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.

Oct- 2021 -

20 October

Wander restaurant to close as owner denied visa

Wander, a Stoke Newington based restaurant, has revealed it has been forced to temporarily close while Australian chef-owner Alexis Noble appeals a decision to deny her visa extension. Noble announced the closure on the restaurant’s instagram page, also revealing she has been made to leave the country while she waits…
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19 October

D&D suffers from staff shortages

The revenue growth of D&D has been held back by staff shortages, D&D has revealed. Trading in each of its new restaurant openings, which opened since or shortly before Covid, are constrained by the availability of skilled staff. This includes sites at 14 Hills, Klosterhaus in Bristol, and Haugen in…
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19 October

Lewis Hamilton’s Neat Burger to launch 30 new sites

Celebrity endorsed plant-based group Neat Burger has announced a triple expansion of 30 new sites, 14 restaurants and 16 delivery kitchens. It revealed the launch follows the completion of a funding round valuing the company at £50m, an increase from a £19.5m valuation last year. New restaurants  to open in the next…
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15 October

Coco di Mama partners with Sainsbury’s

Italian food-to-go brand Coco di Mama has partnered with Sainsbury’s to trial a range of its grab-and-go products in 15 London convenience stores. Sainsbury’s customers will be able to choose from eight of Coco di Mama’s ‘made fresh, every day’ baguettes and salads, complementing its Taste the Difference and £3.50…
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14 October

D&D to roll out chef training programme permanently

D&D London has announced it will be permanently rolling out its chef training programme. In partnership with Electric Mayonnaise, D&D has been working on a long-term commitment to “secure employment for people with little or no previous experience looking to enter kitchens, while giving a much-needed boost to staffing numbers…
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13 October

Almost 1,000 hospitality venues have closed since July, report finds

Britain’s number of licensed premises fell by 980 between July, when the market fully reopened, and September 2021, according to the new market recovery monitor from CGA and Alix Partners. The monitor indicates that small businesses have borne the brunt of closures, with independently run pubs, restaurants, bars and other…
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12 October

Bob Bob Cité to relaunch with new head chef

Bob Bob Cité is set to reopen as Bob Bob Ricard City on 26 October with a French menu from its new head chef, Ben Hobson. The owner, Leonid Shutov, plans to make Bob Bob Ricard City similar to the Soho original which is “warmer, cosier, and richer in palate”.…
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12 October

Hospitality coalition calls on PM to keep VAT at 12.5%

A coalition of the country’s hospitality and tourism trade and membership bodies has called on the prime minister to keep VAT low for businesses in their sectors. Co-ordinated by UK Hospitality, the letter argues that keeping VAT at its current rate of 12.5% for these sectors will help to “accelerate…
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12 October

Sustainability-focused restaurant Kindle opens in Cardiff

Kindle has announced the opening of a sustainability-focused independent restaurant in Cardiff city centre, following a two-year process of fundraising, planning and renovation. In an effort to make the restaurant entirely sustainable, the owners revealed they worked closely with Object Space Place (OSP), an interior architecture and design company with…
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11 October

Fallow to open permanent site in St James’s

The owners of Fallow, including chefs Will Murray and Jack Croft, alongside chairman James Robson, have announced that their restaurant will be moving to a permanent site in London’s St James’s Market this November. Fallow was originally launched as a 12-week pop-up in March 2020 at 10 Heddon Street, The…
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