Fine Dining
This showcases our coverage of the fine dining sector across the UK, including chef-led restaurants, tasting menu concepts, and premium hospitality operations. We report on restaurant launches, Michelin accolades, leadership changes, and service innovations, as well as the commercial realities of running high-end venues. With insights into pricing models, sourcing standards, experiential service, and guest expectations, this is essential for chefs, restaurateurs, and executives operating at the luxury end of the foodservice market.
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Mar- 2019 -27 MarchAwards & Events
London chefs compete in charity cook-off
London’s chefs are set to compete for ‘dish of the night’ in aid of charity at a new event named, Meat vs Fish vs Veg. Meat vs Fish vs Veg will be a one night only event open to all, with all money raised to be donated to Hospitality Action.…
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22 MarchAwards & Events
S.Pellegrino launches fourth edition of Young Chef competition
Mineral water brand S.Pellegrino has announced the return of S.Pellegrino Young Chef, a global culinary competition that aims to facilitate access to the gastronomy community, and enable young talents to demonstrate their personal belief. Applications for this edition of S.Pellegrino Young Chef will open from February 2019 and, for the…
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22 MarchAnalysis
The emerging food-to-go trend
Within the food and drink industry, the food-to-go sector is booming and IGD has even forecasted that it will be worth £23.5bn by 2022. Within the sector, many different types of organisation are looking at how they can capitalise on consumers’ love affair with quick, convenient food. They should also…
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13 MarchNews
Masterchef finalist Dean Banks to open first restaurant
Dean Banks a finalist in the 2018 series of Masterchef: The Professionals, has announced he is to open his first restaurant, located in St Andrews, Scotland. The restaurant, named Haar, will open in the town’s five-star Kinnettles Hotel, and span the whole of the ground floor of the hotel, which…
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12 MarchFeatures
CHEF PROFILE: Darren Archer
Darren Archer is executive head chef at Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) House. The RSA House, founded in 1754, is a fellowship that promotes social change and claims rights to the first recorded use of the word ‘sustainability’ in an environmental context. Having joined…
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8 MarchPeople
The Lawns appoints Genesis Valenzuela as restaurant manager
Genesis Valenzuela has been announced as the new manager of award-winning restaurant, The Lawns. Valenzuela began his career working for hotels in his home of the Philippines, followed by over nine years on a number of cruise ships in a variety of roles, before eventually settling in the UK in…
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7 MarchRestaurants
Gavin Restaurants parts ways with Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh
Gavin Restaurants has ended its partnership with luxury hotel, Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh, after seven years. The group has two restaurants at the hotel – Pompadour and Galvin Brasserie de Luxe – headed by chef restaurateurs and brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin. Both will remain open and operational. A statement from…
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Feb- 2019 -26 FebruaryVenues & Properties
The Lowry Hotel appoints new executive head chef
Dave Ashton has been appointed the new executive head chef at the Lowry Hotel’s River Restaurant. Originally from Warrington, Ashton will bring a decade of extensive experience in fine dining to his new role at the five-star hotel. With a history of executive head chef roles at hotels including the…
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21 FebruaryVenues & Properties
Sofitel London Heathrow appoints new executive chef
Sofitel London Heathrow has announced the appointment of Carl Stockenström as executive head chef, with a remit that includes overseeing the hotel’s four food and beverage outlets, including its 3 AA Rosette French fine dining restaurant La Belle Epoque. With over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, Stockenström joins…
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Jan- 2019 -30 JanuaryFood and Drink
Enxaneta ‘dining experience’ to launch at Guardiola’s Tast restaurant
A new dining experience is to be launched at Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s Tast Cuina Catalana restaurant in February. The restaurant’s second floor will become Enxaneta, featuring two new tasting menus in a 16-cover space. The Enxaneta concept (named after the Catalan word for the youngest member of a…
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