unchanged. “However, given current economic conditions and the rapid transformation of its competitive environment, Accor must accelerate … [Read more...]
Forbes Travel Guide announces London Star Ratings
Forbes Travel Guide is celebrating 55 years of rating and recommending the world’s best travel experiences, and is marking this milestone with its inaugural London Star Awards. London is Forbes Travel Guide’s first rated destination in Europe, joining cities in North America, China and Singapore. Since its founding in 1958 as Mobil Travel Guide, the Forbes team of incognito … [Read more...]
Lincoln’s Inn Bar and Kitchen, London’s latest park restaurant, set to open summer 2013
Benugo, the award winning British landmark restaurant and catering group, has announced plans for Lincoln’s Inn Fields, a new park restaurant and café, set to open in July 2013 in conjunction with Camden’s historic Sir John Soane’s Museum. The unique partnership will see the launch of an 88 cover restaurant, in which Benugo will be investing approximately £500,000 in the … [Read more...]
Enhancing guest experience and driving customer loyalty
H&C News meets with suppliers regularly to keep up to date with the latest product and service innovations, aiming to get the inside track on what companies offer to the market and how it is delivered. This week, we met with Nick Green, National Sales Manager at Villeroy & Boch Hotel & Restaurant to get an insight to what’s happening currently within this truly … [Read more...]
Wake up call for ethnic restaurants: 123 million customer visits lost in 3 years
Latest figures from The NPD Group indicate that the UK’s ethnic takeaways and restaurants have suffered a decline of 123 million fewer visits over the past three years. During the same time period, sales of spicy foods in supermarkets have soared suggesting that consumers are craving ethnic flavours more and more, but are no longer flocking to their local curry house for a … [Read more...]
Macdonald Hotels appoints new Head of Sales
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, the UK’s largest privately owned hotel group, with a portfolio of over 45 four and five star hotels and resorts throughout the UK and Spain, has appointed Gill Jackson as new Head of Sales. Gill joins Macdonald Hotels & Resorts with responsibility for overseeing all sales activity across the group portfolio, including the development of … [Read more...]
UK shopkeepers lose by not taking card payments: hospitality also?
Are small hospitality businesses losing substantially because actual or prospective customers cannot pay by card? New research in the retail sector suggests this is likely to be the case. Over 120 million shop transactions are lost each year in the UK through people leaving shops because they can’t pay by card, according to new research from Judo, the UK’s first pay as you … [Read more...]