Product Releases
The latest news and updates on product releases, 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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Jul- 2018 -27 July
JKS Restaurants to open new Persian restaurant in Soho
Asian restaurant group JKS Restaurants has announced it is to move into Persian cuisine with its new Berenjak restaurant, based on Romilly Street in Soho. Iranian chef Kian Samyani will lead the new restaurant with the assistance of JKS’ Sethi siblings Karam, Sunaina, and Jyotin. Samyani has previously worked under…
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25 July
New Basque-influenced ‘Screwdriver’ restaurant to open in Dalston
A new Basque-influenced restaurant is set to open in Dalston this week, called Screwdriver, the restaurant will be ran by brothers Emmanuel and Alexis Ross. The brothers have previously been behind projects such as Polpo, Five Points Brewing Company and The Ned. Inspired by “countless visits to Galicia and the…
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20 July
Team behind Shoreditch’s The Clove Club to open new restaurant
The team behind Shoreditch’s Michelin star-winning The Clove Club are set to open a new restaurant in the area. Two Lights will open at the site of Italian restaurant Amici Mei on Kingsland Road in September, headed up by The Clove Club’s current head chef Chase Lovecky. Following the opening…
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19 July
Temper City to change entire menu after Indian grill sees ‘sluggish’ customer response
Chef Neil Rankin’s Temper City restaurant is to change its entire menu as a result of what Rankin calls a “sluggish” customer response to the current Indian grill offering. The new menu will be more similar to that at Rankin’s first restaurant Temper Soho. A Temper spokesperson told Catering Today…
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18 July
Artificial hamburgers to hit restaurants by 2021
A Dutch company that has created a lab-produced hamburger, Mosa Meat, has received £6.7m to bring its creation to restaurants from 2021. The majority of the company’s investment fund was from German company M Ventures and Bell Food Group. Mosa Meat said the German company were frontrunners in the production…
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17 July
Salon Brixton team to open new Leven restaurant in Peckham
Chef Nicholas Balfe and his team behind Salon in Brixton are set to open a new restaurant called Leven in Peckham. The restaurant says it is “inspired by the new wave of bistronomy that began in the quartiers of Paris and has spread through the neighbourhoods of Copenhagen and Barcelona”.…
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5 July
Emily Roux to open first restaurant with husband Diego Ferrari
Emily Roux, the daughter of Michel Roux Jr is to open her first restaurant alongside her husband Diego Ferrari – head chef at her father’s twice Michelin-star-winning Le Gavroche restaurant. The restaurant – called Caractere – will open in Notting Hill, focusing on simple French and Italian dishes. The couple…
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Jun- 2018 -18 June
Novotel brings alcohol-infused ice lollies to its bars
Novotel is launching an exclusive collection of five alcohol-infused ice lollies at its participating bars in the UK. The Summer Coolers range takes inspiration from some of Britain’s top cocktails and it will be the first time that a bespoke range of alcohol-infused ice lollies has been sold in Novotel…
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14 June
Banksy bar to open under Waterloo station
A Banksy themed bar is due to open under London’s Waterloo station, and will exhibit an unseen piece of his work. The graffiti, entitled ‘Giant Rat’ will be the feature piece of the bar along with many other items of street art. The bar will be located at 26 Leake…
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6 June
Eat’s bread leftovers to be used for Toast Ale craft beer
Sandwich chain Eat has announced a new partnership with Toast Ale to give its leftover bread to the beer company for brewing purposes. The bread will be used in the production of craft beers that will be sold in Eat’s five licenced premises. Eat is using the partnership as a…
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