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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Jun- 2018 -12 June
Chinese restaurant still serving despite car crashing through window
A Chinese restaurant is still serving takeaway despite the fact the front was destroyed after a car plowed through the window. Last Friday night at around 10:40pm the front of the restaurant was hit by a car smashing the window. Owners boarded the store up following the incident however sprayed…
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12 June
Manchester Taco Bell to open until 4am everyday
Tex-mex chain Taco Bell’s new Manchester store, one of the first of the chain’s UK restaurants is to open until 4am everyday. The new restaurant will have 70 covers and will serve the Mexican-inspired food it has become synonymous with in the US. Free wi-fi and phone charging stations will…
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12 June
Soho restaurant Kiln named best in the UK
Casual Thai restaurant Kiln in London’s Soho has won first place at this year’s Estrella Damm’s National Restaurant Awards. The restaurant’s achievement was announced by Restaurant magazine at a ceremony at the Hurlingham Club in London on Monday 11 June. The outlet, owned by chef Ben Chapman, climbed up eight…
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11 June
Rockliffe Hall’s Clubhouse hires local ‘hospitality icon’
Five-star hotel and spa, Rockliffe Hall, has appointed Salvatore Obinu, the former owner of the Darlington-based restaurant Sardis to its Clubhouse team as its restaurant team leader. Obinu is considered a “hospitality icon” along with his brother Francesco in their hometown Darlington, County Durham, North East England. Both brothers had…
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11 June
Restaurant closed following raid
A Wokingham restaurant has been closed following a raid by immigration officials who arrested an illegal immigrant. Wokingham Council were yet to make a decision regarding the licence renewal application for the Haweli restaurant, however the Home Office asked the council to review its licence leading to its closure. If…
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11 June
Jeremy Corbyn to clamp down on sexual harassment and employers taking tips
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has made a pledge to make easier for victims of sexual harassment in the hospitality sector to take their companies to an employment tribunal. Corbyn will also look to ban the use of non-disclosure agreements against victims of sexual assaults and make it compulsory for companies…
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8 June
Glasgow restaurant blaze sees residents evacuated
Old Salty’s on Byres Road in Glasgow was engulfed in smoke at 8:42am this morning. All of the first and second floor flats were evacuated as the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service treated two people for “minor smoke inhalation”. Fire at Old Salty’s on the byres road. pic.twitter.com/igxrYRMQIp — Jamie…
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8 June
Chef Rob Roy Cameron and Tony Conigliaro to open new restaurant Gazelle
Drinks specialist Tony Conigliaro and international chef Rob Roy Cameron are set to open their new restaurant Gazelle at the Edwardian building in the heart of Mayfair. The restaurant, which can sit 48 guests on its first floor, is located at 48 Albemarle Street in Mayfair and will be officially…
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8 June
Cambridge Turkish restaurant receives one star hygiene rating
Efe’s Restaurant in Cambridge has been awarded a one star food hygiene rating by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). It was written in the report that: “The chef cut raw meat on the green board used for vegetables, and then used the vegetable knife to cut the raw meat.” The…
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7 June
One-third of Brits spent less on eating out in 2017
A third of Britons prepared themselves for a potential increase in the cost of living post-Brexit by spending less on eating out in 2017, a report has shown. The British Lifestyles UK 2018 report, which was published by the market intelligence agency Mintel, revealed 33% of Britons saved money last…
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