Restaurants

The latest news and updates on restaurants, 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.

Mar- 2022 -

4 March

Gordon Ramsay serves up new restaurant at St James Quarter

Gordon Ramsay Street Burger is to open a new site in Edinburgh after signing a double-height unit of 5,600 sq ft let at St James Quarter. Gordon Ramsay Street Burger will open within the Ribbon building at levels 4 and 5 of St James Quarter, opposite the Everyman Cinema which…
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4 March

Flesh & Buns to launch new Kensington site

Flesh and Buns is bringing its brand of modern Japanese to Kensington, with the launch of its third site on 11 March 2022. Taking over a large corner site on Phillimore Gardens, the restaurant said it will offer “bold” Japanese izakaya and Nikkei-inspired dishes. The brand also said the launch…
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4 March

Low Wood Bay Resort relaunches restaurant following refurb

The Low Wood Bay Resort and Spa has re-opened its onsite restaurant, The W, following its refurbishment. The restaurant now comprises a 50-mile cheese trolley, a wine cooling system, and new “signature” dishes. English Lakes Hotels Resorts and Venues said it undertook the restaurant refurbishment at its flagship site to…
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4 March

UKH calls for permanent pavement licences

UKHospitality has said it believes making pavement licences permanent will “help the Covid-ravaged hospitality sector make a faster post-pandemic recovery”. It comes as outdoor drinking and dining areas have become popular over the past two years, which UKH said has “in some cases ensured the survival of those hospitality businesses…
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3 March

Shangri-La The Shard adds to its culinary team

Shangri-La The Shard, London has announced the appointment of new pastry chef, Leyre Pedrazuela, and executive chef, Paolo Belloni to its F&B team. Joining the pastry team at Shangri-La The Shard, London late last year,it said Pedrazuela is a “passionate and talented” pastry chef whose natural and high-end culinary creations…
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3 March

German Doner Kebab appoints global COO

German Doner Kebab (GDK) has appointed Daniel Bunce as its new global COO to help spearhead the brand’s global expansion plans. Bunce has been promoted to the role from his current position as managing director for German GDK UK and Europe. The group said that since joining in 2018, he…
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3 March

ePOS Hybrid unveil new online ordering technology

Hospitality technology company, ePOS Hybrid, has unveiled a new service “targeting food operators who want to reduce their heavy commitment on third party delivery platforms”. It said it will create “fully branded websites complete with customer ordering, dedicated IOS and Android mobile apps, and customer order and pay at table…
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2 March

Tim Hortons to open in Manchester Arndale

Manchester Arndale has announced that international fast-food chain Tim Hortons will be moving into a 1,921 sq ft unit on Market Street in April. Founded by National Hockey League player, Tim Horton, in 1964, the Canadian-based outlet expanded into the UK in 2017 and has grown to 50 restaurants located…
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Feb- 2022 -

28 February

Storms ‘batter’ UK drinks sales, CGA finds

Average drinks sales by value for managed pubs, bars and restaurants were down 18% in the week to last Saturday, 19 February, compared to the same period in 2020, as a result of both storm Dudley and Eunice meaning many consumers decided not to venture out. Friday 18 February, when…
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25 February

Grand Trunk names Iqbal Ahamed as new head chef

South Woodford’s Grand Trunk Road has appointed Iqbal Ahamad as head chef following the recent inclusion into the Michelin Guide 2022. From a career beginning at Marriott Hotel, Ahamad’s work has “travelled” through a collection of establishments across his twenty-year career, including New Delhi’s Hilton, Buckinghamshire’s Spice Merchant, Red Fort…
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