By Angela Green, Content Executive: Adam Handling crowned Great British Menu Champion of Champions 2023. Adam Handling made his way through to the banquet in this year’s highly popular Great British Menu on BBC Two last night. Following a vote from the banquet guests - members of the British animation and illustration industries - Handling’s trifle-inspired ‘Food Fight’ … [Read more...]
The Dorchester recreating 1953 coronation façade decorations for HM The King
By Angela Green, Content Executive: The Dorchester recreating 1953 coronation façade decorations for HM The King. Hotel News is sponsored by HotelPartner UK To celebrate the coronation of HM The King, The Dorchester will recreate the decorations used for his mother’s coronation in 1953. The decorations on the hotel’s famous façade will mark the start of the celebrations … [Read more...]
Tej Walia promoted to Managing Director, Foxhills Club & Resort
By Denis Sheehan MIH: Tej Walia promoted to Managing Director, Foxhills Club & Resort. Hotel News is sponsored by HotelPartner UK Foxhills Club & Resort has promoted Tej Walia FIH MI, its General Manager of five years, to Managing Director. He will oversee business operations and day to day running of the premium Surrey Country Club & Resort, as … [Read more...]
What plastic waste reduction efforts across the UK mean for hospitality
By Katherine Price, Sustainability Editor: What plastic waste reduction efforts across the UK mean for hospitality. Governments across the UK are looking to crack down on plastic waste through new legislation and schemes, which will mean big changes for hospitality businesses in the coming years. What’s been introduced and what’s coming Since 2020, single-use plastic … [Read more...]
England’s oldest hotel announces new Executive Chef
By Angela Green, Content Executive: England’s oldest hotel announces new Executive Chef. Hotel News is sponsored by HotelPartner UK The Old Bell Hotel in Malmesbury, England’s oldest hotel, is proud to have appointed Leigh Evans as Executive Chef to take charge of its new fine dining restaurant, Abbey Row. The hospitality industry is in Evans’ blood, having grown up in … [Read more...]
Lunar Pub Company opening The Apollo Arms in Clapham
By Angela Green, Content Executive: Lunar Pub Company opening The Apollo Arms in Clapham. The Lunar Pub Company is set to open its third site this spring, The Apollo Arms in Clapham. Located at 13-19 Old Town, the 2,000 square foot site designed by Novo Design will accommodate up to 100 covers inside, with an additional 70 outside in the al fresco garden … [Read more...]
Chichester Cathedral’s Cloisters Kitchen & Garden reopens
By Angela Green, Content Executive: Chichester Cathedral's Cloisters Kitchen & Garden reopens. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Independently owned boutique caterer, Seasoned has re-opened the doors to Cloisters Kitchen & Garden within Chichester Cathedral. Following their contract win late last year and subsequent £150k investment and refurbishment … [Read more...]
Preferred Travel Group announce four strategic appointments
By Angela Green, Content Executive: Preferred Travel Group announce four strategic appointments. Hotel News is sponsored by HotelPartner UK Preferred Travel Group has announced four strategic appointments within its global and regional leadership teams as part of its development strategy for portfolio growth and loyalty marketing. Preferred Travel Group is the … [Read more...]
200 Degrees Coffee appoints financial director
By Angela Green, Content Executive: 200 Degrees Coffee appoints financial director. Coffee roaster 200 Degrees Coffee has made its second senior promotion of 2023, with Nicki Jones becoming financial director. Joining 200 Degrees last year as financial controller, Nicki takes on the financial director position from Stephen Fern – who was promoted to managing director … [Read more...]
Golf Fang opens in Cardiff
By Angela Green, Content Executive: Golf Fang opens in Cardiff. Golf Fang has opened its first in Wales after investing £1.5 million into the new venue based on Mary Ann Street. Golf Fang Cardiff is an 18-hole golf course in an environment surrounded by bespoke art, combining crazy golf with theatre, cocktails, and DJs. The venue has teamed up with their signature … [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...]
The Dorchester opens Cake & Flowers
By Angela Green, Content Executive: The Dorchester opens Cake & Flowers. Hotel News is sponsored by HotelPartner UK The Dorchester has launched an entirely new offering, Cake & Flowers, dedicated to showcasing stunning patisserie and floristry, with its own entrance on the Deanery Street corner of the hotel. The visionaries behind the Cake & Flowers … [Read more...]
Guinness World Record attempt raising funds for Hospitality Action
By Angela Green, Content Executive: Guinness World Record attempt raising funds for Hospitality Action. Cornwall based St. Ewe Free Range Eggs will be attempting a Guinness World Record this summer as they set out to walk the 300 miles of Cornwall’s iconic coastline endeavouring to set the record for the World’s Longest Egg & Spoon Race. All while raising funds and … [Read more...]