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.

Sep- 2018 -

20 September

McDonalds, TGI and Wetherspoons staff to go on ‘historic strike’ for better pay

Hospitality staff from McDonalds, TGI Fridays and Wetherspoons will be coming together to collectively strike for better pay and union recognition. In what has been described as a “historic move” by the organisers, hospitality workers in the McStrike, TGI Fridays Strike and SpoonStrike [JD Wetherspoon] will stage coordinated walkouts to…
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17 September

Helena Puolakka named executive chef at Skylon

D&D London has appointed Helena Puolakka as executive chef of modern European restaurant, Skylon on Southbank. She is currently the chef patron at Aster restaurant located in Nova Victoria, London and her new appointment will see Puolakka expand her role and take the helm at two restaurants in the capital…
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12 September

JD Wetherspoon scraps Jagermeister and Courvoisier for UK and non-EU producers

Pub company JD Wetherspoon is to increase its range of drinks from UK and non-EU producers across its 880 pubs from Wednesday September 26 in the run up to Brexit. As part of this decision, the company’s pubs will stop serving German liqueur Jagermeister French brandies Courvoisier VS and Hennessy…
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12 September

Jamie Oliver joins Tesco after 11 years with rival Sainsbury’s

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been announced as the face of Tesco after spending 11 years in a similar role at rival Sainsbury’s. Oliver’s role at Tesco will be to front the company’s advertising campaigns and create “healthier” recipes for its own brand lines. A statement released by Tesco said…
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11 September

Pizza Express to introduce vegan soya milk in its restaurants

Pizza Express has announced it will launch vegan soya milk in partnership with the Animal Aid charity. The milk will be available from 18 September when Pizza Express will add several new items to its menu including chicken wings, along with the addition of an entirely separate vegan menu. The…
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10 September

Padella faces vegan and vegetarian ‘backlash’ over Instagram post

Padella based in London’s Borough Market has faced a vegan and vegetarian backlash over an Instagram post which showed a dead grouse alongside a knife with the caption “Grouse soon to be ragu”. In the image the grouse is placed on a red chopping board with visible blood with the…
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7 September

Jackie Marlow named as new UKHospitality chief operating officer

Trade association UKHospitality has appointed Jackie Marlow as its new chief operating officer. Marlow joins UKHospitality from ISBA, the voice of British advertisers, where she has 30 years of experience and will formally take up the position on Monday 10 September. Marlow said: “In under a year, UKHospitality has established…
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6 September

LGH Hotels Management announce partnership with Marco Pierre White

LGH Hotels Management has announced a new partnership with celebrity chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White. The deal will see the opening of two of Marco’s New York Italian branches in the Holiday Inn Milton Keynes – Central and Holiday Inn Brentwood later this year. The partnership follows an agreement…
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4 September

Prince of Wales renews patronage to Welsh chefs

The prince of Wales has agreed to extend his patronage of Culinary Team Wales – a team of chefs who represent their country in competitions at home and around the globe – for another five years. The prince of Wales first became patron to the team, which is part of…
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Aug- 2018 -

31 August

Brexit will force hospitality businesses to embrace the ‘now economy’

Brexit, coupled with a weaker pound, will push UK businesses to embrace the ‘now economy’ and use technology to plug staffing gaps with temporary workers, digital recruitment platform Adia has said. The group’s new white paper – Future of Flexible Work – Recruiting in the ‘now economy’ – says that…
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