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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May- 2019 -22 May
Frenchie launches Bacon Scone pop-up in Covent Garden
Gregory Marchand’s Frenchie restaurant has announced it will be opening Bacon Scone, a pop-up in London’s Covent Garden market on Tuesday 11 June. The pop-up will serve Frenchie’s signature smoked bacon and maple syrup scones with clotted cream priced at £3.50. Located a short distance from Frenchie Covent Garden on…
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22 May
UK government to ban plastic straws
The UK government has announced it is to ban single use plastics in England from April 2020. Plastic straws and drink stirrers will be outlawed as a result of the ban, with 316 million plastic straws currently used every year. The government says the new legislation will include “a ban…
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21 May
Jamie Oliver ‘saddened’ as restaurant business enters administration
Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chains have entered administration, putting up to 1,300 jobs at risk across Jamie’s Italian, Barbecoa and Fifteen. Oliver said he was “saddened” after the group appointed KPMG to handle its administration process, which will affect 25 restaurants, 23 of which are operating under the Jamie’s Italian name.…
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21 May
Game of Thrones-inspired immersive dining experience comes to London
The Vaults on Leake Street, London has announced it is running an immersive dining experience inspired by Game of Thrones. Named, Dinner is Coming, the immersive spoof dining experience will run in the restaurant’s underground tunnels until 14 July. The experience promises a “delicious feast of indulgent food with theatre,…
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20 May
Belsfield launches new vegan, vegetarian, gluten and dairy-free menus
Four-star Laura Ashley hotel, The Belsfield, has launched four brand-new afternoon tea menus in order to appeal to a wide-range of diets. As well as a traditional afternoon tea menu, The Belsfield’s two-AA Rosette chefs have created vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free afternoon tea menus. Priced from £22.95 per person,…
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17 May
Chef Sophie Michell to join Byron as food director
Casual dining chain, Byron has announced that chef and food writer Sophie Michell will be joining its team as food and drink director. In this new role, Michell will use her experience as a chef, restaurateur, food writer, and television presenter to develop all of Byron’s food and drink recipes,…
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16 May
Eric’s Fish and Chips to open second site in St Ives
Eric’s Fish And Chips has announced it will open a second site in St Ives, Cambridgeshire on 1 June. The new site for the restaurant brand operated by chef Eric Snaith, will be located at Abbey Retail Park on Harrison Way. It will be a 66-cover restaurant and takeaway, with…
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15 May
Crussh launches debut retail range exclusively with Sainsbury’s
Crussh Fit Food and Juice Bars launches a range of retail products, including vegan and protein-based lines, into 61 Sainsbury’s convenience stores across London, following a successful trial in 10 Sainsbury’s stores since July 2018. Entering stores on 13 May, the roll-out was part of the healthy food and juice…
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14 May
Restaurant owner used stolen VAT money to pay school fees
The owner of a Surrey restaurant who used stolen VAT money to pay her children’s school fees has been jailed. Huey Jun Khoo, along with her business partner Jing Fu, used an off-the-record card machine at the Bon East Chinese restaurant in Farnham to pocket £180,000 in VAT over four…
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14 May
Indian street food venue reveals date for Liverpool opening
Indian street food and craft beer restaurant Bundobust has confirmed it will open its doors to its third site in Liverpool on 24 May. With its other sites in Leeds and Manchester, the Liverpool site sits at 4,000 sq ft with a dedicated bar and food kitchen. The menu will…
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