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.
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Nov- 2021 -16 November
Blacklock to open fourth site in Covent Garden 2022
Blacklock has announced it is set to open its fourth restaurant in February 2022 in the heart of Covent Garden’s theatreland. It revealed it has been over three years since the group last launched a new restaurant, with its flagship on Soho’s Great Windmill Street in 2015, followed by their…
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15 November
Sales down 4.5% for managed pubs, bars and restaurants, CGA reveals
The rolling 12-month sales to the end of October 2021 were down by 4.5% on the previous year as businesses “continue to feel the effects of Covid and lockdowns”, the CGA has revealed. The tracker, produced by CGA in partnership with TheCoffer Group and RSM, revealed that October was a…
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15 November
Whittlebury Park restaurant appoints new manager
Whittlebury Park luxury hotel and spa has announced Davide Occhiuzzi as the new restaurant manager for its award-winning three-AA Rosette Murrays restaurant. Occhiuzzi began his career in his native Italy, gaining experience in a variety of chef de rang roles. He then relocated to Paris, Dubai and later London, where…
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11 November
Young’s reports strong H1 as revenues surge
Pub group Young’s has reported its total revenue for the 26 week period ending on 27 September was £149.6m, up 183.9%, with adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £42.7m. The group said it benefited from an increased demand following the re-opening and its major capex programme…
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10 November
Spending at restaurants, pubs and bars up 8.9%, report finds
The average spending in restaurants, pubs and bars increased by 8.9% due to consumers visiting higher spend channels in the 12 weeks ending 3 October 2021, compared to the 12 weeks ending 11 July 2021, revealed the latest update to the Lumina Intelligence UK Eating Out Market Report 2021. According…
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10 November
Retail and Hospitality leaders sign UK soy manifesto
UK industry leaders from 27 major businesses, including all of the biggest UK grocery retailers and a group of restaurant brands, including Nando’s, McDonald’s and KFC, have signed the UK soy manifesto. This commits them to cutting deforestation and habitat destruction out of UK soy supply chains as soon as…
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9 November
Döner Shack to open Manchester restaurant
A new German street food concept, Döner Shack, will open its second restaurant in Manchester on 22 November 2021. Located in the Manchester Arndale Centre, the restaurant will offer all-day dining, takeaway, delivery and click and collect in a cool, contemporary environment. Döner Shack comes from the same team behind…
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9 November
The Black Swan appoints new head chef
The Black Swan has announced the promotion of Callum Leslie to head chef at its Michelin-starred Yorkshire-based restaurant. Leslie has spent the last two and a half years at The Black Swan as senior sous chef. Prior to joining The Black Swan, he spent a year and a half at…
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9 November
Will Lockwood to take up Roots head chef role
Roots, York, has announced the appointment of Will Lockwood as head chef, after the restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star earlier this year. According to the restaurant, Lockwood’s work at The Black Swan, working his way up from demi chef de partie in 2014 to head chef in 2017,…
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8 November
On Premise footfall builds in Ireland and NI, CGA finds
CGA’s August On Premise Measurement Service (OPUS) data research revealed that “footfall is building” in Ireland and Northern Ireland as 80% of people had been back to venues after restrictions on indoor eating and drinking were eased in July. The research, drawing on a survey of around 2,500 nationally representative…
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