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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Apr- 2018 -16 AprilRestaurants
The Old Ship Hotel relaunches as The Wardroom
The Old Ship Hotel in Brighton, part of the Cairn Collection, will relaunch its restaurant with a new look, menu and new name – The Wardroom. The hotel’s bar has also been renamed to The Mess Deck, with a new summer menu. Officially launching today, The Wardroom have invited 60…
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11 AprilFood and Drink
London restaurants celebrate authentic Thai cuisine
On Thursday 5 April 2018, the chefs from Nipa Thai at Royal Lancaster London joined the teams from other renowned Thai restaurants in the capital to present an evening of authentic Thai flavour. Over 70 guests attended the Thai Select event at Ice Tank in Soho, experiencing Thai cuisine from…
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5 AprilNews
Scottish chef to launch The Scotsman Café and Bar
Scottish chef and Masterchef: The Professionals knockout week finalist Chris Niven has been unveiled as executive head chef of The Scotsman Grand Café and Bar. The new independent dining and drinking venue is set to open in Edinburgh this summer. Located on the North Bridge in the former advertising hall…
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5 AprilFood and Drink
Moro and Morito founders launch bespoke catering company
Sam and Sam Clark of Moro and Morito are launching a brand new bespoke outside catering company, Casa Moro, and new private dining room space in Hackney Wick, in May this year. Casa Moro will offer Moro and Morito’s unique Spanish, Middle Eastern and Cretan flavours, created and cooked by Morito head…
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5 AprilEntrepreneurship
Chef designs city centre hotel kitchen
A 29 year old head chef has been handed the task of designing his own purpose-built kitchen from scratch. Rising star Alan Dickson – who is Scotland’s reigning Hotel Chef of the Year – will fit out the new premises at the expanded Ten Hill Place Hotel with around £150,000…
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4 AprilFood and Drink
De Dietrich announces partnership with Lucknam Park Cookery School
Kitchen appliance brand De Dietrich has announced its new partnership with Lucknam Park Cookery School, Wiltshire, UK. The school offers a unique opportunity for anyone with an interest in cooking to perfect their skills and master new techniques through a variety of innovative courses led by its head chef, Ben…
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Mar- 2018 -19 MarchPeople
Former Locanda Locatelli chef enlisted for new Italian restaurant
Louis Korovilas, a former chef at London’s Michelin-starred Locanda Locatelli, has taken on the head chef role at a new Italian restaurant in Covent Garden. Korovilas has also previously worked at the Michelin-starred French restaurant Pied à Terre. The new eatery, called Bancone, will focus on fresh pasta and is…
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