This November, award-winning duo Michael Sager and Marcis Dzelzainis, of Sager + Wilde, will launch an exciting all-day-dining bar and canteen. Fare Bar + Canteen, located in the historic Morelands building on Old Street, is a multifunctional space split across two floors offering a grab-and-go coffee area, intimate cocktail and wine bar, and restaurant serving a selection of … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2018
Cuban Inspired Pop-Up Cocktail Bar – Last Nights of Havana – To Launch at Tobacco Dock This October
Meanwhile Events, the team behind the incredibly successful and popular Skylight, will be bringing the distinctive tastes, sounds and spirit of pre-revolution Cuba to Tobacco Dock with the launch of Last Nights Of Havana - a celebration of rum, jazz, dance and decadence. Inspired by the famously opulent playground that was 1940s and 50s pre-revolution Havana, the re-imagined … [Read more...]
Big Easy Kings Road turns up the heat
27 years in the making, London’s original Big Easy on Chelsea’s Kings Road reopened on Tuesday 18th September with a new look, larger bar, 50% off food for 10 days and 100 complimentary Margaritas. Big Easy was introduced to the restaurant scene in 1991 by its founder Paul Corrett. Since its inception, the Big Easy mission statement has been high-quality barbecued meats, … [Read more...]
The Big Clean-up: Aramark volunteers hit the beach
More than 45 Aramark volunteers took to the beach last week for a big beach cleaning event, run as part of the global Aramark Building Community Day. The Aramark teams were busy from early morning, carrying out a beach clean at Sand Bay Beach in Kewstoke, North Somerset. Gloves were passed out to helping hands as volunteers geared up to clean the coast. Amongst the … [Read more...]
Young Star Chef Takeover at Podium
This year The Springboard Charity teamed up with Hilton Manchester Deansgate, to put on a Young Star Chef Evening Podium Takeover for one night only, with 17 year-old Ben Ronan from Burnage, Manchester. Ben, who attends Manchester College, had been working at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate for just three months. He produced a delicious four course meal for friends and … [Read more...]
Mandarin Oriental to face the Kremlin in Moscow
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has signed a management contract for a new hotel and branded residences in Moscow, which are expected to open in 2021. Mandarin Oriental, Moscow will have a prime riverfront location on the Sofiyskaya embankment in the heart of the city, directly facing the Kremlin. The hotel will be well located for business and leisure travellers with access … [Read more...]
RBH portfolio grows with new Stoke-on-Trent hotel
Leading UK hotel management company RBH has announced it will manage the brand new Hilton Garden Inn Stoke-on-Trent – the first ever Hilton-branded hotel in Stoke. The £20 million hotel is scheduled to open in late 2019, as part of the landmark Smithfield development brought to Stoke in a partnership between developers Genr8 and Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Pochin Ltd have … [Read more...]
Club Mexicana at the spread eagle launch their vegan brunch
This October Club Mexicana at The Spread Eagle, London’s first 100% vegan pub and purveyors of fully loaded Mexican-Californian flavours, will launch their brand new brunch, kicking off weekends with breakfast tacos and Bloody Mary’s every Saturday and Sunday. Inspired by co-founder Meriel’s travels through Mexico City, California and a stint living in Sydney, where brunch … [Read more...]
A Michelin-starred evening with Raymond Blanc OBE and his protégés in aid of Hospitality Action
The award-winning Raymond Blanc OBE, his Executive Head Chef Gary Jones and Chef Pâtissier Benoit Blin from the two Michelin-starred Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons are joining forces to create an unforgettable dining experience to raise funds for industry charity Hospitality Action this Christmas. Monsieur Blanc will also be joined in the kitchen by his protégés Robin Gill … [Read more...]
Impeccable new restaurant opens its doors…
A luxurious new restaurant with rooms will welcome its first diners following the transformation of a former pub. The first stage of The Impeccable Pig opened its doors yesterday (28 Sept) at Sedgefield, County Durham, offering bistro-style food and fine wines in a friendly but stylish environment. The restaurant is the latest addition to the Ramside Estates portfolio and … [Read more...]
Hilton introduces new local travel feature to award winning app
Hilton Worldwide has announced the introduction of Explore, an all-new feature of the Hilton Honors mobile app, providing Hilton Honors members the opportunity to explore the neighborhood surrounding their hotel with suggestions from people who know the area best – local Hilton Team Members. Beginning September 12, Explore will be available in 28 markets covering nearly 1,000 … [Read more...]
Three Cheese for Country Range’s Latest Roll Out
Innovative foodservice brand Country Range has strengthened its pastry selection with the launch of a Three Cheese and Onion Roll. The latest launch by the brand, which as lead sponsor recently launched the 2018/19 Student Chef Challenge, is available immediately to operators via the Group’s network of independent wholesalers in packs of 60 x 162g approx. Baked from … [Read more...]
Sodexo recognises outstanding customer-facing employees
Sodexo has recognised the achievement of around 100 of its most outstanding customer-facing employees in its seventh annual Service Excellence Awards. Cleaners, fitness instructors, helpdesk operators, gardeners, security officers, engineers, kitchen porters and customer service assistants from across Sodexo’s integrated facilities management business in the UK and Ireland … [Read more...]
Chef Ellis Barrie to host quarterly masterclasses at local secondary school
Celebrity chef Ellis Barrie of the Marram Grass in Anglesey, North Wales will be hosting cookery classes at local secondary school, Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern to encourage students to pursue a career in the hospitality industry. Each of the 13 GCSE pupils studying Catering & Hospitality, will receive a set of high-quality chef knives and chef whites which have been sponsored … [Read more...]
Bartlett Mitchell launches app to enhance internal communications
Bartlett Mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has introduced #BMfamily – a new mobile communication and messaging app - to the business, enabling on-the-go communication between colleagues. The app, which is designed to be GDPR-compliant, will provide a secure online platform for more than 900 Bartlett Mitchell team members to share information through an … [Read more...]
