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.

Jan- 2023 -

19 January

Marugame Udon to open Kensington site

Marugame Udon will open its first West London site with the launch of a new kitchen in Kensington on Saturday 21 January. Following eight openings across the city, the 3242 sq. ft restaurant with 92 covers is located in Kensington Arcade next to High Street Kensington Underground Station. The menu…
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19 January

Maene restaurant to open this March in Spitalfields

Restaurant and bar Maene will open in March 2023 on Fashion Street, Spitalfields, offering “relaxed and modern” cooking using British produce. The opening of this restaurant will be the second venue from Nick Gilkinson, who opened Townsend in Whitechapel Gallery back in 2020. Set at the top of a 14,000…
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18 January

Burger King announces partnership with UK Youth

Burger King has announced its partnership with UK Youth, a charity that works to ensure all young people are equipped to “reach their full potential and thrive at every stage of their lives”. This comes as new research revealed that 83% of young people say their mental wellbeing has been…
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18 January

Lazy Sundae takes over location in Manchester Arndale

Lazy Sundae has announced it is set to open a new location in Manchester’s Arndale centre for its second location in the city, agreeing to take a 1,305 sq ft unit on a 10-year lease. Showcasing an internationally inspired menu of premium bubble tea, souffle pancakes and artisan ice creams,…
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18 January

Hospitality welcomes best December in three years

Managed pub, bar and restaurant groups welcomed their best December trading in three years, though real term sales still lagged behind pre-pandemic figures, the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker has found. Like-for-like December sales were 15.0% ahead of December 2021, when festive trading was disrupted by the Omicron variant. However,…
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17 January

US chain 800 Degrees Pizza to make UK debut

Californian-based pizzeria, 800 Degrees Pizza is set to make its UK debut this month, with its first European site opening at Gravity Wandsworth. Founded by award-winning chef and restaurateur Anthony Carron, the chain, which will officially launch in London on 24 January, currently has 35 locations worldwide including the US,…
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17 January

Leila Lily’s appoints Masterchef winner as head chef

Masterchef winner Jim Hall has taken the head chef position at Newcastle restaurant Leila Lily’s. Hall, who joins Leila Lily’s from four AA star Lumley Castle Hotel, at Chester-le-Street, brings more than 20 years’ experience to his new position including stints at hotels and restaurants across the UK and at…
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17 January

Chef Dan Cox to open first restaurant in Cornwall this February

Chef Dan Cox will be opening his first restaurant, Crocadon, on a 120-acre organic farm in St Mellion, Southeast Cornwall on Friday 3 February. The restaurant, which has been in the making for the past five years, “celebrates the connection” between food and agriculture. The venue is set within a…
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13 January

Inception Group to launch Mr.Fogg’s Pawnbrokers bar

London bar operator Inception Group has announced the launch of new bar Mr Fogg’s Pawnbrokers on Dean Street, Soho. Sitting on the former Venise L’Entrecote site at 50 Dean Street, the 140-capacity venue will be separated into three areas; The Pawnbrokers Counter, The Strong Room and The Textiles Store. On…
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13 January

Halo Burger and Sessions announce five-kitchen partnership

Plant-based food concept, Halo Burger, has announced a five-kitchen partnership with distribution platform Sessions to deliver its vegan burgers across all of London. Halo Burger and Sessions, which was launched by the former managing director of Deliveroo, Dan Warne, will deliver from Richmond, Canary Wharf, Finsbury Park and Queen’s Park,…
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