Gaucho
Detailed reporting on the growth, positioning, and leadership strategy of one of the UK’s most prominent premium dining brands. This section covers executive moves, restaurant openings, marketing campaigns, menu innovation, and sustainability commitments across the group. For operators, chefs, and hospitality executives focused on upscale dining, brand reinvention, or city-centre expansion, this coverage offers insight into how a high-end concept navigates evolving consumer expectations and competitive pressures.
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Jul- 2020 -13 JulyCoronavirus
Hospitality Action launches ‘Invisible Chips’ campaign
Hospitality Action has launched a new fundraising campaign in a bid to “harness the UK’s goodwill and affection” for the hospitality industry. The ‘Invisible Chips’ campaign allows customers to show their support for the industry , and participating venues will be asked to add Invisible Chips to their menu, priced…
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Nov- 2019 -7 NovemberRestaurants
Gaucho to undergo brand revamp with Mayfair restaurant launch
Restaurant chain Gaucho has unveiled it will be making changes to the business, which includes a new restaurant design and cinema screen, with the new design launching at Gaucho’s original restaurant on Charlotte Street in Mayfair this month. The restaurant announced it has updated its “creative direction” to “win new…
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Sep- 2019 -5 SeptemberRestaurants
The Wellington Restaurant to open this September
Members club, the Wellington Club, has revealed its new Wellington Restaurant will open on 19 September 2019. This new addition to The Wellington Club offering is open to members and non-members alike and sees Brett Duarte, formerly executive chef of the Gaucho Group, showcase a “carefully curated” Modern European menu.…
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Aug- 2019 -30 AugustRestaurants
Rare Restaurants CEO to make branches guide dog accessible
Martin Williams, CEO of Rare Restaurants, owner of restaurant groups M and Gaucho, is striving to make the groups restaurants accessible to guide dogs and their owners. The restaurateur is keen to highlight the “ignorance” of some restaurants when it comes to blind dog access, following an incident in which…
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1 AugustRestaurants
Rare Restaurants appoints two new board members
Rare Restaurants, owners of Gaucho and M Restaurants, has appointed Jamie Mitchell and Tom Dixon to its board. The pair bring with them a “wealth” of experience to Rare Restaurants which formed in April when the SC Lowy and Investec entity that acquired Gaucho in October 2018, acquired M Restaurants.…
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Jun- 2019 -4 JuneRestaurants
M Victoria RAW launches vegetarian menu
London-based restaurant, M Victoria RAW, is to launch a new vegetarian and gluten-free menu to go live on 7 June. Executive chef Oleg Ibragimov, formerly of the Fat Duck and Le Manoir, has created a modern menu designed to accommodate clean eating dining and free from preferences. As well as…
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May- 2019 -23 MayPeople
Gaucho CEO invites Jamie Oliver employees for final interviews
Martin Williams, CEO of Gaucho and M Restaurants, has invited all employees of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group a fast track to a final interview at his restaurants if they have found their jobs at risk as a result of the recent administration. The administration which includes Jamie’s Italian, Barbecoa and…
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Apr- 2019 -5 AprilRestaurants
Gaucho owner acquires M Restaurants
Gaucho’s holding company Lomo Bidco, an entity owned by Investec Bank plc and SC Lowy, has acquired M Restaurants. The transaction, which concluded late yesterday (3 April), brings together M Restaurants’ three venues and Gaucho’s 16 restaurants. M Restaurants shareholders are said to have achieved a profitable exit from their…
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Jan- 2019 -15 JanuaryRestaurants
Gaucho appoints Max Castaldo as executive chef
Steak restaurant chain Gaucho has appointed Argentinian-born Max Castaldo as the group’s new executive chef. Castaldo has worked at some of the world’s most renowned South American and Asian restaurants, giving him experience producing top quality food and leading multiple teams of chefs. His role at Gaucho will see him…
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Nov- 2018 -6 NovemberRestaurants
Restaurant insolvencies reach highest level in eight years
The number of restaurant businesses going bust has reached its highest level since 2010, jumping sharply in the first three quarters of 2018, according to data by accountancy firm Price Bailey. According to the firm, 1,123 British restaurant businesses became insolvent in the first three quarters of 2018, a 35%…
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