Restaurants
The Restaurants section on Catering Today delivers comprehensive coverage of the UK restaurant industry, from independent operators to national chains. It reports on business performance, openings, acquisitions, and leadership changes, alongside analysis of market trends, menu innovation, and consumer behaviour. With insight into finance, operations, technology, and sustainability, Catering Today provides hospitality professionals with the intelligence and updates shaping commercial strategy across the UK dining landscape.
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Jan- 2022 -27 January
Moorings Bistro brought to market
Moorings Bistro, a restaurant overlooking the bay of Borth-Y-Gest, just outside Porthmadog, has been brought to market after its current owners made the decision to move on. The “vibrant” bistro, originally a terraced house built in 1860, provides uninterrupted views of the bay and surrounding mountains, and is described as…
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27 January
Whitbread expands Bar + Block presence with two new sites
Whitbread’s contemporary steakhouse brand, Bar + Block, has announced further expansion in London with the launch of two new sites. This takes the brand’s total portfolio to 20 steakhouses nationwide, and six in London. Joining its sister restaurants will be Bar + Block Hammersmith in mid-February on Shepherds Bush Road…
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27 January
Ormer Mayfair appoints new restaurant manager
Ormer Mayfair by Sofian, the fine dining restaurant at Flemings Mayfair Hotel, which is part of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, has appointed Manuel Muzzin as restaurant manager. Over the last 15 years, Muzzin has worked in many of the UK’s top restaurants and hotels. He joins from…
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26 January
Rai opens its doors in Fitzrovia
Rai, the multi-course concept created by and named after founder Shrabaneswor Rai and executive chef Padam Raj Rai, has opened its doors in Fitzrovia. The concept features multi-course omakase-style tasting menus that fuse Japanese dishes with unique ingredients from the UK and around the world. Having won “critical acclaim” at…
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25 January
Four Corners Hospitality Group joins forces with Various Eateries
Four Corners Hospitality Group (FCHG), the hospitality advisory company, has announced an exclusive partnership with Various Eateries PLC to help grow the Coppa Club brand by expanding to selected Hotel and Resort destinations within the UK. Various Eateries, founded by Hugh Osmond in 2014, already has nine Coppa Club venues…
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25 January
Mildreds to open sixth location in Covent Garden
Plant-based restaurant group Mildreds is set to open its latest location in Covent Garden, St Martin’s Lane, next month. Since first opening in Soho in 1988, the group is said to have “pioneered” the vegan and plant-based scene in London. The new site will officially open on 21 February and…
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25 January
UKH welcomes easing of travel restrictions
The news that international visitors to the UK who are vaccinated against Covid-19 will no longer be required to test on arrival has been welcomed by UKHospitality. The new rules will come into operation at 4am on the 11 February, and will apply to all inbound visitors to the UK,…
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24 January
Hell Yeah Hospitality announces four new openings
Hell Yeah Hospitality Group, which operates three hospitality brand concepts; Pizza Punks, Mamasan and Veganizza, is set to double the number of its Pizza Punks restaurants in the UK in 2022 with four new openings. Furthermore, it has announced the appointment of Gordon Fraser as the groups financial director. He…
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21 January
Restaurant Group upgrades FY21 outlook despite Omicron
The Restaurant Group has announced that despite the impact of Omicron in December, it has upgraded its FY21 expectations following a market “outperformance”, and now expects its EBITDA to be at the top end of its previous guidance of £73m – £79m. In addition, FY21 year-end net debt is now…
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20 January
Modest growth seen in new site openings during Q4
Britain’s hospitality sector witnessed “modest” growth in the last quarter of 2021, with a 1.6% increase in site numbers between September and December 2021, marking the first quarter-on-quarter growth for more than five years. According to the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners, there was a particularly encouraging…
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