Berkshire
Regional reporting on foodservice and hospitality activity across Berkshire, with updates from Reading, Windsor, Newbury, Maidenhead, and Bracknell. This section highlights restaurant and pub openings, rural and commuter-driven trade, premium hotel F&B developments, and supply chain insights. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers valuable coverage of trading conditions, investment, and seasonal opportunity in one of South East England’s most economically active counties.
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Aug- 2022 -8 AugustFood and Drink
Homewood appoints new F&B manager
Homewood Hotel and Spa has announced the appointment of Robert Fairbairn as its new food and beverage manager for the fully refurbished Somerset-based hotel after the reported approval of a £3m expansion plan to take place later this year. It is reported that Fairbairn is an “accomplished” leader in food…
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4 AugustRestaurants
Chef Rafael Cagali to open second restaurant
Chef Rafael Cagali, the owner of two-Michelin-starred Da Terra, has announced the opening of his second restaurant this autumn, Elis. The chef will reportedly be taking over the space that used to house the Corner Room, set within the historic Town Hall Hotel. Elis is said to be “a more…
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Jul- 2022 -4 JulyNews
John Lewis launch chef academy to help hospitality sector
John Lewis Partnership (the Partnership) has launched its own Chef Academy to help address the current shortage of qualified chefs in the UK A joint survey released last week by UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping, and the British Beer and Pub Association, revealed that staff shortages in the hospitality…
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Jun- 2021 -17 JunePubs and Bars
Brewmish takes on two Star Pubs & Bars sites
Star Pubs and Bars has revealed that Brewmish Pub Company has taken on two of the group’s Oxfordshire sites. Led by Chris Brewster, the former licensee of Dedington’s the Unicorn, Brewmish will now operate both The Duke of Marlborough and The King’s Head. Set to undergo a £350,000 joint refurbishment,…
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2 JuneRestaurants
Maidenhead restaurant fined £85k for fire safety breaches
Malik’s Restaurant, Cookham in Maidenhead has been fined £85,000 over a number of “serious fire safety breaches” discovered after a blaze took place at the venue. On 23 October 2020, Reading Magistrates’ Court heard that a serious fire broke out in the early hours of 6 December 2016. An investigation…
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Dec- 2020 -18 DecemberCoronavirus
UKH: Tier 3 expansion will bring hospitality ‘further heartbreak’
UKHospitality has warned the recently announced expansion of Tier 3 will “bring further despair” to struggling businesses across the hospitality sector. It comes as UK government officials yesterday (17 December) announced that the majority of the South East and East of England would enter Tier 3 this weekend, as coronavirus…
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17 DecemberCoronavirus
Restrictions widen as millions enter Tier 3
UK government officials have announced that the majority of the South East and East of England will enter Tier 3 this weekend, as coronavirus cases continue to rise in many parts of the country. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the increased restrictions were necessary in order to control the…
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Oct- 2020 -16 OctoberCoronavirus
Fat Duck restaurant shutters for two weeks amid Covid-19 cases
The Fat Duck restaurant has announced a two week voluntary closure after several of its staff members tested positive for coronavirus. According to the Guardian, the restaurant in Bray, Berkshire contacted customers who had intended to dine there that the venue had closed with “immediate effect.” The Heston Blumenthal-owned restaurant…
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Sep- 2020 -8 SeptemberFood and Drink
New Food Hall opens at Squire’s in Wokingham
A new food hall has been opened in Squire’s Garden Centre on Heathlands Road in Wokingham. The space, which was originally occupied by a clothing store, is now being transformed into an eating venue which offers an array of cooked food and cupboard essentials Squires, is a family owned business…
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Feb- 2020 -28 FebruaryRestaurants
Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck profits rise to £750,000
Heston Blumethal’s Fat Duck restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, has seen its profits more than double, according to its latest documents filed with Companies House. For the full-year period ending 26 May 2019, the restaurant posted profits before tax of £746,741, up from £297,788 the year prior. Turnover during the period…
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