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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Nov- 2018 -22 NovemberEducation
HIT launches production chef apprenticeship
HIT Training has announced a new production chef apprenticeship, meaning the training providers now offer a program for every kind of chef, from fine dining through to contract catering and casual dining. The new apprenticeship has been added to the current suite to respond to high demand from businesses eager…
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Oct- 2018 -23 OctoberBusiness
UK chef numbers drop by 17%, ONS stats show
An analysis of Office of National Statistics (ONS) employment data from 2018 by luxury hospitality recruiter The Change Group showed a 17% drop in the total number of chefs reported to be working in the UK compared with the same time period in 2017. Overall, the data indicated the number…
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23 OctoberRestaurants
Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens launches Restaurant Interlude
A new dining destination, Restaurant Interlude, has been launched at Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens – the historic 200 acre estate, with Grade I Listed gardens, near Horsham in West Sussex. Hospitality entrepreneur Penny Streeter OBE, owner of vineyards in the UK and South Africa, bought the Leonardslee estate in 2017.…
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1 OctoberRestaurants
Kuti’s Brasserie opens in Southampton’s Royal Pier
Kuti’s Brasserie, a fine dining Indian restaurant has launched in the former gate house of the historic Royal Pier in Southampton. Set in a two-story property, Kuti’s Brasserie has four dining areas with 110 covers on the ground floor; 60 on the first floor; 30 upstairs in the Chandelier Cocktail…
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Sep- 2018 -25 SeptemberRestaurants
Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant group to open in London
The Imperial Treasure Restaurant Group has announced it is to open a London site in November, after previous success at Michelin-starred restaurants in Hong Kong, China and Singapore. Imperial Treasure will open its new restaurant in the city’s St James’s area and is expected to focus on Chinese-inspired fine dining.…
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21 SeptemberFood and Drink
Chefs admit free-from options will contain small amounts of ‘restricted ingredients’
New research has found that ‘free-from’ options at some restaurants “contain small amounts of restricted ingredients”, according to London chefs. The study by The Change Group revealed that, while more than 95% chefs report that their restaurant caters for food intolerances and healthy eating, and half are providing on the…
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Aug- 2018 -29 AugustBusiness
Hakkasan pays outgoing boss $50m golden goodbye sending it to $145m loss
Struggling restaurant and nightclub operator Hakkasan gave former boss Neil Moffitt a $50m (£39m) payout last year, despite deepening financial woes. The payout came following a difficult year for the company which saw losses of $145m in the 12 months to June 2017, the equivalent of half its annual turnover.…
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23 AugustFood and Drink
Frederick Forster returns to D&D London as Plateau’s head chef
Luxury restaurant group D&D London has appointed Frederick Forster as the new head chef at its Plateau restaurant in London’s Canary Wharf. Forster has already worked for the group, joining in 2015 as its head chef at Le Pont de la Tour, but left in 2017 and was replaced by…
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Jul- 2018 -16 JulyAwards & Events
World-class chefs to cook for Scotland’s fine dining festival
Seven of UK’s best-known chefs will cook at The Chester Hotel in Aberdeen for Signature, Scotland’s fine dining festival. The 12-day celebration of gastronomy will be held from November 4 to 16 with an afternoon tea from patissier-chocolatier William Curley and tasting menus from Mark Greenaway, Glynn Purnell, Atul Kochhar,…
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12 JulyAdvice
Gaining industry recognition and winning awards
In an industry brimming with creative and hard-working people, and in a market where consumers are often spoilt for choice, standing out from the crowd can be a challenge. While there are of course countless ways to achieve a point of difference, winning or being shortlisted for an industry award…
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