D&D London has today announced the appointment of Ben Coveney as Finance Director. Ben joins D&D from The Walt Disney Company where he worked for over 18 years, most recently as Finance Director of its stores in Europe. Ben brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to D&D, joining the company at an exciting time with new restaurant launches planned in the UK … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2020
New international conference and exhibition centre approved for Manchester
Plans have been approved for EventCity to build a brand new, state-of-the-art events venue in Manchester’s TraffordCity. The new events venue will enable Manchester to host more conferences, exhibitions, gala dinners and meetings through a multi-million pound investment by its owners, Peel L&P. The location in Manchester, the UK's second largest city, sets event … [Read more...]
Wildflower Irish fine dining restaurant opening soon in a shipping container in Camden
Wildflower by Adrian Martin, a new Irish fine dining restaurant will open in Camden’s new eco market, Buck Street 2 March 2020. Seeking to reinvent the idea of fine dining, Wildflower is the debut London restaurant of 28-year-old Irish celebrity chef, Adrian Martin, and is the first fine dining restaurant in London to be housed inside a shipping container. Martin is one of … [Read more...]
Met Office Forecast update as UK hospitality set to deal with disruption from #StormDenis
As the UK is set for another weekend of severe weather and waits for Storm Denis to do its worst tonight and tomorrow, the UK hospitality industry is also set for a bumpy period. The Met Office forecast for the effect of Storm Denis tomorrow can be seen below. Heavy #rain and very strong winds will continue to affect England and Wales overnight and into Sunday morning. … [Read more...]
Hotel marketing assistant shortlisted for national apprenticeship award
The Purple Umbrella Apprenticeship Awards celebrate the nation’s finest hospitality apprentice talent and recognise those who have demonstrated excellent dedication to their company and achieved fantastic feats in the workplace. The apprenticeship awards include a number of different categories for current and past Umbrella Training apprentices, as well as the Apprentice of the … [Read more...]
UK restaurant takeaway sector 2020 growing faster than any other
UK restaurant takeaway sector 2020: Takeaway and delivered food sales today is a major revenue stream for the UK restaurant industry thanks to online ordering. Restaurants are benefiting significantly from soaring demand for ready-to-eat meals, professionally prepared, ordered online, to be eaten at home. There is no better example of this than McDonald's who once again have … [Read more...]
UK ON-Trade sees low and no alcohol rebrand from Germany’s leading premium beer brand
UK ON-Trade sees low and no alcohol rebrand from Germany’s leading premium beer brand Germany’s leading premium beer brand Krombacher has unveiled a stylish new rebrand with new labels and sleek bottle design for its packaged range of brewed-at-source beers. The new Krombacher bottles are modern in shape, with distinctive embossing and high-quality labels to reflect the … [Read more...]
UK Pub Chains get ready to inspect new drink trends at Casual Dining 2020
With just more than a month to go until Casual Dining 2020 at London ExCeL 25-26 March, UK Pub Chains will be getting ready to visit and inspect the show’s popular drinks pavilions. Each pavilion will host a dozen exhibitors at, the Artisan Spirits Lounge and The Taphouse, where visitors will sample new innovations from an exciting mix of independent breweries and … [Read more...]
UK Restaurants 2020: Consumers call for ethical eating
There is increasing awareness among UK restaurant dining consumers about ethical issues, driven by programmes such as David Attenborough’s Blue Planet 2 which took an unflinching look at the effect our use of plastics is having on marine life. These type of programmes increase not only awareness of ethical issues but shape consumer choice, seeking out restaurants that not only … [Read more...]
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65 Keynote speaker ‘names’ already confirmed for Casual Dining 2020 ExCeL London
The hospitality industry’s favourite restaurant, pub and bar event, Casual Dining 2020 has added some of the best known ‘names’ in hospitality to its biggest ever Keynote line-up. A record 65 speakers, with even more to be announced soon, will appear in 35 sessions at Casual Dining 2020. For this year’s visitors, who’ll be heading to ExCeL London over 25-26 March in … [Read more...]
New hospital kitchen greeted with high praise from Prue Leith and Matt Hancock
Prue Leith and Matt Hancock attended the launch of a new £3m patient catering facility in West Sussex last week hosted by leading facilities management consultancy, Neller Davies. The event, held at St Richard’s Hospital, marked the official opening of a central production kitchen (CPK), which serves 3,000 meals every day across all Western Sussex Hospitals sites. The unit … [Read more...]
Northern Irish Government collaborates with hospitality and tourism on people and skills shortages post Brexit
Post-election and post Brexit most of the UK seems pleased that the political furore seen towards the end of last year has quietened. And while most of the UK has settled down, a new body in Northern Ireland has emerged to combat the risk to the region’s people and skills shortages in hospitality and tourism. The new employer network HATS (Hospitality and Tourism Skills) is … [Read more...]
University College Birmingham students crowned Zest Quest Asia 2020 champions
University College Birmingham is the new Zest Quest Asia champion, with the team and their mentor winning a culinary and cultural trip of a lifetime to Bangkok as guests of Dusit International. In addition, they will undertake training in Thai cuisine at the Dusit Thani’s signature Thai restaurant and at the recently launched Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School. They will also … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Katy and Simon Hulstone
The Elephant restaurant, Torquay is a seaside restaurant that is situated overlooking Torquay harbour. The Elephant was the first restaurant in Torquay to be awarded a Michelin star and that award has been maintained for 15 years. The restaurant is owned and run by Simon Hulstone and his wife Katy, so we arranged to have Five minutes with them both to learn more about their 15 … [Read more...]