For the fourth year running, Café Spice Namaste, Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala’s iconic restaurant in The City, will host a sumptuous Burns Night whisky-pairing dinner in aid ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, the national charity of the British Army. The event will take place on Wednesday, 23rd January 2019 at 6.30pm.ABF The Soldiers’ Charity provides lifetime support to soldiers and … [Read more...]
Raymond Blanc announces Brasserie Bar Co will fund settled status for ‘our family’
Restaurant group Brasserie Bar Co, the 36-strong group behind Brasserie Blanc and the White Brasserie Company, is to pay for its 591 non-British EU employees to apply for ‘settled-status’ in the UK after Brexit.Under the EU Settlement Scheme, all EU citizens living in the UK will need to apply for the right to remain in the UK after Brexit. The application fee is £65 and … [Read more...]
Carluccio’s adds depth to customer experience through senior team appoinments
Carluccio’s announces two new appointments as it continues to strengthen its senior management team to support the brand’s ‘Fresca’ transformation programme. Bruce Craig, previously Head of IT Operations at The Restaurant Group has started in the newly created role of IT Director, responsible for leveraging technology to enhance the customer experience and improve processes. … [Read more...]
Rolling Kitchens, Rolling Drinks, Rolling Music opens 7th February 2019
The inspiration for W12 Studios was simple. It’s a space to showcase and enable creativity – with no two days the same. Partnering with Feast-it, there will be an ever-changing line-up of food, drink and music, delivering some of London’s best creative talent to create a truly dynamic venue, brought to you by Rory Graham, ex-actor and previously part of the Kricket management … [Read more...]
Winners of my million pound menu to launch pop-up
From Sunday 13th January, street food stalwarts BBQ Dreamz will be bringing their Filipino cooking to MEATLiquor Kings Cross with a six-week residency. Fresh from their success on BBC’s series My Million Pound Menu, which saw them partner with hospitality entrepreneur and Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh, founders Lee Johnson and Sinead Campbell will be launching a Sunday … [Read more...]
The Spread Eagle will mark their first birthday as London’s first 100% vegan pub
On 22nd January, The Spread Eagle will mark their first birthday as London’s first 100% vegan pub. Founders Luke McLoughlin, Sherri-lee Estabrook and Meriel Armitage have had a huge first year, pouring over 60,000 vegan pints, with Meriel’s Club Mexicana serving 50,000 vegan tacos. To celebrate, the team are throwing a Veganza bash, with a new veganuary menu and margaritas on … [Read more...]
2019’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year announced
The result was announced at a sold-out awards ceremony organised by the Institute of Hospitality and the Academy of Food and Wine Service at The Savoy in London last night (7 January). The competition, now in its tenth year, rewards the very best in the industry and is open to restaurant managers of all types of operation.Jennifer Santner from Angler restaurant at the South … [Read more...]
Famiglia: post Brexit Carluccio’s will pay for all EU staff’s Settled Status
“It’s what Antonio would have wanted,” Carluccio’s tells staff as it confirms post-Brexit ‘settled-status’ payment.Restaurant group Carluccio’s is to pay for its 1,550 non-British EU employees to apply for ‘settled-status’ in the UK after Brexit. It is the first large restaurant brand to do so.Under the EU Settlement Scheme, all EU citizens living in the UK will need … [Read more...]
Istanbul’s Yeni Lokanta to open ‘yeni’ in Soho
From the banks of the Bosphorus, critically acclaimed Yeni Lokanta will bring the food and culture of Istanbul to Soho. Founding partners – Cem Bilge and celebrated chef Civan Er – will be opening their new restaurant, Yeni, on Beak Street in mid-January. They will introduce London to the flavours and culinary traditions that reflect Istanbul’s rich heritage as the meeting … [Read more...]
Commitment to investing in people growing at Casual Dining Group
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has announced it has further developed its learning and development programme through a range of new courses in partnership with UK universities. This follows Claire Clarke being promoted to Group HR Director.Clarke is now responsible for overseeing all strategic HR decisions across CDG. This senior appointment is a direct result of the … [Read more...]
New Marketing Director appointed to lead Carluccio’s rebrand
Carluccio’s has appointed a new Marketing Director, Hilary Ansell commencing February 2019. Ansell joins from the Gordon Ramsay Group where she was Director of Sales & Marketing.Ansell's background in marketing includees roles in a number of other well known hospitality businesses. This includes, Director of Marketing and Food Development at the Casual Dining Group. At … [Read more...]
Popular Glasgow Korean Restaurant announces new west end opening
Bibimbap located on West Nile Street has announced they are to open a second restaurant site in Glasgow's trendy West End.The name, which is pronounced as “bee-beem-bahp” is named after the Korean comfort food - a bowl of warm white rice topped with vegetables and chilli pepper paste, soy sauce, or fermented soybean paste. As well as the famous Bibimbap on the menu, other … [Read more...]
Chef Nico Simeone opens the doors to ‘Public House by Nico’
Public House by Nico, Chef Nico Simeone's much-anticipated new gastropub restaurant, is now open.Occupying a prime position at 333 Great Western Road in Glasgow, 'Public House by Nico' brings modern British gastropub cuisine to Glasgow's West End, under the direction of Head Chef, Nico Simeone.Following in the success of his award-winning sister restaurants Six by Nico … [Read more...]
Silk Rd goes fourth – restaurant to add to ever-growing portfolio with fourth site in two years
Silk Rd is gearing up for its busiest year yet in 2019 with expansion plans that will see the restaurant launch on Liverpool’s Hope Street, opening its fourth venue in just two years.The new venue addition comes after a prolific year for owners Chris Williams and Javier Mellado who already have a trio of restaurants in Heswall, Liverpool City Centre’s Beetham Plaza and … [Read more...]
