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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Jul- 2019 -3 July
Independent Age and Cosy Club partner to ‘end loneliness’
Restaurant and bar chain Cosy Club, which operates 25 sites across the UK, has announced a national partnership with Independent Age to help the fight to end loneliness. Free Teas For Those In Need will be taking place at 10-11am each Wednesday across all sites and will aim to support…
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3 July
Jamie Oliver Restaurant’s former operations chef takes on pub
Jamie Oliver Restaurants’ former operations chef, Kanwar Gurmohan has taken on the lease of Star Pubs and Bars’ Surrey Cricketers in Windlesham. He will also undertake the joint £272,000 refurbishment with pub company starting this week. During his time at Jamie Oliver’s, he was operations chef for six years, Prior…
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3 July
The Savoy announces new head chef of Kaspar
The Savoy hotel in London has appointed Joost Bijster as head chef of its Kaspar restaurant, following stints at three Michelin-starred restaurants in the Netherlands and Thailand. He studied the culinary arts for over six years, earning himself three diplomas and five certificates; the highest possible qualification for a specialised…
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2 July
MAS launches grab-and-go service
Latin American food chain MAS, has launched a grab-and-go service at its new London Fenchurch Street store last week. The service will open from 7am to 5pm, providing breakfast and lunch dishes at a fast service time. The breakfast menu, served until 11am, will include Latin American coffee,porridge topped with…
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2 July
London’s only duck restaurant opens in Clerkenwell
Monsieur Le Duck, London’s only duck restaurant, has celebrated the launch of its first fully dedicated restaurant with plans to open more. The restaurant was designed to bring the food and wine of south west France to London. Owner Richard Humphreys was inspired by the “douceur de vivre” of Gascony…
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1 July
Tom Sellers and Restaurant Story to launch Story by the Sea
The team behind the Michelin-starred Restaurant Story is moving to Carbis Bay for six weeks this summer to launch the Story by the Sea restaurant. Chef Tom Sellers will lead the team of the Cornish coast, which will be open from 2 August until 14 September. The restaurant will work…
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Jun- 2019 -28 June
Great British Menu’s Sheridan joins Stargazy Inn for reopening
Chef Andrew Sheridan has joined the Stargazy Inn in Port Isaac, Cornwall, taking the helm of the luxury destination’s fine dining restaurant. Set in a Victorian House perched on the Cornish coastal town of Port Isaac, Stargazy Inn boasts nine bedrooms which have recently been refurbished offering a “chic feel”,…
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28 June
MEATliquor opens new flagship diner and late night bar
MEATliquor has opened the doors to W1MK II, its newest late night bar and diner, in the heart of central London. The flagship site – just a four minute walk from the original MEATliquor W1 – is the closest bar to Oxford Circus and features ‘Poke for Jäger’ buttons on…
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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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