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.

Jan- 2020 -

4 January

Bulgaria’s Happy Bar and Grill to open first UK site

Bulgarian fast food chain, Happy Bar and Grill is set to open its first UK restaurant on the site of the Leicester Square branch of TGI Fridays in London. Happy Bar and Grill has 22 sites across Bulgaria and two in Barcelona, with its all-day manu expected to arrive in…
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3 January

Fire breaks out at Alderley Edge restaurant

A fire which broke out at the Piccolino restaurant on Wilmslow Road in Alderley Edge has been extinguished. Firefighters were called to the blaze at the Italian restaurant at around 18:37pm yesterday evening, and fire engines from Wilmslow, Macclesfield, and Wythenshawe attended the incident. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said…
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2 January

Chef Tom Simmons announces opening of Cardiff site

Chef Tom Simmons has announced he is set to open his second site in Cardiff next month. Simmons operates his restaurant ‘Tom Simmons’ at One Tower Bridge in London and will open his new site in the former Cameo Club in Pontcanna as it confirmed its last service would be…
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Dec- 2019 -

20 December

Hakkasan Group appoints Tobias Brauweiler as group sommelier

Hakkasan Group has announced the appointment of Tobias Brauweiler as its new group sommelier. Brauweiler will now oversee the wine programmes for all Asian Luxury Collection brands for the group including Hakkasan, Yauatcha, Sake no Hana and Ling Ling. He brings with him over 10 years of experience in managing…
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19 December

Rum Kitchen announces third London site

Caribbean-style bar and restaurant, Rum Kitchen has announced the opening of its third branch in London’s Shoreditch, next year. Founded by Alex Potter and Jonny Boud, The Rum Kitchen, the restaurant has two other sites located in London’s Soho and Brixton, specialising in Caribbean inspired food. Items on the menu…
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19 December

Davies and Brook debuts at Claridge’s

Davies and Brook has opened at Claridge’s, marking the first London restaurant from renowned chef Daniel Humm. Humm, along with his Make It Nice team, moves from Eleven Madison Park in New York, where he earned three Michelin stars and was named the number one restaurant by the World’s 50…
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18 December

Mark Wahlberg’s Wahlburgers to relaunch as full service restaurant

Actor Mark Wahlberg’s Covent Garden restaurant Wahlbergers, which he launched with his chef brother Paul, is to relaunch as a full-service restaurant just six months after opening. Following feedback from customers over the first six months of operation and an internal review of additional growth opportunities, Wahlburgers is evolving its…
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18 December

Restaurant fined for serving allergen-free dish containing peanuts

Noor Mohammed, the director of the Windmill Hotel, at 10, Market Place in Alford has been prosecuted after selling a curry that contained peanuts, when a peanut free dish had been ordered. Lincolnshire Council said the case was heard at Boston Magistrates Court last week and Mohammed pleaded guilty to…
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18 December

The Pig appoints Stephanie Beresforde as new restaurant manager

Padstow-based The Pig restaurant with rooms has appointed Stephanie Beresforde as its new restaurant manager. Beresforde will be part of the opening team at the Pig at Harlyn Bay, which is set to open in June next year. Prior to her new position, she joined Jean-Georges at the Connaught holding…
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17 December

Burley Manor’s Mediterranean restaurant awarded 2 AA Rosettes

Burley Manor’s Mediterranean inspired restaurant has been awarded two AA Rosettes. The prestigious accolades were given following a visit earlier this year by the AA inspectors, who were said to be impressed by executive head chef Ben Johnson’s “innovative” dishes and “exciting flavours”. Over the past year the restaurant has…
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