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The latest industry news from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Feb- 2019 -7 February
Pidgin appoints new head chef
Hackney restaurant, Pidgin, has announced it has appointed Greg Clarke as its new head chef. Clarke will takeover from Adolfo De Cecco on 11 March, with De Cecco preparing to open his own restaurant. The restaurant’s owners James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy, who also run Heddon Street’s Magpie restaurant, said…
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7 February
Kara completes £1m investment to improve Manchester production plant
Kara, the foodservice arm of the Finsbury Food Group, has invested in excess of £1m into improving its Manchester production plant. According to the group, the “major investment” will bring about an improvement to production efficiency and will help the bakery increase its capabilities. The first wave of improvements has…
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7 February
Scholarship launched in honour of late chef Fairlie
The Fairlie Scholarship has been launched by HIT Scotland in honour of Gleneagles chef Andrew Fairlie, who died in January. The chef scholarship was launched at the HIT Talent Conference 2019, and the industry charity said it had “been in the planning for some time” as Fairlie was “closely associated”…
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6 February
The Samling Hotel announces new exec head chef and F&B manager
Robby Jenks has been appointed as the new executive head chef of The Samling Hotel just a week after he announced his departure from The Vineyard. Jenks was the executive head chef at AA-listed five star hotel, The Vineyard in Berkshire. His partner Rebecca Galland will also be joining from…
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6 February
Restaurant refurb work could be torn down following planning dispute
A Stafford restaurant could be ordered to tear down £25,000 worth of refurbishments after they were made without planning permission. The issues at the restaurant, named Chico’s, are focused particularly on new cladding which was erected without planning permission, meaning the restaurant has had to submit a retrospective planning application…
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6 February
Star Pubs & Bars invests £960,000 Edinburgh pubs
Two multiple operators have taken on Edinburgh pubs and are undertaking major investments with Star Pubs and Bars, part of a £960,000 investment in four pubs in the Edinburgh area in the first quarter of 2019. The Annfield and The Victoria are both having kitchens installed to enable them to…
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6 February
Victor Garvey’s Covent Garden restaurant Sabarita closes
Chef and restaurateur, Victor Garvey, has closed his Covent Garden restaurant, Sabarita, the chef’s Soho restaurant Rambla on Dean Street will remain open. According to Garvey the restaurant has been shut down since November, with Catering Today finding that Sabarita’s phone is no longer receiving calls despite the fact its…
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5 February
The Grahamston officially launches following £1.2m transformation
The Grahamston, a new restaurant and bar located in the heart of Glasgow city centre, celebrated the completion of its £1.2m transformation with an official launch party. Located within on Argyle Street, the new dining and drinking experience is inspired by Grahamston, forgotten village in the heart of the city buried…
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5 February
Byron Burger receives £10m cash injection following store closures
Byron Burger has received a £10m cash injection from its investors after it closed 19 restaurants as part of a CVA in May. The new investment from Three Hills Capital Partners is expected to see the chain refurbish all of its existing restaurants, after it began to restructure branding, marketing,…
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5 February
Urban Brasserie awarded AA rosette four months after opening
The Crowne Plaza at London’s Heathrow Terminal 4 has been awarded an AA Rosette for its restaurant, Urban Brasserie, just four months after its official opening in October 2018. Executive head chef Sam Tekkle leads the restaurant, which serves modern British cuisine including heritage beetroot salad, lamb Scotch egg with…
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