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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Jun- 2019 -28 June
New Venezuelan restaurant to launch in Westfield White City
Restaurateurs Gabriel and Jose-Luis Gonzalez have announced their new restaurant Caracas is to open in Westfield White City in October. The restaurant is inspired by traditional bars across Venezuela, and the menu will focus on arepa, a flat dish shaped cornbread stuffed with a variety of fillings. The menu will…
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27 June
New Marco Pierre White restaurant opens in Sheffield
Located in the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Sheffield Park Hotel, a new Steakhouse Bar and Grill has opened following a deal between Vine Hotels, which owns and operates the venue, and Black and White Hospitality, which is the franchising arm of Pierre White’s restaurants. The new restaurant has replaced the…
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27 June
Sky Garden’s Fenchurch restaurant awarded two AA rosettes
Fenchurch Restaurant, the refined dining venue operated by hospitality group Rhubarb within Sky Garden, has been awarded two AA Rosettes as part of the AA culinary excellence scheme. Located on level 37, the destination restaurant offers fine dining menus using the seasonal ingredients with views of the capital. George Farrugia…
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26 June
Chipotle launches lifestyle bowls
Restaurant chain Chipotle has launched four new lifestyle bowls in a bid to give customers healthier options to work alongside their diets. The four dishes: keto salad bowl, containing Romaine lettuce, shredded pork, red salsa, cheese and guacamole, protein pump bowl, containing Romaine lettuce, brown rice, pinto beans, double chicken,…
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26 June
Tripadvisor ‘more influential’ than Google for restaurant reviews
Consumer reliance on online reviews for the hospitality sector has steadily increased as a survey by location marketing firm Uberall has found that 79% of consumers who have checked online reviews have done so for hotels and 77% for restaurants. The survey of 2,111 UK consumers found that online customer…
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25 June
Tamarind staff dismissed after claiming chicken stock was used in veggie meals
The former assistant manager of Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Tamarind in Mayfair, London, has won a legal dispute with the restaurant after he was made redundant when he raised concerns regarding the use of Knorr chicken stock in vegetarian dishes. According to employment tribunal documents, on 4 June Mafis Ali made…
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25 June
The Dorchester appoints eighth executive chef in 88 year history
Dorchester Collection’s iconic British hotel, The Dorchester, has announced its first executive chef appointment in over two decades, as Stefan Trepp takes the helm. Trepp follows an alumni of ]executive chefs including; Jean Baptiste Virlogeux who launched the hotel’s Chef’s Table in the 1940s, Eugene Kaufler, Anton Mosimann, Willi Elsener,…
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24 June
Five people arrested over Patisserie Valerie ‘accountancy fraud’
The Serious Fraud Office has confirmed that five people have been arrested in connection with fraudulent activity at embattled cafe chain Patisserie Valerie. This is part of the SFO’s ongoing investigation into fraud in the company which saw its former chief financial officer Chris Marsh arrested. In total, six arrests…
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24 June
Pod sold to ASK Italian owner in pre-pack administration
Pod Food Limited has been sold to Azzurri Group, owner of the ASK Italian, Zizzi, Coco di Mama and Radio Alice brands. The sale was via a pre-pack administration after Damian Webb and Allan Kelly of RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP were appointed administrators of Pod Food Limited on the 21…
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24 June
Island Poké to launch the UK’s first vegan tuna poké bowl
Hawaiian-inspired food company Island Poké has launched its new vegan tuna poké bowl, the first of its kind in the UK. The Vegan Ahi bowl, developed in-house, will offer a vegan alternative to Island Poké’s existing poké bowls. The restaurant group’s plant-based tuna is made through a natural process by…
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