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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Jun- 2022 -20 JuneRestaurants
The Grand in York to launch fine-dining restaurant
The Grand in York, the city’s “finest” hotel, has announced the launch of its new fine-dining restaurant, Legacy, later this month (June 2022). Head chef Ahmed Abdalla has been appointed at the new restaurant and he will reportedly focus on modern British cuisine with a menu made up of locally…
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17 JuneRestaurants
Hawkstone Hall to launch two-day pop-up restaurant
Hawkstone Hall has announced that chef Arbinder Singh Dugal will collaborate with the venue’s executive chef Andrew Watts on an “exclusive” fine-dining menu at the on-site chapel. The two-day pop-up restaurant will take place on 19 and 20 July and will serve a five-course meal of Singh Dugal’s “progressive” Indian…
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Apr- 2022 -11 AprilFeatures
Behind the curtains of The Fat Badger York
What is the history of the HRH Group? Following a background working in pubs, restaurants and hotels, the HRH Group was founded in 2011 with a number of pubs and inns in the North. Over 10 years later, the HRH Group is now an independent, multi-property group which now operates…
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4 AprilRestaurants
Over 160 groups sign up to Hospitality For All pledge
The employment consortium Hospitality For All, spearheaded by Burger and Lobster, has welcomed 168 sign-ups from the sector since its launch last week. Hospitality businesses including The Ivy Collection, Soho House, Megan’s, D&D London, Café Nero have joined Burger and Lobster in a “united effort to help Ukrainian refugees seek…
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Mar- 2022 -4 MarchRestaurants
Gordon Ramsay serves up new restaurant at St James Quarter
Gordon Ramsay Street Burger is to open a new site in Edinburgh after signing a double-height unit of 5,600 sq ft let at St James Quarter. Gordon Ramsay Street Burger will open within the Ribbon building at levels 4 and 5 of St James Quarter, opposite the Everyman Cinema which…
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Feb- 2022 -25 FebruaryFeatures
Pay increases: A balancing act
“While the pandemic has impacted all industries, few have had to overcome ‘harder’ or ‘more numerous blows’ than the hospitality sector,” as evident from Peckwater Brands latest research. Whilst many challenges continue to hinder the industry today – it has decided to award “record” pay rises in a bid to…
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23 FebruaryFeatures
A new venture: A restaurant opening from a Chef’s perspective
A restaurant opening always comes with some risk. Just as new venues open, another one shuts, with the secret behind success stories often allusive. One success story is Chotto Matte, a Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant, which opened in 2013 in Soho. It has since grown to span several continents, with venues…
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14 FebruaryPeople
Surgeons Quarter appoints new executive chef
Surgeons Quarter, the commercial arm of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), has announced the appointment of a new executive chef as it looks to “transform” its dining experience. Adam Dodwell has been appointed as executive chef at the venue, which runs event and conference spaces on the…
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2 FebruaryRestaurants
Gordon Ramsay to open Restaurant 1890 at The Savoy
Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay is set to open at The Savoy, London, on 23 February, 2022. The new restaurant will pay homage to chef and restaurateur Georges Auguste Escoffier, who joined the hotel in 1890, and will offer “highly exclusive, contemporary fine dining” to guests for dinner only. The…
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1 FebruaryFood and Drink
Euston Square names MasterChef semi-finalist as executive chef
30 Euston Square has announced the appointment of Masterchef semi-finalist, Michelle Trusselle as executive chef. Joining Searcys team at 30 Euston Square late last year, the firm said Trusselle led the kitchen through its “busy” Christmas period and has begun extensive menu development across the venue, from canapés to fine…
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