Compass Group UK & Ireland has expanded its Junior Chef Academy programme as it targets reaching more than 1,500 students over the next two to three years. The free ten-week programme is being introduced to additional schools across London, the North and East of England, having also recently launched in Scotland for the first time. It follows previous delivery … [Read more...]
Welcome Break Reports £1.2bn Turnover as Investment Reaches £236.9m
Welcome Break generated turnover of £1.2 billion during 2025 as the motorway service area operator increased investment across its UK network. The group’s latest statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 show Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortisation and Rent, before adjusted items, increased to a record £142 million. Welcome Break said … [Read more...]
Chartwells Delivers Food Education Workshops to More Than 3,500 People Through HAF Programme
Chartwells has delivered free cooking and nutrition workshops to more than 3,500 children and adults as part of the Government’s Holiday Activities and Food programme. The education caterer supported the HAF programme for an eighth consecutive summer, delivering sessions across almost 80 locations in partnership with schools, councils, community groups and … [Read more...]
Seasoned Extends Exclusive Catering Partnership with Salters’ Hall
Seasoned has renewed its agreement with Salters’ Hall, extending its long-standing partnership as exclusive catering provider at the historic London venue. The London-based event catering and venue management company will continue to provide food, beverage and event hospitality across Salters’ Hall’s programme of corporate events, livery dinners, weddings, private … [Read more...]
TRGC and Jones the Grocer Launch UK Rail Expansion at London Waterloo
TRGC has opened the first UK rail-based Jones the Grocer at London Waterloo after signing an exclusive development agreement to expand the food and beverage brand across major UK railway locations. The Waterloo site opened on 22 September and represents the first move into the UK rail sector for the partnership, following the launch of two Jones the Grocer locations at … [Read more...]
Market Place Food Hall Unveils Trader Line-Up Ahead of Victoria Station Opening
Market Place Food Hall will open its new London Victoria Station venue on Friday 16 October, bringing ten independent food traders to the transport hub. Located within Victoria Place Shopping Centre, the 180-seat venue will have entrances from the main station concourse, taxi rank and Eccleston Bridge. Market Place describes the development as the UK’s first food hall … [Read more...]
EICC Launches Nourish Event Catering with Levy
Edinburgh International Conference Centre has launched Nourish Event Catering, a new catering business developed with Levy to serve events, businesses and private occasions across Edinburgh. The operation will cater for conferences, exhibitions, corporate events, gala dinners, awards ceremonies, weddings, meetings and workplace catering, combining EICC’s event experience … [Read more...]
PIKKLE Returns as Caterer for British Ports Association’s Biggest Conference to Date
Cardiff-based caterer PIKKLE has been appointed sole catering provider for the British Ports Association Annual Conference, which is set to welcome 450 delegates to Dover this October. The conference will take place at Cruise Terminal One at the Port of Dover on 21 and 22 October, alongside a wider three-day programme of networking and social events. Capacity has … [Read more...]
Elior UK Raises More Than £36,000 for Natasha’s Foundation at Kenwood House
Elior UK has raised more than £36,000 for Natasha’s Foundation through a charity dinner and live auction held at Kenwood House in Hampstead, London. More than 60 guests attended the event at one of Elior UK’s concessions locations, with funds raised supporting the food allergy charity’s research, education and campaigning work. Five chefs from across Elior UK delivered … [Read more...]
No1 Lounges to Open Flagship Heathrow Terminal 5 Lounge in 2027
No1 Lounges is to open a new flagship lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 5 in early spring 2027 following a major refurbishment and expansion of the existing Club Aspire Lounge. Club Aspire will close on 2 November 2026 to allow work to begin before reopening under the No1 Lounge brand. The redevelopment will increase the lounge footprint by 28%, from 435 sq m to 557 sq … [Read more...]
BaxterStorey Celebrates People Awards Winners After Record 854 Nominations
BaxterStorey has recognised chefs, managers, front-of-house teams, kitchen porters and other colleagues at its annual People Awards, held at The Pelligon in Canary Wharf. The event brought together 300 colleagues from across the UK, Ireland, France and the Netherlands, with winners representing workplaces including law firms, financial institutions, football clubs and … [Read more...]
Green & Fortune’s Emma Williams Wins Hospitality’s Got Talent 2026
Emma Williams of Green & Fortune has been crowned winner of the Wafflemeister Foundation’s Hospitality’s Got Talent 2026 following her performance of Tina Turner’s Simply the Best. The hospitality industry came together at The Piano Works in Farringdon, London, on Tuesday 15 September for the annual fundraising event, which this year adopted a 1980s theme. Seven … [Read more...]
The Role of Robotics in Hospitality: Are We Ready?
By Ashoak Lakhaney, Founder & Chief Geek, Techality Robotics and automation are no longer technologies designed only for manufacturing and fulfilment centres. As the technologies become more affordable, capable and accessible, their application is extending into an increasing number of sectors, including hospitality, facilities management and … [Read more...]
From Kitchen Porter to Chef of the Year: Rajeshwar Bhantoo Takes BM Caterers’ Top Culinary Title
Rajeshwar Bhantoo has been crowned BM Caterers Chef of the Year 2026, marking the latest stage in a hospitality career that began as a kitchen porter in his native Mauritius. Bhantoo secured the title after producing a three-course menu at the final of BM Caterers’ annual culinary competition, held at the Jamie Oliver Cookery School on Oxford Street, London, on 8 … [Read more...]
Sodexo Renews and Expands Transport for London Partnership
Sodexo UK & Ireland has renewed and expanded its catering partnership with Transport for London for a further three years, with an option to extend the agreement by an additional year. The new contract commenced on 1 September 2026 and retains 25 London Underground locations already receiving catering services from Sodexo, including Baker Street, Seven Sisters, … [Read more...]
