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- 2019 -

9 January

Wallfish & Wellbourne Bistro closes after two months

Wallfish & Wellbourne Bistro has announced its closure less than two months after being collaboratively launched by two independent restaurants in Bristol. The bistro opened on 14 November in the city’s Clifton Village area and saw the Wallfish Bistro come together with the Wellbourne restaurant. Wellbourne opened in August 2017…
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8 January

Michelin-starred Imperial Treasure debuts in London

Imperial Treasure, Chinese restaurant group and holder of four Michelin stars, has made its European debut in a Grade II listed building on St James’s Waterloo Place. Award-winning restaurateur, Alfred Leung has curated seasonal ingredients, sustainably sourced fish and live seafood to serve his customers, including Gillardeau oysters from France,…
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8 January

Whitbread to launch Bar + Block steakhouse in Wimbledon

Whitbread is set to launch its eighth Bar + Block Steakhouse following its roll-out in Nottingham, Aldgate and Leamington Spa in 2018. On 8 February, the new steak-focused all-day casual dining restaurant will open on The Broadway in Wimbledon, London. Bar + Block Wimbledon will be a 302-square metre, 156…
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7 January

By Chloe launches vegan full English breakfast

Vegan restaurant By Chloe has announced an open invitation to all Londoners to join their month of activities championing Veganuary 2019. By Chloe’s Veganuary line-up includes the launch of its twist on the full English breakfast, called The Full Brekkie, which is plant-based and has been created in partnership with…
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7 January

Blaze hits Ivy Manchester restaurant

A blaze at Ivy Collection’s Manchester restaurant last Friday night (4 January) is thought to have been started by a patio heater. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service were called to the restaurant at 5pm, extinguishing the fire at 6:20pm. The restaurant owners said they were repairing damage to the…
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7 January

Carluccio’s to pay for EU employees’ post-Brexit right to remain

Restaurant group Carluccio’s is to pay for its 1,550 non-British EU employees to apply for ‘settled-status’ in the UK after Brexit. It is the first large restaurant brand to do so. Under the EU Settlement Scheme, all EU citizens living in the UK will need to apply for the right…
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7 January

Chipotle to open seventh London restaurant

Chipotle is set to open its seventh London restaurant, and its second in the City of London, at 70-72 King William Street, near Monument, on Monday, 7 January 2019. Chipotle already operates restaurants at locations including Soho, Baker Street, Islington and London Wall. The Mexican chain was founded in 1993…
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4 January

Gizzi Erskine’s F!LTH concept opens in Shoreditch

F!LTH, the vegetarian burger concept by celebrity chef Gizzi Erskine and co-founder Rose Ferguson, has opened at Shoreditch for a three-month pop up residency. The plant-based burger concept is located within Dirty Burger site on Bethnal Green Road and opens at 5pm today (Friday 4 January). Erskine confirmed the news…
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4 January

Wagamama outperforms sector with 12% sales growth

Asian noodle chain Wagamama has continued to outperform its competitors for almost five years (239 weeks) as it posted a turnover increase of 15.4% to £81.5m in the 28 weeks to 11 November 2018. The company posted a 11.3% UK outperformance of the market for the period. In Q2 2018/19,…
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3 January

Caprice Holdings posts record turnover amid ‘tough’ market conditions

Caprice Holdings, owner of The Ivy restaurants, has bucked the high street trend by reporting a 0.8% growth in turnover for the year ending 31 December 2017. Its turnover for the year was £67.7m, up from £67.1m, and its sales growth was 2.1% on a like-for-like basis. The group said…
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