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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Sep- 2025 -25 September
Pizza Express takes £41.8m one-off charge as FY profits recover
Pizza Express has reported that a non-cash charge of £41.8m has reduced the carrying value of the brand to £421.7m for the year ended 29 December 2024. The company maintains that this accounting provision did not reflect underlying trading performance. Excluding exceptional charges, Pizza Express posted a profit before tax…
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24 September
Vegetarian Indian restaurant Namaste Village opens in Oxford
Vegetarian and vegan restaurant group Namaste Village has opened its first Oxford site, adding to its growing portfolio. The new branch is located opposite the Malmaison hotel in Oxford’s Castle development. It joins other Namaste Village restaurants in Twickenham, Southend-on-Sea, Cambridge and Islington, with further openings planned in 2025 and…
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23 September
Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen to debut in UK at Cumberland Hotel
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants Global is set to open the UK’s first Hell’s Kitchen at the Cumberland Hotel in Marble Arch in spring 2026, in partnership with Clermont Hotel Group. The concept, based on the television series created by Ramsay, is designed to combine open-kitchen theatre with a menu of signature…
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23 September
Cameron House opens new Loma restaurant
Cameron House in Loch Lomond has opened a new fine dining restaurant, Loma, which is sourcing much of its produce from a kitchen garden in the hotel grounds. The resort’s garden now provides around 60% of the restaurant’s herbs, vegetables and flowers, reducing food miles and adding to its wider…
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22 September
Mowgli moves into delivery with exclusive Uber Eats partnership
Mowgli Street Food has ventured into delivery for the first time through an exclusive national partnership with Uber Eats. The group said the move marks the “beginning of an exciting new chapter” for the brand, as signature street food dishes like Gunpowder Chicken, Angry Bird and Tamarind Treacle Fries and…
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18 September
German Doner Kebab launches 150th UK site
German Doner Kebab has marked a “major growth milestone” with the launch of its 150th UK restaurant in Leeds Boar Lane. The move follows the brand’s 100th UK store opening in May 2022, underlining German Doner Kebab’s rapid growth trajectory in the country. Since entering the UK in 2015, German…
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18 September
Domino’s appoints Andrew Andrea as new chief financial officer
Domino’s Pizza Group has appointed Andrew Andrea as chief financial officer, with effect from March 2026. Andrea is currently finance chief at drinks company C&C Group. He spent more than two decades at pub operator Marston’s, including 12 years as finance director, and has held senior roles at Dollond and…
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16 September
Chuck E. Cheese to make UK debut
US food and entertainment brand Chuck E. Cheese has announced that it is set to make its European and UK debut. The new multi-unit agreement in partnership with a local team will bring the brand’s mix of arcade games, interactive play zones, character, Chuck E. Cheese and his friends, and…
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16 September
Hospitality job losses to hit 111,000 by next budget, UKH finds
UKHospitality (UKH) has projected that 111,000 jobs will have been lost in hospitality by the upcoming budget, which is set to be announced on 26 November. Based on the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the group said this is “illustrative of the impact these costs have…
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15 September
Restaurant takeover deals rise 88% in past year
The number of takeover deals targeting UK restaurant groups has soared by 88% in the past year, according to analysis by law firm TWM Solicitors. It found that the sector witnessed 30 deals in 2024/25, up from 16 in 2023/24, due to a combination of lower interest rates, rising investor…
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