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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Mar- 2018 -19 March
Former Locanda Locatelli chef enlisted for new Italian restaurant
Louis Korovilas, a former chef at London’s Michelin-starred Locanda Locatelli, has taken on the head chef role at a new Italian restaurant in Covent Garden. Korovilas has also previously worked at the Michelin-starred French restaurant Pied à Terre. The new eatery, called Bancone, will focus on fresh pasta and is…
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16 March
Marco Pierre White to open second Chophouse restaurant in Manchester hotel
Marco Pierre White is to open a new Chophouse brand restaurant at Manchester’s Velvet Hotel in April. Called Mr. White’s English Chophouse, the restaurant is to open following an agreement between Black & White Hospitality, which owns the franchise rights to five of White’s restaurant brands, and the hotel’s management…
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16 March
Vegan, alcohol-free restaurant launches crowdfunding campaign
London-based vegan, wheat and alcohol-free restaurant Redemption Bar has launched a £300,000 crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to open two new outlets. Developed by former brand director of Virgin, Catherine Salway and New Zealand restaurateur and raw vegan chef, Andrea Waters, the company already has two restaurants in Shoreditch and Notting…
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16 March
Northern restaurant and bar scene dominates London
New analysis by Northern Restaurant and Bar, trade show for the Northern hospitality industry and hospitality data and insight specialists, CGA has shown that the “M62 corridor” spanning Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds has become a hotspot for new restaurants and bars. The number of city centre outlets within those locations…
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