Le Gavroche

Chez Roux opens at The Langham

Michel Roux has opened Chez Roux, a new restaurant in Palm Court at The Langham, London. The restaurant has been inspired by Roux’s childhood memories: life in rural Kent in the 1960s, being raised at the Fairlawne estate where his father Albert Roux OBE worked as a private chef for…

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Buzzworks appoints chef Brian Maule as consultant

Buzzworks Holdings, the Scottish independent restaurant and bar operator, has appointed Scottish chef Brian Maule as consultant to the business. In his new role, Maule will apply his “extensive experience to enhance collaboration and overall productivity” throughout Buzzworks’ 19 venue kitchens. As well as working behind the scenes across the…

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Today’s news in brief – 05/02/24

Pubs and bars saw a third successive week of negative sales in January, CGA has revealed. Average sales in managed venues in the week to last Saturday (27 January) were 4% behind the same period in 2023, but ahead of the previous weeks in January which saw a heavier dip…

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Christie’s to auction Le Gavroche wine collection following closure

Christie’s has announced an online auction for Le Gavroche’s wine collection, in a sale that will also feature works of art and selected stories objects.  News of the auction comes as Le Gavroche closed its doors to the public for good on 13 January after 57 years.  Running from 10…

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Today’s news in brief – 05/01/24

The latest round of strikes from RMT members on the London Underground could cost hospitality businesses up to £50m, according to UKHospitality. Staff on the tube will go on strike between 7 January and 11 January and disruption will last from the evening of 6 January until midday on the…

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Chef Michel Roux extends partnership with Cunard Cruise

Two-Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux is set to bring his London restaurant, Le Gavroche, to guests on Cunard’s cruise ships Queen Anne and Queen Mary 2. Roux, who will close the Mayfair venue this month, will oversee four Le Gavroche residencies across four Fjords voyages in 2024. The restaurant is known…

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French Chef Albert Roux dies aged 85

French restaurateur and chef Albert Roux has died at the age of 85.  Roux who owned Le Gavroche, a two Michelin-star restaurant in London with his late brother Michel was said to be “unwell for some time”, before his passing on 4 January 2021.  The venue which opened in 1967…

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Read’s restaurant appoints new head chef

Read’s restaurant, in Faversham, announced it has appointed Frederick Forster as its new head chef.  Forster has worked in the restaurant industry since the age of 18, having worked at The Savoy in the early stages of his career. In 1990, he joined Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxford as…

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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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Les Platanes by Thierry Laborde and Anton Efimov to launch in May

Les Platanes, opening on 20 May, is the new French restaurant by Thierry Laborde and Anton Efimov. The restaurant will be a contemporary French Bistrot de Luxe with an emphasis on cuisine from the south of France. Located in a 19th Century townhouse on Bruton Place, a small cobbled street…

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