Cornwall
Coverage explores hospitality and foodservice activity across this major South West tourism region, with reporting focused on hotspots including Padstow, St Ives, Falmouth, and Newquay. Topics include seasonal restaurant and pub openings, chef-led coastal ventures, locally sourced menu trends, and the operational challenges of high summer demand. Insight is geared toward operators navigating rural staffing, holiday-driven trading peaks, and the balance between local community service and visitor volume.
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Aug- 2023 -8 AugustCafes and Coffee Shops
The Cornish Bakery opens Truro branch
The Cornish Bakery has opened a large new bakery in the capital city of Cornwall, Truro, and has also announced that five other sites are in development in Canterbury, Salisbury, Harrogate, Norwich and Cheltenham. Even before it opened, the Truro Cornish Bakery was reportedly driving significant attention and comment from…
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Jul- 2023 -14 JulyPeople
RenMor at The Headland appoints new executive chef
The newly-launched £3m Restaurant RenMor at the five-star Cornish hotel, The Headland, has announced the appointment of Gavin Edney as its new executive chef. Prior to his appointment, Edney spent almost six years as group executive chef for Castlebridge Hospitality, working with Mike Robinson to develop and open The Elder…
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Jun- 2023 -12 JuneComment
All About The Cooks: the future of catering is local produce
What is All About The Cooks? All About The Cooks is an online marketplace, which enables talented home cooks to sell their food to local people. The plan was to launch earlier than 2020 but we got delayed because of the pandemic. As of now, we have 70 cooks and…
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8 JuneRestaurants
Loungers’ Brightside opens second site in Cornwall
Brightside, Loungers’ roadside dining concept, has opened its second site on the A38 at Trerulefoot in Saltash, Cornwall, today (8 June). The former Route 38 site has been completely transformed over the past four months to replicate the interiors of its sister site on the A38 south of Exeter, which…
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2 JunePeople
Port Gaverne appoints new chef
Port Gaverne Restaurant and Hotel, located on the north coast of Cornwall, has announced the appointment of Danny Young as its new chef. The appointment also coincides with the 17th-Century venue’s recent “reinvention”, having undergone an extensive refurbishment of both the restaurant and its bedrooms. Young has over a decade…
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May- 2023 -18 MayRestaurants
The Headland launches £3m Restaurant RenMor
Clifftop hotel The Headland in Cornwall has launched its new £3m Restaurant Renmor – ‘restaurant by the sea’ in Cornish – as part of an ongoing refurbishment programme at the five-star venue. The new £3m restaurant replaces The Samphire as the hotel’s signature restaurant, and similarly to The Deck Restaurant…
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17 MayPubs and Bars
The Felin Fach Griffin appoints new head chef
Eat Drink Sleep, a small group of family-owned inns has announced the appointment of Gwenann Davies to the role of head chef at its original pub with rooms in the Brecon Beacons, The Felin Fach Griffin. Davies, formerly in a senior role at the Tom Kerridge group, replaces Nick Evans,…
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Apr- 2023 -28 AprilRestaurants
Blacklock to open new site in Canary Wharf
Black has announced the launch of its new restaurant in Canary Wharf on 15 May 2023. Located in a standalone warehouse on the North Dock under the railway tracks right by the waterside, at 4,000 square feet and with 120 covers, Blacklock said that the new site will be its…
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26 AprilFeatures
The Shaftesbury Theatre’s foray into meetings and events
Can you tell us about your career leading up to your time at the Shaftesbury Theatre? I started in the events industry back in 2013, working for a London-based staffing agency that was looking for waiters and bar staff for various venues. I signed up to support my studies while…
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3 AprilFeatures
All About the Cooks vs delivery apps
Can you tell me about the history of All About the Cooks and how did you come up with the concept? My background is in marketing and advertising, and after having children, I worked as a consultant. Eating real meals prepared by real people rather than factory-produced goods has always…
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