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The Seren Collection appoints new director of restaurants

The Seren Collection, a collection of high-quality restaurants and hotels based in South West Wales, has appointed Mourad Ben Tefka as its new director of restaurants.  Tefka joined the organisation following 18 years at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxford, where he originally joined as restaurant manager before becoming…

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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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Sam Bowser to join Llangoed Hall as head chef

The award-winning Llangoed Hall, located in the Brecon Beacons, has appointed Sam Bowser as its new head chef, following a successful career at Dormy House. Bowser will be replacing Nick Brodie – who has been at Llangoed for six years – and has previously cooked in some of the finest…

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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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Former Harrods chef opens Kuku Riku restaurant in Camden Market

Former Harrods chef Alistair Dibbs is to open a new restaurant in Camden, named Kuku Riku, alongside former Harrods operations manager Maggie Milosavljevic, who takes up the role of commercial director. The 70-cover restaurant will serve rotisserie chicken, marinated in a “secret” marinade, along with chicken burgers and wings. The…

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Bristol’s Casamia earns number one spot on Harden’s 2019 list

Michelin star restaurant Casamia in Bristol has come out on top in Harden’s Best UK Restaurants 2019 list. Based on a survey by 8,000 diners and 50,000 reviews, the Sanchez-Inglesias family’s restaurant was named the best out of 100 in the restaurant guide’s 28th annual poll. Casamia was ranked number two…

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Nottingham’s Restaurant Sat Bains rated fourth best in the world

Restaurant Sat Bains in Nottingham has been rated the fourth best fine dining restaurant in the world, according to the TripAdvisor 2018 Travellers’ Choice. The eatery which serves British cuisine was the only UK-based restaurant to place the top 10 in the list; Adam’s in Birmingham was rated 11th while…

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Independent Bristol restaurants partner for new bistro

Two independent restaurants in Bristol have teamed up to bring a new bistro offering to Clifton village. Wellbourne – which is headed up by Michelin trained chef Ross Gibbens, and critically acclaimed neighbourhood stalwart Wallfish Bistro – will now become Wallfish & Wellbourne Bistro and operate from Wellbourne’s current site…

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National ‘Chef of the Year’ winner revealed

Kuba Winkowski, head chef from The Feathered Nest Inn, was named the new The National Chef of the Year during the Restaurant Show in London. Winkowski served a menu of native lobster, oyster emulsion, celery, sea herbs buttermilk followed by Yorkshire grouse, cabbage, foie gras, quince, celeriac, seeds and sticky…

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Frederick Forster returns to D&D London as Plateau’s head chef

Luxury restaurant group D&D London has appointed Frederick Forster as the new head chef at its Plateau restaurant in London’s Canary Wharf. Forster has already worked for the group, joining in 2015 as its head chef at Le Pont de la Tour, but left in 2017 and was replaced by…

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