Head Chef
Explore news, profiles, and leadership updates involving head chefs across the UK hospitality and foodservice sector. Our coverage highlights key appointments, career moves, chef-led openings, menu innovation, and the pivotal role head chefs play in shaping kitchen culture, operational standards, and brand identity. From fine dining restaurants and gastropubs to high-volume catering and casual dining chains, our coverage is tailored for industry professionals who understand the strategic importance of culinary leadership in driving success and consistency across the brigade.
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Jun- 2023 -20 JuneRestaurants
Roberto Costa to open Fish Game in Canary Wharf
Restaurateur Roberto Costa, founder of restaurant group Macellaio RC, will be opening Fish Game in Canary Wharf, London, on 10 July. The restaurant will put ultra-seasonal, sustainable British ingredients “centre stage” with a pared-back seasonal changing menu of the UK’s best game and fish. Executive head chef, Matthew Colk, who was previously…
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16 JuneRestaurants
Richard Corrigan to open The Portrait Restaurant
Irish chef and restaurateur Richard Corrigan is set to open The Portrait Restaurant at the National Portrait Gallery on 5 July in partnership with hospitality group Searcys. Situated on the corner of Trafalgar Square, The Portrait will serve dishes inspired by Corringan’s culinary career, while welcoming new classics to his…
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6 JuneRestaurants
Amethyst set to close following Carlo Scotto departure
Amethyst restaurant in Mayfair, London is set to close after chef Carlo Scotto announced his departure citing “differences with his business partners”. The restaurant was opened in 2021 and its opening was announced by Scotto while he was head chef of Xier in Marylebone, London. The restaurant was listed in…
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2 JuneRestaurants
Brockencote Hall Hotel appoints new team to spearhead its restaurant
A new team has been appointed to spearhead a Kidderminster hotel’s restaurant, The Chaddesley. The Chaddesley is based at Brockencote Hall Hotel in Chaddesley Corbett, Kidderminster, and is part of The Eden Hotel Collection. Maura McGoldrick has joined Brockencote Hall Hotel as restaurant manager at The Chaddesley alongside Luke Cresswell…
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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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1 JunePeople
Palé Hall appoints new head chef
Palé Hall has announced the appointment of Sam Griffiths as its new head chef, who will join the five-star hotel later this summer. He replaces Gareth Stevenson in his role as head chef, which he held since the venue’s opening. Griffiths, who was named ‘Welsh Chef of the Year’ in…
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May- 2023 -30 MayRestaurants
Yannick Alléno to open Pavyllon London on 1 July 2023
Yannick Alléno, one of the world’s most Michelin-starred chefs, has announced the launch of Pavyllon London, his debut London restaurant in Mayfair, on 1 July 2023. Set within Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane, Alléno’s first venture in the city will feature a restaurant, bar, private dining room, and…
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26 MayPubs and Bars
The Tommy Banks Group opens the Abbey Inn
The Tommy Banks Group has opened The Abbey Inn, a pub with rooms in Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire. The Abbey Inn was built by monks in 1845 as a farmhouse, but by 1853 it was converted into a public house. The group converted the 19th-Century inn into a country pub,…
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22 MayRestaurants
Quercus to open in London
Quercus, a British-East Asian cuisine restaurant, is set to open its doors on 25 May near Shoreditch. The Sun Street-based Quercus restaurant aims to provide a “distinctive” dining experience that combines the best of British produce with East Asian flair inspired by its owner’s Malaysian origin. Quercus derives its name…
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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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