New research carried out with 70,000 businesses reveals that adults eat out in Great Britain each year on 2.4 billion occasions. Young people are most likely to dine out with couples and under 35’s eating out once a week.The research will help form a new annual market report revealing what British consumers want from restaurants. It is based on a detailed analysis of … [Read more...]
Mowgli Street Food restaurants founder joins Casual Dining 2020 lineup
Nisha Katona MBE – the CEO and founder of Mowgli Street Food restaurants, is the latest speaker to join Casual Dining’s free business Keynote line-up for 2020. Back by popular demand, following her candid, standing room only Keynote interview at the show earlier this year, she’ll be delivering more exclusive ‘warts and all’ career and business insights in a highly anticipated … [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...]
Hilton announce GM to open new Silverstone hotel
Hilton has recently announced Anthony Duggan has been appointed as hotel General Manager to open the Hilton Garden Inn Silverstone. Construction has also started on the hotel’s bridge, which will link the five-storey hotel to the Silverstone Wing and its dining, conference and event facilities. RG Group, the appointed Main Contractor, have been on site since January 2019 and … [Read more...]
Starhotels appoints one GM for The Franklin, The Gore and The Pelham
Starhotels has appointed Thomas James Orchard as General Manager of the Starhotels Collezione London Complex, comprising The Franklin, The Gore and The Pelham. Orchard has more than thirty years of luxury hospitality experience leading several hotel properties.Orchard developed his London experience through his time at The Berkeley Hotel London and COMO Hotels and Resorts, … [Read more...]
Black And White Hospitality Management takes over at new, five-star aparthotel concept
Black And White Hospitality Management has taken over the day-to-day operation of the Hy Hotel in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, a brand-new, five-star aparthotel concept that comprises one, two and three-bedroom apartments. Due to open soon, the concept combines the space and freedom of a self-catering apartment alongside a concierge team which offers round the clock … [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...]
Dinner at Restaurant Sat Bains for the Country Range Student Chef Challenge Winners
The 2018/19 Country Range Student Chef Challenge winners - Alan Coats, Ance Kristone and Andreau Talla - got a taste of what it’s like to be at the top of the culinary game after experiencing an exclusive dinner at Nucleus - a private room inside Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham.The three students, who won the 2018/19 Country Range Student Chef Challenge as part of the … [Read more...]
Jason Atherton announces Matt Worswick as Executive Chef at The Shanghai EDITION
Restaurateur Jason Atherton and hotelier Ian Schrager have announced that Matt Worswick is joining the team at The Shanghai EDITION as Executive Chef from February 2020. Worswick will be taking over from Scott Melvin, who departs at the end of the month. Melvin launched the hotel in July 2018 and has worked alongside Jason for the past 15 years.Jason Atherton … [Read more...]
Watergate Bay Hotel and Businesses appoint new leadership team
Watergate Bay Hotel has announced a new senior team operating across all its businesses dedicated to the next phase of growth.The freshly formed team which leads Watergate Bay Hotel, the Another Place hotel collection and Beach Retreats sees Will Ashworth move to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ben Harper is Managing Director; Judi Blakeburn Brand Director, and Natalie … [Read more...]
Multifunctional appliances help historical independent school’s catering operation
Woodbridge School in Suffolk is an independent school with a history stretching back to 1662, when local lawyer Robert Marryott, known as ‘the great eater’, gathered local dignitaries to discuss creating a school for the poor of the town.Food remains a key part of the character of the establishment. “We serve 800 covers a day,” says Jon Ellis, the school’s executive head … [Read more...]
Hernö’s latest Ginnovative Twists from Love Drinks
Love Drinks has further fortified its diverse portfolio with the addition of two widely-anticipated limited edition Swedish gins from Hernö – one of Europe’s most awarded craft distilleries.The two new lines which have launched in the UK include a smoky Hernö Sipping Gin #1.3 ex-Ardbeg Casks and a Hernö Blackcurrant Gin. The special gins are available immediately in 500ml … [Read more...]
