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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Apr- 2018 -19 April
New Soho Cantonese restaurant to serve food through tiny hole in the wall
A new Cantonese restaurant will be opening today (19 April) through a window decorated with traditional Mandarin calligraphy on Greek Street, Soho. The Pleasant Lady Jianbing Trading Stall will be serving traditional jianbing (like a Chinese burrito) from 11:30am to 8:30pm. The hatch will be offering jianbing for £1 during…
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18 April
UK restaurants continue to expand despite recent struggles
Many casual dining brands continued to expand on British high streets over the last year, despite the host of challenges facing the eating and drinking out sector. According to the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners, Britain had 122,221 licensed premises at December 2017 – a drop of just…
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17 April
Chef Martin Morales to open London’s first Peruvian bakery next month
Chef and former iTunes head Martin Morales is due to open Andina Panaderia, London’s first Peruvian bakery in May. The bakery’s aim is to celebrate female Andean chefs and will be led by head pastry chef Ana Velasquez and the menu will consist of savory items such as Chancay bread…
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17 April
Jamie Oliver’s Australian restaurant group falls into administration
Jamie Oliver has been forced to surrender his Australian restaurant group as it was placed in the hands of voluntary administrators. The restaurants in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Parramatta are to be rescued by the Brisbane-based Hallmark. The group’s Canberra restaurant has been closed immediately. The Naked Chef had…
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16 April
High street collapse down to higher business rates, says Colliers
Fifteen major retailers or restaurant groups have gone into CVA or administration in the twelve months since the April 2017 Business Rates Revaluation, according to Colliers International, the global commercial real estate agency and consultancy. Ten of those have happened since the beginning of this year – in the last…
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16 April
Lemongrass Group looks for equity partner for continued growth
The award winning Lemongrass Group has announced it is seeking a business partner following the opening of its 13th branch. The company, which makes a profit of £15,000 per month per site, will listen to offers for up to 50% of the company from the right partner. Expansion until now…
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16 April
The Old Ship Hotel relaunches as The Wardroom
The Old Ship Hotel in Brighton, part of the Cairn Collection, will relaunch its restaurant with a new look, menu and new name – The Wardroom. The hotel’s bar has also been renamed to The Mess Deck, with a new summer menu. Officially launching today, The Wardroom have invited 60…
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16 April
Deliveroo to help chefs increase revenue with ‘virtual restaurants’
Deliveroo has revealed how it is working with restaurants to create additional ‘virtual restaurants’ in its state-of-the-art, delivery-only Editions kitchens. Deliveroo uses its expertise to help restaurants create, test and bring to market new brands that are only possible due to the nature of online delivery. The delivery company claimed…
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13 April
Nottingham restaurant owner jailed for VAT fraud
The owner of a restaurant in Nottingham’s city centre has been jailed for pocketing the VAT charges made to customers. A HRMC investigation found that Ali Elbahtini Ibrahim, 48, owner of Marrakesh Moroccan bar and restaurant, kept £55,000 in VAT charges for himself. Investigators went to the restaurant and paid…
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12 April
TGI Fridays hit with first ever strike over tips and minimum wage
TGI Fridays staff members are to be balloted by trade union Unite for strike action over tips and minimum wage. In the first of a series of strikes over the coming months, waiting staff from the chain’s Milton Keynes and Covent Garden restaurants will be balloted from 18 April to…
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