SSP has partnered with Gordon Ramsay bringing his unique cuisine to Hong Kong International Airport where a new 'Gordon Ramsay Plane Food To Go' food destination will offer travellers an array of great quality food choices.The all-day menu enhances the on-the-go-travellers dining experience, featuring some of Gordon Ramsay’s signature dishes including Short Rib Burger and … [Read more...]
The Cavendish London Petrichor Restaurant launches vegan dining 2020
Veganism has witnessed a ‘plant-based revolution’ in 2019 and is an ongoing top trend prediction for 2020, according to Innova Market Insights. The Cavendish London has announced it will be taking part in Veganuary by offering a full vegan menu in its 2AA Rosette fine dining Petrichor Restaurant.Diners can expect a complete vegan menu with a choice of three dishes for each … [Read more...]
Claude Bosi joins Angela Hartnett and many others in STREETSMART for December
As Christmas fast approaches, Amazonico, Claude Bosi at Bibendum, Mildreds, Norma and Andrew Edmunds join 600 restaurants raising money to tackle the homeless crisis across the UK. By simply adding a voluntary £1 to diners’ bills during the festive months, StreetSmart has raised nearly £10 million since their foundation in 1998, enabling them to support charities, hostels and … [Read more...]
Mowgli target further growth through multiple new openings in 2020
Mowgli Street Food is set to expand after a stand-out year which saw it ranked for a second successive year among the UK’s most dynamic businesses on the Sunday Times Fast Track 100. Founded in Liverpool by former barrister Nisha Katona MBE in 2014, Mowgli now has 10 restaurants across the country. In the last three years revenues have grown on average by more than 66% every … [Read more...]
Wait not, want not: 5 ways to run restaurants without waiters
They’re the restaurant’s human face: ensuring customers feel welcome, answering questions and bringing out each course with efficiency and charm. That’s right, we’re talking about waiting staff. Waiters and waitresses have always played a big part in the experience of eating out. However, in big cities with high property prices, good ones can be hard to find, never mind … [Read more...]
An insight to the history, science and future of Asian cuisine
The smells from the kitchen hit you as you entered the kitchen area of Open Kitchen Live, and they hit you with a more than a hint of what awaited, authentic, diverse cooking. Basil, cinnamon, coriander, chili, cloves, cumin, galangal, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, spearmint, star anise and turmeric were all present wafting through the air to greet the chefs and restaurateurs … [Read more...]
Taking a cue from the wine-focused restaurants of Athens, Ampéli opening January 2020
Ampéli restaurant, from founder Jenny Pagoni will open its doors on Charlotte Street in the heart of Fitzrovia next month. Taking cues from the modern wine-focused restaurants of Athens, Ampéli will feature dishes inspired by both Greek and Eastern Mediterranean cultures. Accompanied by a list of indigenous wines from across the Greek mainland and its islands it has a strong … [Read more...]
Sixth Lussmanns opening with an ever-growing vegan presence
Restauranteur Andrei Lussmann will open his sixth Lussmanns Sustainable Fish and Grill in the Jericho district of Oxford early 2020.The site will be the first restaurant outside of Hertfordshire and will encompass 80 covers situated on the ground level. Like all Lussmanns restaurants, the Oxford site will continue to focus on making ethical and sustainable dining accessible … [Read more...]
New opening Hoppers, inspired by roadside stalls of Sri Lanka and southern India
Hoppers, the restaurant inspired by the home cooking and roadside stalls of Sri Lanka and southern India from JKS restaurants, will open in Pancras Square, King’s Cross in February 2020. The inspiration for Hoppers King’s Cross follows the much-travelled coastal journey from Colombo, the island’s capital, to the historical Dutch town of Galle.Taking cues from iconic … [Read more...]
Australian restaurant and bar makes its international debut opening at The O2
Australian restaurant and bar concept, Butcher and the Farmer has made its international debut by opening at London's The O2’s world-famous roof.Located on the lower level of ICON Outlet within The O2, Butcher and the Farmer neighbours New York’s vegan inspired brand, by CHLOE creating an enviable international offer within the mall. Spanning 6,996 sq ft of space, the … [Read more...]
Other Side Fried latest opening sees a return home to Brixton
Next Monday 2nd December sees street food favourites, Other Side Fried, opening the doors to their first bricks and mortar restaurant in a converted railway arch in Brixton.The launch marks a homecoming for the founders, Matt and Tommy, who started the brand five years ago when living in Brixton together took their fried chicken burgers to Brixton night market in their … [Read more...]
Prairie Fire Kansas restaurant opening in West London’s White City
Next month, the American pit masters behind Prairie Fire are bringing their barbecue specialties to White City for the opening of their first bricks and mortar restaurant. Launched in 2013 by Kansas City native Michael Gratz, Prairie Fire celebrates Kansas City-style smoked meats, sauces and fixings. Specialists in the ancient art of smoking with wood, Prairie Fire got … [Read more...]
Brindisa to open in Borough Market Kitchen January 2020
This January, Brindisa will open Brindisa Kitchen at The Borough Market Kitchen. All dishes and drinks at their newest Borough Market home will guide visitors on a culinary journey in the footsteps of an ancient Spanish pilgrimage, ‘La Ruta de la Plata’. This Roman route was a highway for goods, troops, traders and travellers, and winds through Spain from white sandy shores of … [Read more...]
Whitbread’s thirteenth Bar + Block Steakhouse restaurant opening in Newcastle
Whitbread restaurant brand Bar + Block Steakhouse, is set to open a new restaurant in Newcastle in early December following the roll-out in Wimbledon, Belfast, Bristol, Winnersh and Sutton locations throughout 2019.The new Bar + Block Steakhouse will be open seven days a week and the 155-cover new restaurant opening will be the thirteenth site in the portfolio to date. … [Read more...]
