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- 2023 -1 December
Claude and Lucy Bosi to open Josephine in Fulham
Michelin-starred Claude Bosi and Lucy Bosi are set to open their new French bistro Josephine on Fulham Road at the end of January 2024. Inspired by and named after Claude’s late grandmother, this will be the couple’s first joint venture to date – a restaurant “reminiscent of the traditional Bouchons…
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Nov- 2023 -30 November
Bavette to open in Leeds in February
Neighbourhood bistro Bavette is set to open in Horsforth, Leeds in February next year. Bavette is the first venture from ex-Culpeper Group MD and head chef Sandy Jarvis and his husband, restaurant manager and sommelier Clément Cousin, formerly of Brawn and The Buxton. The seasonally led bistro menu will feature…
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30 November
Pizza Punks appoints FRP to assist with 2024 expansion plans
Pizza Punks has appointed FRP Corporate Finance to assist the chain in raising capital, as it looks to speed up its expansion plans during 2024. The firm’s appointment comes as the pizza chain has spent the past six months consolidating after opening four new restaurants last year in Leicester, Nottingham,…
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29 November
Los Mochis to open new London site in Spring 2024
Los Mochis has announced that it is set to open its flagship rooftop restaurant Los Mochis London City in Spring 2024. The new 14,000 sq. ft restaurant, designed by OV and Co from Los Angeles, will sprawl across the 9th floor rooftop of 100 Liverpool Street’s Broadgate. It will include…
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29 November
Michelin-trained chef opens new Bow Lane restaurant
Michelin-trained chef Edward Boarland along with business partner Dee Reid have launched a new concept restaurant, wine bar and florist at 12 Bow Lane in London, called Stem and Stem. Boarland, who trained under Alain Roux, Clare Smyth, Gordon Ramsay and Simone Zanoni, will continue in his role as executive…
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28 November
Loungers sales rise 7.7% in H1
Loungers has reported that like-for-like sales rose 7.7% year-on-year in the half year ended 1 October, also marking 24% ahead of pre-pandemic levels. The restaurant operator’s adjusted EBITDA also increased 28.2% to £17.3m during the period. Due to its “consistently” strong trading, the group is on track to open 34…
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28 November
Hank’s Dirty to open permanent Castle Quarter diner
Vegan restaurant Hank’s Dirty has signed a six-year lease at Castle Quarter in Norwich, following the operator’s successful trading within the street food quarter of the same scheme. Hank’s Dirty first began within the Castle Social market hall concept at Castle Quarter when it officially opened in autumn 2022. Following…
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27 November
Pho to continue expansion amid 33.6% rise in FY23 turnover
Pho has secured additional funding to allow for continued expansion of Vietnamese street food restaurants through the next several years, as its turnover increased 33.6% to £58.3m in the year ending 19 February 2023. According to the group’s filings on Companies House, recent performance has buoyed the company’s confidence in…
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22 November
Sides to open first Manchester site
Sides, the chicken restaurant created by the YouTube group, The Sidemen, is set to open its first outlet in Manchester. The group, which offers a range of chicken dishes with a choice of seven sauces, has agreed to take a 1,222 sq ft unit at Manchester Arndale on a 10-year…
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21 November
Bodega and Ballers Pizza to open at Cardiff’s Lakeside
Two family-owned restaurants Bodega and Ballers Pizza are set to open their doors at Lakeside, Cardiff on 1 December. Situated side by side, both businesses are owned and operated by Sophie Pascoe and Benito Martinez; the couple who also operates The Priory hotel and restaurant in Caerleon. Bodega, seen within…
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