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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Nov- 2021 -12 NovemberPubs and Bars
The Chelsea Pig reopens after renovation
The Chelsea Pig, one of Chelsea’s “most historic and best loved pubs”, is now open to the public after a reinvention by globally renowned designer Timothy Oulton. The pub said it has reopened with a new atmosphere and energy that will “elevate the style and charm of the popular landmark”.…
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11 NovemberPubs and Bars
Rainhill pub reopens after £800,000 refurb
The Cookhouse Pub and Carvery, based in Rainhill, has reopened following a five-month closure and a £800,000 refurbishment by Heineken-owned Star Pubs and Bars and Merseyside-based Public Urban Bars. The refurbishment of The Cookhouse Pub and Carvery, formerly named The Victoria, is part of a £38m investment that Star Pubs…
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9 NovemberRestaurants
The Black Swan appoints new head chef
The Black Swan has announced the promotion of Callum Leslie to head chef at its Michelin-starred Yorkshire-based restaurant. Leslie has spent the last two and a half years at The Black Swan as senior sous chef. Prior to joining The Black Swan, he spent a year and a half at…
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9 NovemberNews
Will Lockwood to take up Roots head chef role
Roots, York, has announced the appointment of Will Lockwood as head chef, after the restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star earlier this year. According to the restaurant, Lockwood’s work at The Black Swan, working his way up from demi chef de partie in 2014 to head chef in 2017,…
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4 NovemberRestaurants
Marcus Belgravia appoints masterchef winner as head chef
Marcus Belgravia has announced that Craig Johnston – winner of Masterchef: The Professionals 2017 – has been promoted to the role of head chef. Johnston joined the team in April 2018 as a senior chef de partie, and since, has worked his way up to junior sous, sous and now…
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Oct- 2021 -29 OctoberRestaurants
Leroy announces Simon Shand as head chef
Michelin-starred restaurant Leroy has announced the appointment of Simon Shand as its new head chef. Shand started in hospitality whilst he was at college where he began working in a cafe, both front and back of house. After two years at Gravetye Manor where he was a Chef de Partie…
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27 OctoberAwards & Events
The Forest Side awarded four AA Rosettes
Luxury Lake District hotel, The Forest Side, has celebrated its Michelin star restaurant winning four AA Rosettes at this year’s AA Awards. The gothic restaurant and rooms, which launched in 2016, previously won the AA Inspectors’ Choice Red Star Award last year. The hotel’s restaurant is overseen by head chef…
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22 OctoberRestaurants
Chef Niall Keating to open Lunar dining experience
The Great British Experience Company has announced that in partnership with Chef Niall Keating they will be opening a new, modern dining experience, Lunar at Wedgwood. Although Keating will oversee Lunar, day to day the kitchen will be run by his head chef, Craig Lunn. His cooking style, inspired by…
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21 OctoberPubs and Bars
Bone Daddies confirms return of Tom Moxon as executive group chef
Bone Daddies has announced the return of original head chef and “ramen guru” Tom Moxon. Moxon helped launch the first Bone Daddies ramen bar in Soho in 2012 and left the brand in late 2019. It revealed Moxon returns as executive group chef, overseeing the menu development at the group’s…
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15 OctoberPubs and Bars
Adam Handling opens Ugly Butterfly
Chef Adam Handling has announced that he has opened his first venture outside of London with the Cornish bar and restaurant Ugly Butterfly. Based on the seafront in Carbis Bay, the bar follows in the footsteps of Handling’s flagship Eve Bar. The Ugly Butterfly’s bar uses cocktail ingredients which have…
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