People

The People section on Catering Today highlights the leaders, teams, and professionals shaping the UK hospitality and catering industry. It features executive appointments, career moves, leadership insights, and profiles of influential figures across restaurants, pubs, and catering businesses. With coverage of workforce trends, recruitment, and management strategies, Catering Today provides hospitality professionals with updates and inspiration from the individuals driving innovation, growth, and excellence across the sector.

Nov- 2020 -

25 November

Deliveroo names Claudia Arney as chair

Deliveroo has named Claudia Arney as the company’s first chair, as the business gears up for a “year of growth”. Arney, who currently holds directorships at the Premier League, Ocado, Kingfisher and Derwent London was officially named leader today (25 November). News of the hire comes as Deliveroo experienced a…
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19 November

Breakfast Club founder searches for new MD

Founder of The Breakfast Club, Jonathan Arana-Morton, has announced that he is looking to step down as managing director of the brand. In an online statement, Arana-Morton suggested that the appointment of a new managing director would enable the group to “reach our potential”. Writing on LinkedIn, Arana-Morton said: “I…
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6 November

Pizza Express names new chairman and group chief exec

Pizza Express has announced that Allan Leighton and David Campbell have been appointed as chairman and group chief executive. Along with the appointments, Pizza Express revealed the completion of its recapitalisation, giving the company a “strong balance sheet and significant funds to invest in growth in the years ahead”. The…
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Oct- 2020 -

28 October

Latymer at Pennyhill Park retains four-AA rosette status

Fine-dining restaurant Latymer, based at the five-star Pennyhill Park hotel in Surrey, has retained its four-AA rosette status. The award comes shortly after the establishment appointed Steve Smith as head chef. Smith made an immediate impact by changing the menu layout at the restaurant, introducing a “Discovery Tasting Menu” for…
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27 October

Cameron House appoints Zoltan Szabo as executive chef

Cameron House Resort has announced the appointment of Zoltan Szabo as executive chef. The appointment comes ahead of the resorts reopening in 2021, At the helm of culinary operations of Cameron House Resort, the resort said Szabo has been appointed to lead the creative team to “further elevate” the five-star…
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26 October

Harcourt Inns chef director departs

Henry Harris, chef director at the London-based pub group Harcourt Inns, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect. Harris joined Harcourt in 2017 with the sole responsibility to oversee Maida Vale’s The Truscott Arms. Since then, the former Racine chef patron took over the culinary aspects across Harcourt’s…
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20 October

Margot co-founder leaves restaurant

Paulo De Tarso has stepped down from Margot, a Covent Garden restaurant that he co-founded in 2016. The restaurateur was senior maitre D’ at Bar Boulud for six years before he opened the Italian dinery with Nicolas Jaouën, the former manager at La Petite Maison in London. Since its opening,…
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19 October

Adam Handling appoints new group GM

Adam Handling Restaurant Group (AHRG) has appointed George Hersey as group general manager. Hersey joined the company two years ago and will now oversee all of its sites across London. He was previously GM at The Boot Inn before joining Handling and becoming a “key part” of the sustainability initiative…
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9 October

50% of hospitality staff feel their mental health is in decline

Half (50%) of hospitality professionals feel their mental health is worse than it was a year ago, according to the latest study by independent job board CV-Library. The job board surveyed 1,300 UK professionals in an effort to ascertain how the global pandemic has impacted the wellbeing of the nation’s…
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Sep- 2020 -

21 September

Chef Sabbir Karim reopens two London restaurants

Chef Sabbir Karim has reopened two of his London venues after a period of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The restaurants, Namaaste Kitchen in Camden and Salaam Namaste in Fitzrovia, both offer a wide array of modern Indian cuisine. Karim said: “It’s been a tough time for the hospitality…
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