Following the extraordinary success of Twelfth Night in 2013, Permanently Bard returns in association with Fuller's Inn's to present A Midsummer Night’s Dream. “An excess of everything that is most wonderful about Shakespeare" ★★★★★ - The Public Reviews Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C., the London brewer and premium pub company is opening its doors for another … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Coeliac UK launches app to help manage gluten-free diet
Coeliac UK , the national charity for people with coeliac disease, is launching an app called ‘Gluten-free on the Move’. The app - available now on iPhone and android - aims to help people diagnosed with coeliac disease and those following a gluten-free diet to manage every element of their diet, whether it's shopping for food or finding somewhere to eat out. Already an award … [Read more...]
Aparthotels Adagio launches in London
European market leader, Aparthotels Adagio, is to develop two aparthotel properties in London, marking the arrival of Aparthotels Adagio in the Capital. Both developments are in partnership with Union Hanover and EquityBridge Asset Management. The new developments will open two years apart, the first is expected to open in 2016. Central to development of the Aparthotels … [Read more...]
Chilango’s Burrito Bond nears target
Chilango operates seven Mexican restaurants around central London and has won many awards for its food. In 2007, ex-Skype executives Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton launched their first restaurant in Islington, London. Wild about Mexican food, they saw a gap in London’s fast food market for freshly prepared burritos full of authentic, zingy flavours and colourful … [Read more...]
De Vere Venues and NFA create future Culinary Stars
De Vere Venues’ Executive Chef John Woodward has announced the release of Cooks & Kids Too, his second cookery book in conjunction with The National Fostering Agency (NFA). All profits go to charity Place2Be, the leading UK provider of school-based mental health support for children. Cook book with a difference John, who led a team of talented De Vere Venues’ chefs, … [Read more...]
CÔTE expands on success in the north
Following the phenomenal success of openings in Manchester (pictured above) and York, Côte is now looking at growing its established customer base - who are devoted to its high quality, competitive pricing and fresh offering - by expanding further in the North of England and Scotland. Diners at Manchester’s St Mary’s Street restaurant can expect authentic French classics, … [Read more...]
Drake & Morgan to launch two new sites
Drake & Morgan, the privately owned bar and restaurant group, has announced the acquisition of two new sites in central London, bringing its portfolio to nine. The first 6,000 square foot site will open in Regent’s Place, the British Land mixed-use campus occupied by over 12,000 residents and workers in London’s West End. Spread over two floors, the bar and restaurant … [Read more...]
Padstow pub launches coffee house
Even the best pubs these days seek to serve great coffee, and customers at the Old Custom House in Padstow have been trying their hand (see picture below) at being baristas to celebrate the opening of the pub’s new Brewer & Bean coffee house. On 26 June, a coffee tasting and training session was hosted by Cornish Coffee’s head barista Henry Northeast, with samples and … [Read more...]
Michael Fowler takes the helm at The Marquis
A talented chef who has been working in award-winning kitchens for almost 20 years has taken the helm at one of Kent ’s most celebrated restaurants. Michael Fowler, 37, has been appointed as Head Chef of The Marquis, the 5-star fine-dining ‘restaurant with rooms’ in Kent’s picturesque Alkham Valley. He joins The Marquis from Prince’s Golf Club and Brasserie on the Bay in … [Read more...]
Neil Snowball is the new Head Chef of Pétrus
Neil Snowball will be joining the team Petrus as Head Chef, taking up the position at the Michelin-starred restaurant in Knightsbridge at the end of June. Neil is not a newcomer to the Gordon Ramsay Group as he has previously been in the kitchens of Claridge's and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay which gave him invaluable experience for his new role. Between 2008 and 2011 Neil was … [Read more...]
Opportunity beckons if you offer ‘freefrom’ food
According to a recent Mintel survey, 35% of consumers are now experimenting with ‘freefrom’ gluten and/or dairy free food. What an opportunity this presents for outlets offering interesting and tasty ‘freefrom’ options! If you are already doing so, then the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards offer you the chance to win glory and one of the award’s highly prized FFEOA logos to … [Read more...]
Historic smuggler’s inn on market
Those who like their pubs with a dash of swash and buckle would feel right at home in Penzance’s Admiral Benbow Inn and now this historic Grade II Listed 17th century inn and all its treasures, both revealed and hidden, is on the market with Christie + Co. For just £650,000 for the freehold, a buyer will get not just one of Cornwall’s — possibly the UK’s — most famous pubs, … [Read more...]
Starwood first with SPG App for Google Glass
With the recent news from Google on the arrival of Google Glass in the UK, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is introducing a new SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) app developed for Google Glass that is the first from a hospitality company to leverage this emerging, wearable technology platform. Creating new ways to be closer to its guests, Starwood’s new SPG app for … [Read more...]
Sodexo selects 7 restaurants to show dining out trends
Sodexo chefs took in a taste of this summer’s World Cup in a food trend tour of London’s chicest restaurants to discover more about the latest dining out trends. Brazilian barbecue themed restaurant Cabana was one of seven eateries on the tour, organised in conjunction with Steelite International, along with Peyote – a unique interpretation of Mexican cuisine, Ember Yard – … [Read more...]
Steven Quick joins Hogarths Hotel
Steven Quick has joined Hogarths Hotel & Restaurant in Four Ashes Road, Dorridge, and is no stranger to the Midlands. He has moved to the four-star Solihull hotel after working for Macdonald Hotels, the UK’s largest privately owned hotel group, for ten years where he held a number of senior managerial positions including general manager at the Macdonald Ansty Hotel in … [Read more...]