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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Dec- 2018 -6 December
UK restaurant closures accelerate to over 10 a week
The number of restaurants in Britain slipped by 2% over the year to September 2018, the new edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners has revealed. Research showed that Britain had a total of 26,892 restaurants at September. The net fall of 539 restaurants marked an “acceleration…
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5 December
Patisserie Valerie appoints interim CFO
Patisserie Valerie has announced that the company has retained Nick Perrin as its interim chief financial officer (CFO). Perrin is an experienced finance director, most recently of AIM-quoted CVS plc, and integrated veterinary services provider in the UK, which saw revenues grow from £110m to £350m during his tenure. He…
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5 December
Gary Usher’s KALA to launch in February
KALA, the sixth restaurant in the Elite Bistro’s group owned by chef Gary Usher, is set to open on Manchester city centre’s King Street, in February 2019 with all day dining and a separate bar space. KALA will be a 55-cover restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a separate…
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5 December
Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner restaurant reopens following Mandarin fire
Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner restaurant has reopened after it was forced to close after a fire broke out at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge earlier this year. The two Michelin-starred restaurant is based in the hotel and ran by Ashley Palmer-Watts. Palmer-Watts said: “We wanted to use this time as…
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4 December
Nottingham’s Restaurant Sat Bains rated fourth best in the world
Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham has been rated the fourth best fine dining restaurant in the world, according to the TripAdvisor 2018 Travellers’ Choice. The eatery which serves British cuisine was the only UK-based restaurant to place the top 10 in the list; Adam’s in Birmingham was rated 11th while…
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4 December
Simon Cope resigns as Byron CEO
Simon Cope has resigned from his position as the CEO of embattled burger restaurant chain Byron amid the company’s restructuring plan under a CVA. His termination document appeared on Companies House on 3 December, stating he resigned on 30 November, just 18 months after joining from Wagamama, initially as Byron’s…
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3 December
Jason Atherton to open new Mayfair restaurant
Jason Atherton is to open a new 16-cover restaurant in London’s Mayfair, named H.O.M.E, the restaurant will open next door to Atherton’s current Pollen Street Social restaurant. Atherton says he sees the new restaurant as a “purely creative outlet”, which will serve only a set menu. The chef described the…
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3 December
US chain Eggslut to open London restaurants
US restaurant chain, Eggslut, famous for its egg based dishes, is set to open a series of London restaurants. In an announcement today (3 December), the chain said “an initial London site will be announced early in the year with more set to follow”. The chain opened its first branch…
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3 December
Manchester restaurant creates ‘human-sized advent calendar’ to feed homeless
The Oast House in Manchester is inviting members of the public to open the doors of its human-sized advent calendar, as it aims to donate 50 meals per day from 1 to 24 December. Every time the door is opened on the 15 ft squared calendar at the Spinningfields-based bar…
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Nov- 2018 -30 November
London’s Bonhams to close before Christmas
London’s Michelin-starred Bonhams restaurant has announced it is to close on 19 December. The restaurant has been open for over three years in the auction house of the same name, collecting its Michelin star in 2015. Head chefs, Theo Clench and Tom Kemble announced the restaurant’s closure on Instagram. Clench…
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