ONA restaurant in Arès nearby to Bordeaux aims to be a place of life where respect for people, nature and animals is at the centre of all concerns. From this ‘aim’ and much more ONA has also become the first plant-based restaurant in France to be awarded a Michelin star. Claire Vallée is the Founding Chef of the ONA Restaurant and on the homepage of the restaurant’s website … [Read more...]
Gordon Ramsay announces his latest new restaurant opening
Sunway Resort, the spectacular flagship of Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, has announced a ground-breaking partnership with Gordon Ramsay Restaurants to open the world-renowned, multi-Michelin starred chef’s first-ever restaurant in Malaysia, marking the start of an exciting new era of international gastronomy for the country. Under the historic collaboration, guests at … [Read more...]
Adam Handling Restaurant Group installs UV protection for safe reopening
ARC Services are delighted to partner with ENS Group to integrate automated technology touch point cleaning enabling restaurants to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Our competition winner, Adam Handling Restaurant Group, was the recent recipient of the UV-Clean range on their high touch IT-equipment - point-of-sale and mobile payment devices, including tablets for table … [Read more...]
A short statement on the passing of Albert Roux from the Roux Family
The Roux family has announced the sad passing of Albert Roux, OBE, KFO, who had been unwell for a while, at the age 85 on 4th January 2021. Albert is credited, along with his late brother Michel Roux, with starting London’s culinary revolution with the opening of Le Gavroche in 1967. His son, Michel Roux Jr, says that Albert’s sheer love of life and passion for making … [Read more...]
“Our determination to see this competition through remains undimmed.” The 2020 Roux Scholarship postponed
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing regulations, the Roux family has decided to further postpone the 2020 Roux Scholarship regional and national finals, due to take place in Birmingham and London. This follows their earlier announcement in July to reconvene the 2020 Roux Scholarship in March 2021. These dates (March 4th/29th) are now … [Read more...]
Thank you Hospitality, from Cyrus Todiwala OBE
Dear Friends of Hospitality and every facet of it, There is a tremendous buzz around social media as a consequence of Claire Bosi supported by various leaders within our industry requesting the government to appoint a Minister for Hospitality. And I can’t tell you how delighted I was to see the petition cross the required 100,000 signature line this morning. Congratulations … [Read more...]
Tom Aikens backs Hospitality Against Homelessness SOS Challenge
Only a Pavement Away, the charity that supports people who are facing homelessness into jobs within hospitality, is raising funds through a new campaign, the ‘SOS Challenge. The campaign is in association with Tom Aikens, who is encouraging everyone to get creative in the kitchen and make a five ingredient soup, to raise awareness and much needed support for the charity’s … [Read more...]
Chaine des Rotisseurs Young Chef of the Year 2020 announced
First organised by the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs in Switzerland in 1977, this year’s winner is a young chef who has spent the last three years working at The Clink Restaurant. Ellie Shaw, 23, originally from Stoke on Trent and with a first-class degree in culinary art from the University of West London, is Sous Chef Trainer at The Clink Restaurant, HMP Brixton. Remarkably this … [Read more...]
Craig Floate named Private Chef of the Year by Great Food Club Awards 2020/21
Great Food Club Awards have named Craig Floate as their Private Chef of the Year 2020/21. Great Food Club is based in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and celebrate the best food and drink independents in the East Midlands. Every pub, restaurant, food shop and producer they recommend is vetted by their team before they can be featured on their website. They are all … [Read more...]
New Roux Scholarship website launched celebrating mentoring in culinary excellence
New Roux Scholarship website The world renowned and acclaimed Roux Scholarship was established in 1983. The scholarship has enabled a new generation of chefs from Britain to train in the greatest restaurants in the world. Not only has it become the industry’s most acclaimed chef competition in the UK, with many scholars having gone on to win Michelin stars … [Read more...]
Five Covid-19 minutes with… Michel Roux Jr
The scale and scope of the Covid-19 crisis in hospitality has created an almost surreal, pessimistic tone to news broadcasting in 2020. The numbers being reported don’t help in most instances either, as they are too big to paint a picture with depth beyond variances in forecasting the potential demise of our great industry, hospitality. Yet, while talking with people through … [Read more...]
Zest Quest Asia Summer Challenge Winners Announced
Students from four colleges were named winners of the first Zest Quest Asia Summer Challenge, the first completely on-line spinoff of Zest Quest Asia, the culinary competition founded by Indian restaurateurs Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala to raise the profile of Asian cuisine among budding chefs. First prize went to Ryan Plummer of Colchester Institute for his King Prawn … [Read more...]
Michael Caines Collection appoints Group Executive Chef
Michael Caines has today announced the appointment of Liam Finnegan as Group Executive Chef of the Michael Caines Collection. With a working relationship spanning 14 years, Liam’s appointment is a natural fit for Michael and the wider collection, following an eight-year stint as Head Chef at The Castle Hotel Taunton and prior to that under Michael’s tutelage at … [Read more...]
Adam Handling: Getting tough with no shows and advising others to also
Restaurant no shows seem to be resistant to Covid-19, having come through the pandemic seemingly stronger than ever. As restaurants try to emerge and reopen amidst the ongoing crisis, people booking tables and then not showing up damage restaurants and the livelihoods of everyone working with them. Many chefs and restaurateurs take to twitter and other social media bemoaning … [Read more...]
Jamie Oliver backs Boris’ obesity campaign talking the talk, but not walking the walk
Jamie Oliver appeared on television last night preaching that Boris Johnson has a plan to save children from obesity in the UK. If you are travelling with children today from Gatwick Airport you can visit his Jamie’s Italian and buy them: “A jumbo scoop of ice cream (choose your flavour) served with chocolate sauce” for £1.50 – or – “A selection of beautiful, fresh seasonal … [Read more...]
Roux Scholarship 2020 now 2021
After the 2020 Roux Scholarship was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Roux Family have decided to rearrange the competition to March 2021. The 18 regional finalists, as well as the first reserve, selected at the paper judging stage in March 2020 will automatically qualify as regional finalists for 2021 and cook their recipes for hake, palourde clams and leeks in … [Read more...]
Frog by Adam Handling reopening with booking deposits in place
Adam Handling’s flagship restaurant, Frog by Adam Handling opens its doors again on 1st August, with stunning new menus and pavement dining in the heart of Covent Garden. Eve Bar will also open on the same date. Adam Handling claims that the new restaurant menus ‘are our best yet’ and credits his team for working so hard with him during lockdown to develop some … [Read more...]
