By Angela Green: Internal promotion to Executive Head Chef at Simon Shaw's restaurant group. Carlos Gomes has been promoted to Executive Head Chef at El Gato Negro, Canto, and Habas. Gomes joined the business in 2017, working alongside Chef Patron and Creative Director Simon Shaw to open Mediterranean tapas restaurant, Canto, in Ancoats, Manchester. Over the last … [Read more...]
Nobu Old Park Lane promote from within for GM appointment
By Angela Green: Nobu Old Park Lane promote from within for GM appointment. Japanese restaurant Nobu Old Park Lane has announced the promotion of Ales Potocnik to the role of General Manager. Potocnik now leads on all operational aspects of business performance, development, training, reservations, and events, all while delivering the exceptional service that Nobu is … [Read more...]
Creative, concise and accomplished cooking matched by attentive and charming service
By Angela Green: Creative, concise and accomplished cooking matched by attentive and charming service. Chef Endris Kerbizi and partner Giulia Quaglia, who runs the front-of-house, have made Giulia Restaurant in west London a very personal business. The petite and unassuming Askew Road site in Shepherd’s Bush opened just over a year ago, and has gained a hugely … [Read more...]
Chiswell Street Dining Rooms set to fully re-open soon
By Majella Taylor: Chiswell Street Dining Rooms set to fully re-open soon. East London restaurant Chiswell Street Dining Rooms is set to re-open their doors on 9th May with a brand-new menu brimming with modern British cuisine championing the very best produce and complemented by fines wines. After temporarily closing during lockdown, the restaurant re-opened for … [Read more...]
New Bradford College Chef Academy launched with MyLahore Restaurants
By Angela Green: New Bradford College Chef Academy launched with MyLahore Restaurants. A new chef academy specialising in British Asian cuisine has been launched to further enhance hospitality and catering training from Bradford College. The MyLahore Academy will shortly be enrolling its first class of adult (19+) students who will commence the new programme in … [Read more...]
Spring menu has sprung at Magenta
By Majella Taylor: Spring menu has sprung at Magenta. Where Bloomsbury meets King’s Cross, Magenta is a striking restaurant and bar for many reasons, but especially for its contemporary northern Italian cuisine from Executive Chef Manuele Bazzoni, and also for its bold interior from noted designer Henry Chebaane. Open for lunches, as well as dinner, the spring menus are … [Read more...]
Café concept tashas opening this summer at Battersea Power Station
By Majella Taylor: Café concept tashas opening this summer at Battersea Power Station. A café concept that started in South Africa, tashas is due to open its first UK restaurant at Battersea Power Station this summer. The new café will open on Prospect Way with a large outdoor terrace for breakfast, lunch and dinner, including Butternut Zucchini Rosti, Dr Paw Paw, … [Read more...]
Nando’s Changing Lives Awards 2023 Winners
By Angela Green: Nando’s Changing Lives Awards 2023 Winners. Nando’s UK and Ireland has announced the winners of its Changing Lives Awards 2023. The awards were presented at the company’s annual conference, Indaba, in South Africa last month. Two awards were presented, one each to Anna Konstantellou, Regional Property Manager and Bonnie Naef, 1st Assistant … [Read more...]
The Biltmore Mayfair announces latest restaurant opening
By Majella Taylor: The Biltmore Mayfair announces latest restaurant opening. The Biltmore Mayfair has announced its latest restaurant opening, Grill 88 located on Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, offering diners a selection of steaks and seafood in an intimate setting. The menu, designed by Executive Chef Luis Campos, celebrates the highest quality ingredients. Diners can … [Read more...]
Ingredients in creating award-winning front of house
By Denis Sheehan MIH: Ingredients in creating award-winning front of house. So, just what does it take to be awarded the Institute of Hospitality’s Restaurant Manager of the Year? As the title this year belongs to Christie Hayes, Restaurant Manager at Beach House, Oxwich, I recently headed off there to meet her, and hopefully gain some insight. On arrival the … [Read more...]
The Dim Sum Terrace, spring opening in Harrods
By Majella Taylor, New Openings Editor: The Dim Sum Terrace, spring opening in Harrods. This spring will see the opening of a new restaurant in Harrods, The Dim Sum Terrace. Located on the 4th floor, the new spot will offer guests a bright new space including a terrace, one of only two outdoor spaces within the Knightsbridge store. With a conservatory-style design the … [Read more...]
Peter Avis to welcome not one, but two Kitchen Porters for lunch at Galvin at Windows
By Denis Sheehan MIH: Peter Avis to welcome not one, but two Kitchen Porters for lunch at Galvin at Windows. Following our recent competition to provide lunch and career advice from an ex KP, Peter Avis FIH, General Manager, Galvin at Windows, to another, we are delighted to announce we have two winners. The volume and quality of the nominations was inspiring, and … [Read more...]
Cantinetta Antinori, Tuscan hospitality coming to London
By Majella Taylor, New Openings Editor: Cantinetta Antinori, Tuscan hospitality coming to London. Next month will see the opening of the first UK restaurant from the Antinori winemaking family, Cantinetta Antinori. The new restaurant will bring Tuscan hospitality and wines to Harriet Street, located just off London’s famous Sloane Street. The name behind some of Italy’s … [Read more...]
The Wolseley City, opening this Autumn in London’s Square Mile
By Majella Taylor, New Openings Editor: The Wolseley City, opening this Autumn in London’s Square Mile. To mark the twentieth anniversary of The Wolseley in London’s Piccadilly, this autumn will see a new opening, The Wolseley City in London’s Square Mile. The new venture, from The Wolseley Hospitality Group, aims to capture the grandeur and impeccable standards of its … [Read more...]
Whitbread announces second Bar + Block opening in Birmingham
By Majella Taylor, New Openings Editor: Whitbread announces second Bar + Block opening in Birmingham. Whitbread’s steakhouse brand, Bar + Block, has announced its latest opening in Birmingham, taking its portfolio to 21 UK sites. Opening on Monday 27th March the second Bar + Block’s site in Birmingham on the ground floor within phase two of the Exchange Square … [Read more...]
