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.

Oct- 2024 -

14 October

Azzurra restaurant appoints new executive chef

Italian seafood restaurant Azzurra has appointed Alessandro Bay as its new executive chef, after his long-lasting stint at the Michelin-starred Locanda Locatelli. Hailing from Genoa, Italy, Bay has over 28 years of experience, from working across Italy and in some of London’s five-star hotels. His journey in hospitality started in…
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11 October

Sticks’n’Sushi appoints new CFO

Danish-Japanese restaurant group, Sticks′n′Sushi, has announced the appointment of Kushal Banerjee as its new chief financial officer. With over 17 years of experience, Banerjee brings “significant” expertise across M&A, capital markets and corporate strategy. He joins Sticks’n’Sushi after five years at Azzurri Group, the private equity-backed hospitality investment platform with…
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3 October

Alan Lorrimer leaves The Piano Works

The Piano Works has announced that its founder, Alan Lorrimer, has left the business after starting it nine years ago with operations director Tristan Moffat. Peter Thornton, the audience-requested live music venues’ chief financial officer and founding shareholder, is also departing. As a restaurateur, Lorrimer has been responsible for the…
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3 October

Penmaenuchaf Dolgellau appoints new head chef

Penmaenuchaf in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, has announced the appointment of Dan Andree as its new head chef. Currently head chef at Seren’s Oxwich restaurant, Beach House, Andree will replace current head chef Thomas Hine at Penmaenuchaf, ahead of his return to chef contracting. Throughout his role at Beach House, Andree has…
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1 October

Cooks Coffee non-exec director steps down

Cooks Coffee Limited has announced that independent director Paul Elliot has stepped down from the board with effect from 30 September. The company has also announced that Gordon Robinson, UK based independent director, will assume the role of chair of the audit committee. Robinson was recently appointed to the board…
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Sep- 2024 -

27 September

Greene King appoints new CFO

Greene King has announced the appointment of Jonathan Fearn as its next chief financial officer, following news that Richard Smothers will be retiring from the role in April 2025. Fearn will join the pub company and brewer from Abcam, a Cambridge-based global life science company which provides products for scientists…
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26 September

Prezzo appoints former Brewdog CEO to lead recovery plan

Prezzo has reportedly appointed former Brewdog chief executive James Brown as its new CEO, as part of its post-collapse recovery plan, Sky News has reported. Meanwhile, former Prezzo CEO, Dean Challenger, will also rejoin the group as chief financial officer. Having served in a range of leadership roles at Brewdog…
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25 September

CAMRA appoints new chairman

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has announced the appointment of Ash Corbett-Collins as new chairman. Vice chairman since last November, Corbett-Collins is a “long-standing” national executive member who was first elected to the board of the campaign in 2018. Previous chairman Nik Antona stepped down due to ill health…
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12 September

Adnams chairman steps down amid health concerns

Suffolk-based hospitality group Adnams has announced that chairman Jonathan Adnams has stepped down from his role with immediate effect due to health reasons. The news comes after he initially informed members of his possible retirement at the company’s last Annual General Meeting. As a result, the board “unanimously” agreed that…
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10 September

Ekstedt at The Yard appoints new head chef

Ekstedt at The Yard, the Scandinavian open-fire restaurant in Westminster from Swedish Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt, has appointed Luca Mastrantoni as head chef. Mastrantoni brings more than a decade of experience to the role, hailing from Italy, where he learnt to use “delicate and seasonal” ingredients, before moving to London…
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